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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

NQP-Click
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I was looking for a specific brand/model of television. The TV was on sale at a few different stores, and, when I went to one of the stores to buy the TV, it was an additional $50 off.

Knutsford
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

One of the best holiday deal I have found is the $40 / month 4gb deal from PM offered 2 years ago!

wleung
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

The best holiday deal I have got was a nice wool coat for about like $10 from Blue Notes and it looked like one that worth $50.

rubadubspawn
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

One of my favourite deals this year was on black Friday westjet. 

 

I got 4 tickets plus the family dog tickets from Toronto to Vancouver for 2 weeks during spring break next year. $900 all in Booya! 

ssmithis
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Hello Dave,

We really appreciate the efforts that go behind the support infastructure.  Good job and as long as the saving are being passed on to the clients that's a big plus.  Thanks again.

 

Steve

ethos32
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

My best holiday gift was a 50 ' tv last yr that was discontinued by 70% because of a pricing error. Happy Holidays !

kat63
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Ditto!!!

Katc
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My best holiday deal for today is the wonderful company that is PM. I've been with them since nearly the beginning and it's been great!

kat63
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

I'm not sure that these count as great deals...but, these are the only things that I came up with at the moment...  1.  I bought a goat for an orphanage in Haiti in my mom's name.  That was her Christmas present one year and she was thrilled with it!  2.  Our family has decided not to buy each other Christmas gifts for the adults anymore.  Instead, we sponsor a needy family at Christmas and we buy food and gifts for that family.  We love doing it!  It makes us feel like we're Santa. This is our second year doing it!  3.  I filled up my car at the cheapest gas station around today (122.9/l) and they GAVE me a FREE cup of hot chocolate!  Super awesome, if you ask me!!!  Merry Christmas to all and a great 2019 to you and yours!

 

Paromaly
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Thanks to Public Mobile, I can stay conected with my children!

Icecreamscoop2
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

as recent as this year, the shopper drugs mart switch deal was pretty sweet. $379 + 120 gc

wyldfirez
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The beat Christmas deal I have ever got was last year. Received $700 off an 64inch 4k TV. Was pretty much 50% off. What a great deal. Best deal this year was Public Mobiles $25 referral credit..

robretta
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best holiday deal I ever received was a double-Lung transplant in Nov 2012 from my donor

J0rdanna
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

my best holiday deal so far was the gift of giving handing out mini Xmas trees to ppl who couldn't afford Xmas trees this year it's the greatest gift of all to be able to give to people who need 

 

thank you for the gift of giving 

 

Poogzley
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

I just purchased the latest Pokemon game for 44.99$ instead of 75$!

Now that's a deal 🙂

retsina
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

My best holiday deal was sony ps3 headset 80% off regular price. I bought three of them. 🙂

slpless
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

My best holiday deal was Sony 39 inch HDTV at $300 five years ago!

 

You can get much better TV at that price these days, but five years ago it was the best deal.

publicCY
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

"best holiday deal" was probably the Black Friday shopping in America's outlet malls!

Have a happy and wonderful holiday everyone!

G-W
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Thank you so much for the opportunity to win! The best holiday deal I've had was having the opportunity to ask the girl I had a huge crush on out and has led to the happiest year of my life. May not be money related but it's trully the best one yet!

zazster
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Hmmm.  Probably an online Christmas evening Future Shop TV purchase resulted in the biggest savings.  

Bashgyrl
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best Christmas deal I ever got was when I had to wait for December 21st by your tree for financial reasons. I went to our neighborhood nonprofit to buy the tree and after some light conversation mentioning that me and my kids had to carry the tree home cuz we don't have a car the lot owner give us the pick of trees for free .

dcolb566
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Awesome!! I just love public mobile !! Great improvements and I thank u for a great 5 years. 

mrelf007
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best holiday deal I got was when Bestbuy and Future Shop had the promotion to trade in your old game and get a new copy of a brand new video game back in 2013. So my brother and I both lined up for this promotion and we were both able to get free video games that we would have ended up paying full price for.

Johan
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Best Holiday Deal, I was a kid and wanted to get a gift for my mom.I asked months in advance what she would like thinking she would forget and it would be a big surprise. I had saved  almost a year of allowances (in those days was not a lot), and when the Sears Wish Book came out (no online shopping), I found the perfict item and the day I called to order it, they had a one day sale, which was 70% off that particular Item. I managed to get her 2 gifts that year and for 7 year old, I could not realy comprehend why she smiled and cried at the same time after opening them. It was not until one of my kids did the same type of thing, did I really understand.

MerryChistmas Everone!    

will13am
Oracle
Oracle

My chest freezer started failing late last week.  I started doing a bit of shopping around on the weekend for a replacement.  I was unable to locate a store near by that had stock.  I could not afford to let the contents thaw on me.  So, I had to learn freezer repair 101 Sunday night with some assistance youtube videos.  I managed to isolate the problem and sourced a replacement part for $40.  The freezer is as good as new again.  This is definitely not a glamorous submission.  Nonetheless, it fits the theme of a no bells, no whistle, "less for less", money saving situation.  If this submission wins, it would definitely redefine the cliche of winning ugly.  Smiley HappySmiley HappySmiley Happy

Carld123
Deputy Mayor / Adjoint au Maire

Best deal for me...13 yrs ago...got my partner in crime for free...Billy..the chihuahua...

tammykida
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best holiday deal will have to be the $65 Instant Pot 😄

wpwalters
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

My best Christmas deal was a last minute trip to a high end, all inclusive, adults only resort on the Mayan Riviera for 10 days over the Christmas holidays. All in only $800 CA including the flight. 10 days at the resort at that time of year normally costs $2700 US plus the flight.

veronicaamae
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Definitely buying a MacBook Pro for under $700 and getting over $800 of makeup products and tools for less than $250!

Mrhobbes
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best deal I have had was last year actually. Maybe more like good luck than good deal.

I was paying my AMEX bill online and 

a box on the site mentioned Eagles concert tickets on sale ahead of the public. I bought 2 for $90 each as my wife is a HUGE Eagles fan. When tickets went on sale to the public it sold out in 15min and scalpers were asking $350 plus for seats beside mine.

That was a good deal. And fun.

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