I think you should walk in machines to get your phone....cos drozz and secret_choong order from machines got their phones already after waited for so long.....

Picked up my 32GB phone from Machines KLCC today (received SMS today; booked on 12/8). Finally!!!

Learnt my lesson.. next time will do something different.

Probably Cempaka school students will have to submit their offer letter (which they haven't gotten yet in the first place.... probably) to a Maxis rep at the school. Then they have to wait in a long line, because other students also doing the same thing. Once they get to the rep, they have to fill up another form of their details, and then ask them to queue up again to submit to ANOTHER Maxis Rep. Then once they get to that rep, they will give them a number and ask them to return to the counter in another 30 days time before they can receive their phones.
Once the 30 days come by, they find out that their phones still hasn't come in yet. When asked why? The rep just answers "I'm just a rep here. I got no control over things. You should call Maxis and ask them."

So the student calls up Maxis, put on hold, and then asks to enter their booking number. The student then gives the number, only to find out that their booking number is not a regular booking number, and therefor, can't be checked over the phone. They will have to visit their Maxis Rep in cempaka for more details.

The student then goes back to Cempaka, and tells the rep their problem, and they said, come back in a weeks time, that's when our stock is about to arrive.
So they go back in a weeks time, only to find out that the color they want (regardless of Black or White) is out of stock and will have to wait. The students then asks if they can just take whatever color is available, and the Maxis Rep says they can't, because it's booked under that color. The student asks if they can collect it at a Maxis store, and they said can't, because it's a special promotion and only authorize Maxis Reps at cempaka can distribute the iPhones.

So they wait, and wait, and then they get a call from the Maxis rep that they can collect their phones, and when they arrive there to collect, they have to wait another hour or so because all the other students also want to collect their phones. When they finally receive the phone in their hands to download class assignments and whatnot, they realize that they haven't been given a data plan, thus have to pay the full amount, which given the size of assignments these days, could cost as much as the phones themselves.

At the end of the day, they STILL have to pay and their semester almost over
Are you REAALLLLLYYYYYYY sure Cempaka students have it made??????

Hmm...can I ask you guys most of you take one year or two year contract? I'm still deciding between one or two years contract..

Hmm...can I ask you guys most of you take one year or two year contract? I'm still deciding between one or two years contract..

I took the 24 mths contract cause it makes no difference to me since I've already been a Maxis user for more than a decade!  I did ask them if they had a 48 mths contract hoping to get the iPhone much much cheaper

well so long that you are not tempted by the next generation iPhone, then you are definitely cool!

You can trade in old iPhone and get up to RM 1,200 in rebates 

Picked up my 32GB phone from Machines KLCC today (received SMS today; booked on 12/8). Finally!!!

Learnt my lesson.. next time will do something different.

Got my phone today...
but, the experience of getting it today wasn't a good one.
1) i called maxis #123 lunch today, was told supply shortage bla bla bla. Demanded i do not want such excuses, just check with branch immediately. CSR said Maxis is giving out some mystery gift to compensate waiting customers.
2) #123 CSR called me back shortly, telling me that branch already got my phone and already sent notification to me.    i retorted i did not get any notification, no calls no sms. Ok, never mind, i'll go to pyramid to collect it
3) shortly after work, 6.30pm went off to pyramid, massive jam due to rain. nevermind, i'm getting my i3gs.
4) reached maxis branch at 8pm. no one at reception, i stood there like an idiot, now my blood started boiling.
5) a guy approached me moments later, i told him i'm here for i3gs collection. Shown him my receipt. First response was, sorry sir, we are out of stock for 16GB. 

at this particular point, the anger went top of my head. i demanded to see manager immediately and did not want to speak to this fella (yes, i was rude, but should the staff be rude to a customer?)

6) manager came out, was a nice guy. Still, i was damn angry, and made a scene there. I complaint the attitude of the staff, about the whole booking experience, and the sh*t with notifications. The manager listened and went into check.
7) came out shortly and said, yea, your phone is here, the guy earlier did not check properly.
8) manager gave me a priority service and got my phone in less than 20 minutes time. i forgot about the mystery gift in the midst of it... 

so, i booked on 16th Aug, got my phone on 16th Sept after so many words and "pleasantries" exchanged. Totally an unwanted experience.
Maxis, if you are reading this, pls clean up the whole BS... customers really appreciate it.

