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A Letter From Dave: Reflecting on our journey together + Introducing our 5 Days of Giving!

Dave_M
Retraité / Retired
Retraité / Retired

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Hi Community,

 

This December, we are celebrating 5 years since we embarked on a journey to redefine how wireless service is delivered to Canadians. We started down this path with the goal of giving Canadians control over their wireless spend. 

 

Central to the journey was the belief that if we did things differently and we saved on costs, we could pass off those savings to our customers as a result. This is how our online support model, and our beloved Community, came to be. At the time, I was told over and over again that this was a crazy idea; it would never work. Yet here we are, 5 years later.

 

I want to sincerely thank you for supporting our crazy ideas and playing a part in making Public Mobile what it is today. We could not have done it without you. Of course, we still have lots of room to make things even better, and we’re excited about incorporating your ideas in 2019 and beyond. In particular, this is the wish list of things you’ve asked us to focus on next and that we are passionately working on:

 

  1. Faster Moderator response times
  2. An improved ticket submission process
  3. Additional goodness from SIMon The Bot 

 

To thank you for being on this journey with us, we thought we’d have our own Public Mobile Advent Calendar and give away gifts everyday. But, in true #LessforLess spirit, we’re going to keep it to 5 days only because 25 would get very expensive. 🙂

 

With that said, we’re going to be holding a contest everyday from December 10 to 14 to get your holidays off to a great start! Each day, we’ll be announcing 5 winners. Make sure you come back on Dec 10th and check back every day next week!

 

Good luck!

 

Sincerely,

Dave

 

Contest:

Day 5 of 5

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Carolling aside, we hope that our deals are also music to your ears. To help you enjoy all sorts of music, enter for a chance to win 1 of 5 BassPal SoundRo X3 Portable Bluetooth Speakers, please share with us your favourite holiday tunes. Entrants must be an existing Public Mobile customer; please read Contest Rules for more details.


Well, today wraps up our 5-day advent calendar. If you didn’t win anything,have no fear- we still have something for you!

 


Get $20 for Free When You Sign Up for KOHO with the Code PUBLICMOBILE (until February 14)

 

The holiday season is a lot of great things, but cheap isn’t one of them! That’s why Public Mobile has partnered with KOHO to help you accelerate your savings and earn a little free money too.

 

KOHO is a financial tech company whose mission it is to make finances simple and transparent. They offer a slick reloadable Visa card and an integrated app. Get real-time insights into your money, automate your savings goals, and earn instant cash-back on all your purchases. KOHO is also free, because paying bank fees is so 2018.

 

Download the app now to get $20 when you join KOHO with the promo code PUBLICMOBILE.

The Public Mobile promotional code is available to the first 1000 customers.
Offer only available for Public Mobile customers.


Let’s break it down, step-by-step:

  1. Download the KOHO app and sign up with the promo code PUBLICMOBILE

 

  2. Add funds to your KOHO account and make your first purchase


  3. You don’t have to wait for your physical card to arrive. Shop online instantly by creating a virtual card in the app!


  4. Once you make your first purchase, $20 will instantly be added to your KOHO account


KOHO is backed by some of Canada’s leading investors, and your funds are held securely by Peoples Trust.


 

Contest Rules: 

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Public Mobile Holiday Contest

CONTEST RULES


  1.        HOW TO ENTER & ELIGIBILITY

No Purchase Necessary.  To enter entrants must share a response on the Public Mobile Community post sharing their favourite holiday tune(s).

Only one entry per entrant accepted.  No other form of participation is accepted.  In the event of a dispute on the entrant identity, the person who is the holder of the email address specified on the online form will be deemed to be the entrant.

If your entry contains a person, other than the entrant, by entering the contest, you state that you have obtained consent from everyone in the photo. If your photo contains a minor (under the age of 18) parental or legal guardian consent is required.

Contest runs December 14, 2018 only from 9:00AM to 11:59PM ET.


An Entry will be considered void and removed from the Community post if it contains subject matter that, in the opinion of the contest administrators, may violate community standards or is otherwise of questionable taste.


To be eligible, an entrant must be an existing Public Mobile customer and entry must be received on or before end of contest closing date and time. Entrants must be a Canadian resident who are 13 years of age or older and must be a member of the Public Mobile online Community. Contest not open to employees of TELUS Corporation, its affiliated companies or subsidiaries, its sales agents, its advertising and promotional agencies, and members with whom they are domiciled.  By accepting these Contest Rules, entrants agree that any and all liability related to this contest by TELUS is limited to the value of the Prize(s) as defined hereinafter.


