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

[Dave_M]

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.

2.      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.

3.      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.

4.      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.

5.      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

[jenalyn]

The most memorable gift I ever received was a quilt handmaid by my mother. 

[zl_colin]

The most memorable gift I have ever received was my first ever smartphone, iPhone 3GS. I still have it in my drawer and it is still functional. 

[rahmedkanak]

My 2 daughters are the best gift I ever received. Both of them born in the month of December.

[luke11992]

My first Pokemon game (Silver) on Gameboy Colour, from my Nonna.

[Rxtodd]

A conduit bender. I have no need for a conduit bender, I'm a pharmacist. One year when anyone asked what I wanted for Christmas I would respond, a conduit bender, partly because I wasn't sure what I wanted, and because I thought that it sounded funny. Apparently the laugh was on me because my father in law made sure there was one under the tree for me!

[jukos]

Our family makes gifts instead of buying...last year I had access to a clinical linear accelerator and was able to produce electron trees in lucite. Best gift I recieved ..an Alpha 57 sony camera....due for renew hehe.

[Sidewinder200]

Best memorable gift was the first Christmas card from my son that he made himself. 

[Icecreamscoop2]

memorable and life changing gift: uniqlo heattech long johns

[dmbcanada]

My most memorable gift was tickets to see Wrestlemania with my dad, mind you it was not live in person but on  a large jumbotron in the old Montreal Forum.    It was almost as good as being there in person! 

[nilimasaha]

The gift of citizenship a couple weeks ago 😂 

[bseldonb]

It’s was a shoe box with an old pair of shoes that needed to be replaced. With it was money for new ones. Very clever. 

[Someone_here]

The most memorable gift I’ve ever gave are tickets for a show with my aunt and uncle. They brought me to se a show from Cirque du soleil when I was very young, and recently I just bought them and myself tickets for that exact same show, since they are bringing it back 🙂

[lat34hat34]

@Dave_M

The most memorable gift I've ever given or received is a hard question to answer, mainly because I always want people to instead just give me a really nice card (I'm not all about gifts anymore like I used to be when I was younger). However, one of the most heartfelt gifts I ever received was from my wife.

For a period of time when I was 19, I had stopped playing guitar completely because I was in a very crummy slump. I just didn't feel motivated and I was super anxious all of the time. My wife, who was constantly on my butt to play guitar, decided to buy me a new one in order to motivate me to play. She bought me a Telecaster Deluxe and I was absolutely floored. She then made me promise her that I would never stop playing for a long period of time ever again and I never did. It was very meaningful to me because she has always supported the art that I love to create and I couldn't have asked for a better person in my life.

The most memorable gift I have ever given, I think, was last Christmas when I purchased two PVRIS records for my wife who is a huge fan of the band. I reserved the last copy of their latest album (a limited print of 1500) at a store here in the city and I bought a brand new, sealed limited version of their first album (deluxe edition with a special edition bonus 7"). This band has meant the world to her since I first introduced her to their music a few years ago and the smile on her face when she opened them up and listened to them was the icing on the cake. 🙂

[wenzo]

Best gift ever was a custom made stained glass window. Absolutely beautiful.

[bobbymac_17]

The most memorable gift I ever received was my first hockey stick as a kid. I remember seeing it all wrapped under the tree and was so excited. I still have that stick today even though it is a little too small for me to use now!

[BoboDultmica]

The best gift I get every year is a Christmas breakfast of cinnamon buns, extra sharp imperial cheese and pemeal bacon. Look forward to it every year!

[ty_89]

Would say it was my family's first computer that we got for Christmas when I was young

[eizzor]

My most memorable gift received was my first ever pet, a guinea pig! I had to do a scavenger hunt to get to the cage and it was so exciting. Still my fave present I've been given on Christmas.

[homer]

A memorial gift I received is a singing card from my boyfriend several years ago. I recently found it in my suitcase, and the card sang the last time and died. It is not possible to replace the battery because that requires me to destroy the card. I decided to keep it because we haven't met each other for four years. 

[adanac_20]

My most memorable Christmas gift was my Brett hull GT snow racer. You got the sled and a poster signed by Brett hull. Awesome  

[darmac]

The most memorable gift I have ever received was a daughter's pride ring, being the only girl among 5 brothers

[smp99]

Day 4

Most memorial Gift - GI Joe jeep

I have not seen any list of any winners all week......

[Salmanmansoori]

The best gift I have ever got was my first ever smartphone from my dad around 7 years ago. I was a real special feeling 🙂 I still remember that day 🙂

[Ciph]

The best gift I have received was waking up alive after a car accident many years ago and having been more or less fully rehabilitated. Personally, I think the best gift I have given was a black/gold pen set (not opulently glitzy) to someone who never expected it but had shown a somewhat hidden admiration in it long ago and had forgotten about it until then. Family and friends would probably not consider that as my best gift but, for me, it had a personal importance back then and moreso now considering the decisions that person had made since.

[bbdata]

Most memorable gift is having many of my tees converted to canvas art to hang

[Snowbunny]

My most memorable gift was bringing back a hunk of rock from the beach at Normandy, France for my father who was a peacekeeper in the Cnd army after the 2nd world war.  It held such meaning for him, and was something I know he always treasured.

[krzcnck]

the gift of me 

[Chipster]

Day 4

The most memorable gift I received was when I was a child. It was a US Army HO scale Electric Train set. I spent 100s of hours playing with that train set.

[jolenerekman]

My most memorable gift was an outfit my grandfather bought new right before he passed. It was a gift he picked out all by himself.

[holly_s]

I received a camera, which captures memories, so makes for a meaningful gift.