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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

ray1
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

I have a boss soundbar for $209.00.I also got 5gb for $40.00 from public mobile.

LParker
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best gift I ever received was an all expenses paid trip to the Dominican Republic many years ago.  Been back a few times since.

bzly
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Recycled newspaper as gift wrap  #LessforLess

monocycliste
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

best holiday deal was probably when I got Portal 1 for free and Portal 2 for 1$. Steam sales 😄

dezn
Great Citizen / Super Citoyen

Let's be real here. I got my red dead redemption 2 for $40  😄

And a pair of warm socks for $3. I'm ready for the snow!

 

Melagain
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

One truly amazing gift was getting rid of Bell Mobility!!! I LOVE public Mobile service and bonus's you can receive. Owning a cell shouldnt have to be like having a major debit!!! THANK YOU for giving me that freedom!! Also I just got told on the weekend I am getting an all expense paid trip to florida in March!!!! Yahooooo this Christmas is rocking so far!!!1

bashirtariq2001
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best deal of Holidays definitely Public Mobile Simcard purchase. 

irehs1
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

my best deal ever was finding a beautiful imitation Christmas tree at a charity/thrift shop for $12, regularly valued @ $160!

Pikaru
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best deal I ever got is a gaming laptop that was 400$ off! 

ajdb
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

best holiday deal was a new phone for $250 off

noelli10
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best deal I got was on a flight to Hong Kong and Japan! Watch so happy to see my family and visit a new country 🙂

Merry Christmas!

atrial
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

best holiday deal were these snowpants i got for 50% off on top of free gift cards in boxing day ! waitied a long time in line though haha

B-Dog4U
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

thank you for tyhe opportunity to win one of these gifts.

Ynm
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best holiday deal I have ever got was a free Christmas tree...

jessy0
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

I found giant squishy stuffies for my kids at Costco. They are really cute and I think they were $12 or $13

Tuffys69
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

“best holiday deal”  

I have had many good deals over the years, joining Public Mobile was one of them. This year I got a fantasic deal on a set of tires, saved $1150.00. However, the most speacial was last year when my mother had major surgery on Christmas day and survived.

 

cbear
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best holiday deal I got was a $20.00 pack of scratch of wins for $16.99!

chavoc
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best holiday deal I've got is the potential win from this contest! Honestly I've missed out on too many deals that slipped by ... Here's to hoping this isn't one more!

hribark
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Hi there!

I got my best holiday deal only just recently. I went to the Calgary Vegfest Holiday Market and was given a whole potted head of organic butter lettuce fo free! A local organization was giving this lettuce bouquet away with the hopes of encouraging people to buy organic, local produce. I've been snipping leaves off of it for a week now and she's still going strong.

Kristen 

lorilori
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Best deal I got was from home depot! somebody ordered a counter top in a wrong color, and since it was "custom made" they had at like 60 bucks instead of 500 🙂 

kguna925
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Best holiday deal that I ever received was free mobile internet for 12 months. 

Albertaink
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

My best holiday deal was the instant pot I got for almost half off! I’ve used it daily since I’ve gotten it. It is such a time saver for someone with a busy life. I usually always forget to put out frozen meats but it’s not an issue now! I can cook a whole frozen chicken in 20 minutes!

I also have to say that I’ve saved SOOOO much money switching to public mobile. I have zero complaints with anything! Thank you for actually giving us all a cheaper option for awesome service. 

Merry Christmas! 🎄 

JeffH
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

The best holiday deal I received was the opportunity for this contest. I am a huge fan of Public Mobile and I hope you guys keep up the good work. 

hairbag1
Mayor / Maire

I once got a real good deal on a Christmas gift of some pots and pans for my ex-wife. Feliz Navidad

axere
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best deal I got was actually during a boxing day sale. A store chain (i think it was esprit) was closing all their stores, and they had some incredible deals, like 90% off. I think i've spent 50 bucks for 2 pairs of shoes, a jacket, and several jeans. 

piel
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

Dave Piel......My best holiday deal so far is the deal i got when signing up to public mobile...it greatly reduced my monthly bill!

ooakosiryan
Model Citizen / Citoyen Modèle

hey, all! i just joined public mobile yesterday. looking forward to contribuiting to the community!

 

the best holiday deal i've ever gotten was gift for my dad. it was laptop that came with a laptop backpack and a wireless mouse $350. the laptop only (without the backpack and mouse) was available at the big box retailers for $500. i bought it for $350, and with the particular points system at the store i bought it at, i received $140 worth of points back. so, really, i paid a net $210 for a $500 laptop, a laptop backpack, and a mouse haha

grantc
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

Sorry to say but my best deal has been my cell service from a foreign carrier which includes unlimited north america calling, unlimited north america text, free whatsApp data use, 800 mB data (it works in all of north america) for the big cost of CAD$11 per month.

tim5681
Good Citizen / Bon Citoyen

This year I found a snow blower  on sale in  Canadian tire .just $500 for a Professional model (usually priced over $799+tax).

ssmithis
Great Neighbour / Super Voisin

The best holiday deal that I can remember was when I needed a fridge the company that we bought it from gave us $125.00 because it was scratched.  Happy Christmas and New Year.

 

Steve

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