  1.      THE PRIZE

There will be five (5) prizes awarded in total.  Winner will receive the following prize:

-1 of 5 BassPal SoundRo X3 Portable Bluetooth Speakers (approx retail value $44.99)


Prize must be accepted as awarded and with no substitutions, is not transferable unless set out in the Contest Rules and cannot be exchanged with Public Mobile or cash. Public Mobile reserves the right to substitute the Prize with a Prize of equivalent value if such prize becomes unavailable for any reason.  The chances of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.


  1.      THE DRAW

A random draw for the Prize will take place at the Public Mobile office located at 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario the day following the close of the contest (on or about 9:00am ET). Selected entrants will be notified on the Public Mobile Community. If the selected entrant cannot be reached within two (2) business days, or if the selected entrant does not meet any of the contest requirements, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.


In order to win, the selected entrant must correctly answer unaided a mathematical skill-testing question and will be required to sign a standard release form.  If the selected entrant is under the age of majority in his/her province of residence, his/her parent or legal guardian must read and accept these Contest Rules.  Failure to answer the skill-testing question correctly, comply with the Contest Rules or sign and return the release form within two (2) days of receipt will result in disqualification and another entry will be selected until the Prize is awarded. Prize will be delivered to a Canadian address of the winner’s choice within (7) business days after prize has been awarded.


  1.      PRIVACY

By entering the contest, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph, voice and/or image for publicity purposes in all media used by Public Mobile, without payment or compensation.  Entrants agree to TELUS’ use of the entrants’ personal information that may include contacting you regarding limited time offers, promotional offers and/or surveys. Full details are as described in Public Mobiles’ privacy policy located at publicmobile.ca/termsofservice.


  1.      OTHER

All entries become the property of Public Mobile. Public Mobile assumes no responsibility for lost, damaged or misdirected entries during the contest period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software and failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Public Mobile on account of technical problems, traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or failure of handset or mobile web browser. Public Mobile reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, cancel or suspend this contest without prior notice. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are mechanically reproduced, forged, falsified, altered, tampered with, not in accordance with Community standards or unlawful in any way. Entries submitted by unauthorized means will be disqualified. In the event that it has been determined that an entry has been made in an manner not sanctioned by these rules and/or an entrant has submitted more than the number of entries permitted by these rules, the entrant and all of his/her entries will be disqualified.  Entrants agree to abide by the contest rules and the decisions of the contest judges, which are final. This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Winners:

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12/10 ($50 Account Credit): Willaug56, bradman20012, @hultman, Vicky1313, Iorieux

12/11 (PM Swag Bag): lat34hat34, slash407, shartomjam, SD08, mcs11 

12/12 (Die Hard Blu-Ray Collection): @socialcocoon, Sphero, Adrian03, feedo, Sidewinder200

12/13 (Amazon Fire TV Stick): Canadaknows, ooakosiryan, 6500K, eizzor, francis26 

12/14 (BassPro Bluetooth Speaker): @Someone_here@itchyfeet01@ty_89@ntoulany@MacMe

 

886 REPLIES 886

socialcocoon
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Congrats on 5 years!

 

My best holiday deal was many years ago. I was looking for a gift for my brother and went to Canadian Tire after seeing a toy in the flyer. Unfortunately they were out of stock. Discouraged, I stopped by London Drugs afterwards and luckily found an even better gift on their shelves. He ended up really liking it as well.

geohawk
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Congratulations on 5 years and for providing such a great service for a reasonable price. Looking forward to more improvements. Hope you all have a happy holiday.

Zooloo
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Awesome work on putting this together. Public Mobile rocks! I'm new to Canada and on our way in I was looking for a fair go option for my family. Nothing could top the value of Public Mobile and the coverage for our needs. Up on Whistler and also Sulphur Mountain in Banff and Lake Louise always in touch. Best value for money. 

Fantastic support from this Community and Mod's have been excellent. Communities work far better than full blown corporate service. Well done everyone.

Already good in my view and any more you do to improve is extra cream.

Congrats from an Australian supporter!!

georgeder
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best deal I ever received was a trip our whole family took last month

_parth23
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

Just to make sure this is the place I comment to enter the prize right? Love the way how public mobile has worked out for me not even a full year and it’s well worth my money this is my “best holiday deal”.

Kokanee08
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Been with PM for ~2 years now and have never had a single problem. Thanks for all your work and for always looking to improve!