Got my phone today...
but, the experience of getting it today wasn't a good one.
1) i called maxis #123 lunch today, was told supply shortage bla bla bla. Demanded i do not want such excuses, just check with branch immediately. CSR said Maxis is giving out some mystery gift to compensate waiting customers.
2) #123 CSR called me back shortly, telling me that branch already got my phone and already sent notification to me.    i retorted i did not get any notification, no calls no sms. Ok, never mind, i'll go to pyramid to collect it
3) shortly after work, 6.30pm went off to pyramid, massive jam due to rain. nevermind, i'm getting my i3gs.
4) reached maxis branch at 8pm. no one at reception, i stood there like an idiot, now my blood started boiling.
5) a guy approached me moments later, i told him i'm here for i3gs collection. Shown him my receipt. First response was, sorry sir, we are out of stock for 16GB. 

at this particular point, the anger went top of my head. i demanded to see manager immediately and did not want to speak to this fella (yes, i was rude, but should the staff be rude to a customer?)

6) manager came out, was a nice guy. Still, i was damn angry, and made a scene there. I complaint the attitude of the staff, about the whole booking experience, and the sh*t with notifications. The manager listened and went into check.
7) came out shortly and said, yea, your phone is here, the guy earlier did not check properly.
8) manager gave me a priority service and got my phone in less than 20 minutes time. i forgot about the mystery gift in the midst of it... 

so, i booked on 16th Aug, got my phone on 16th Sept after so many words and "pleasantries" exchanged. Totally an unwanted experience.
Maxis, if you are reading this, pls clean up the whole BS... customers really appreciate it.

I want to ask you guys something, cause even i dont know this.
Firstly, i already received my iphone on the 20 something of last month, my 3gs 16 gig black.
Now this is the thing, my friend has a corporate account, and he has all the signatures to change his plan to iValue2 for a year.
Now this is what maxis is telling him and indirectly they are lying right out!
The iValue 2 for a year is 1790 wiyh the rm 200 deposit.
They are asking my friend to pay the rm 200 deposit and when he collects his phone he has to pay 1990 meaning he needs to pay an additional 200 as well!
-The additional 200 will not be deducted.
-This is the best part of the whole experience and its a good thing he recorded this call, the maxis Klcc manager also told him that I paid 1990 when i collected the phone meaning, 200 deposit and an additional 200 when i collected it.
-Thats a blatant lie, is this a new rule or something? I have no idea about this as when i collected my phone for 1 year , iValue 2, i paid 1790 at Maxis Klcc.
-Sigh if anyone of you guys have heard of this let me know.
-My friend is a Maxis corporate user.

I want to ask you guys something, cause even i dont know this.
Firstly, i already received my iphone on the 20 something of last month, my 3gs 16 gig black.
Now this is the thing, my friend has a corporate account, and he has all the signatures to change his plan to iValue2 for a year.
Now this is what maxis is telling him and indirectly they are lying right out!
The iValue 2 for a year is 1790 wiyh the rm 200 deposit.
They are asking my friend to pay the rm 200 deposit and when he collects his phone he has to pay 1990 meaning he needs to pay an additional 200 as well!
-The additional 200 will not be deducted.
-This is the best part of the whole experience and its a good thing he recorded this call, the maxis Klcc manager also told him that I paid 1990 when i collected the phone meaning, 200 deposit and an additional 200 when i collected it.
-Thats a blatant lie, is this a new rule or something? I have no idea about this as when i collected my phone for 1 year , iValue 2, i paid 1790 at Maxis Klcc.
-Sigh if anyone of you guys have heard of this let me know.
-My friend is a Maxis corporate user.

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Added on September 17, 2009, 4:56 pm

Just to reclarify, I paid a deposit of 200 and paid 1790 .

They are asking my friend to pay 200 deposit and 1990 for the phone when he collects it. The additional 200 they he paid when he collects his phone will not be deducted in his phone bill.

Uh oh. The game is still at play huh? Good luck guys :-)

I bought an 'iPhone-equivalent' without any pain the the ass waiting and suddenly I feel iPhone is one overrated dope.

Enjoy your waiting and enjoy your constrained phone.

Just ordered my iPhone today, here are the details:

Booked: 17 September
Model: iPhone 3GS 16GB Black
Outlet: Melaka Maxis Center, Mahkota Parade

The lady there told me the waiting time is 45 days now >.< new call from HQ telling them about it recently. So I guess i'll be waiting a long time haha.

Btw I was told if there was any changes to the iValue plans, we wont get affected. Meaning those using iPhone 3G iValue plans without the free SMS and MMS now wont have those free? and if next year they add more freebies we wont get it too? o.O

Uh oh. The game is still at play huh? Good luck guys :-)

I bought an 'iPhone-equivalent' without any pain the the ass waiting and suddenly I feel iPhone is one overrated dope.

Enjoy your waiting and enjoy your constrained phone.