 

My best holiday deal was just a few weeks ago. Managed to find a great new pair of dress shoes that were on sale. Went to the front to pay and found out they were also buy 1 get 1 free. So I ended up getting 2 pairs of dress shoes for less than $50!

Marzia2501
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My best holiday deal is the one I've done when I was 9 years old. I've asked my father to let enter the dog home (he wasn't allowed) and my father agreed. We spent a very beautiful day, with the dog next to us at the fireplace and I will Always remember that. Next year dog flown away so when I think about that day I"m really happy for asked and shared with him that beautiful day.

MsMary
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

WOW! 5 years is a milestone! Not sure where to comment the best Christmas deal ever...referring on public mobile and both getting $25 credit! THAT'S an awesome deal!! So glad I switched to your company!

Hyliac
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

My best deal probably is my Public Mobile plan, cheesy as that is. Grandfathered into a 4Gb LTE unlimited plan for $45 a month (on a 90 day term though). I'll never switch, cant find anything that's ever come close. Love my plan!

rene
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My best holiday deal was with Future Shop. It was Boxing Day and I lined up outside the store at 1:00 am. The store opened at 6:00am. They were selling 55” smart TVs to the first 10 for $98. Even though I was there at 1:00 am, I was still only number 8. I was in and out of there in 20 minutes with a really awesome tv.

cheers to all

anoopvb
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Great Holiday Deal..

 

Happy Holidays !!

Smiley Happy

bka21
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best Holiday Deal- Free dinner party for couples at Sheraton Hotels Niagara Falls.

IceD
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Congratulations!!

 

The best holiday deal I have ever gotten is free delivery for any amount with an additional 40% discount on all items. Very timely for the holiday gifts I was buying.

oglop
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best deal I have this year is

Hook & Loop Fastening Cable Ties Organizers, 7.5inch, 4 Pcs/Pack - PrimeCables® - 10/Pack

Just for $0.01 and with free shipping, now I can tidy my wires with all of them !

 

 

Canadaknows
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Thanks for the update Dave.

 

I have only been with PM a short while but I love everything about PM and how everything has gone so far. 

 

My best Christmas deal was a pair of -30 winter work boots. They retail for 250 and I saw them on clearance for $80. I went to the cashier so and they rang in for $50!

I have already used them a couple times this year and they are worth every dollar!

Saowapon
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Great cell provider with great plan

georgeder
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My Best deal was a China trip I just took with my whole family at the end of November.

Tav
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

Best holiday deal is opening a Simplii Financial No Fee Chequing Account and earn up to $200. 

nickwltam
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

55 inch plasma Samsung TV on boxing day about 10 years ago.  Still working great!

SD08
Retired Oracle / Oracle Retraité

@alghosoa wrote:

Congratulations!

My best holiday deal: I got hired on a job I like, not exactly a shopping deal. But for me, it saved me.

 

Have a great Christmas & Happy new year


@alghosoa

WIN. Smiley Happy   Because who wants to face the holidays looking for a job.

 

Happy holidays indeed.

snash
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best holiday deal I've received recently was getting a $25 online voucher for renewing my Costco membership.

Don0524
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Awesome I’m in!

luke11992
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

My best holiday deal was probably last December when I first signed up with Public Mobile lol

Ryang
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My favourite deal so far are the discpunt turkeys I can get during the holiday season ($0.50-$0.70 a pound! ) 😊  My chest freezer appreciates the company and my wallet and stomach appreciate the savings  

clsl7504
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

the best deal I got is $10 monthly plan from Public Mobile. Good plan for what I need.

Hugs29
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best deal I’ve gotten is my public mobile phone service, great price and great service. Since I signed up I’ve never had any problems what’s so ever, it’s so good I shared the deal with my family and friends. As long as I’m with public mobile I’ll always feel like I’m getting a good deal through and after the holidays, love Public Mobile 😃  And trust me I’ve gotten other really good deals in the past but this one tops them all because every month I feel like a winner 😊

Democrat
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

It has being wonderful experience so far with public mobile with your exceptional service and also keeping your customers abreast at all times. You are awesome!!!

SuperOneSix
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Kjimmie
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best holiday deal I got this year we’re electric scooters for my kids! $75 each on Black Friday 🙂

hultman
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Hi Dave and Public Mobile Community, 

 

The best holiday deal I have ever gotten is an Arcteryx jacket for 50% off, thanks to my friend for the friends and family discount! #perks

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