Mr. Win Detergent Promo a scam? Watch out!

This happened to our household not once but TWICE. My mom and I had exactly the same experience. First, it was me last year who got scammed and then just today, my mom. We were "victimized" by this Mr. Win sales representative who goes house to house offering "FREE" detergent powder as a promotion and ends up with P400 in his hands. What's his modus operandi? Read on.

FIVE boxes (1.5 kg) of Mr. Win detergent powder for P400.
One box and a bar of Champion detergent were FREE.

A sales representative (not in uniform but rather in pambahay clothes) knocked on our gate, handing me one Champion detergent bar and one box of Mr. Win detergent powder. According to him, it's for free because of their ongoing promo. He said they are introducing Mr. Win to the market and that the brand is from the same company that manufactures Champion. Since these were for FREE, I was lured into accepting them. That was my biggest mistake. He asked whether a senior citizen lived with me. When I said yes, he continued to give me more boxes of Mr. Win detergent powder and said he'll give me the discount for senior citizens. He kept on making small talk na parang feeling close sya. He asked for our province and immediately said he's from there too! He even touched me in the arms and said baka raw magkamag-anak na malayo pa daw kami. What are the chances nga naman?! 

The next thing I know is that there were five more boxes of Mr. Win detergent powder in my hands and the sales rep won't take it back. He kept insisting that all the soap I have is worth P400 only. I told him I didn't have money but he won't take the products back. Instead, he said that I should hurry and pay up because his supervisor will get mad if the latter finds out about the discount he's given me. With a heavy heart, I went to get P400 in my wallet and handed it to him. And then he left.

I wouldn't do such a thing under normal circumstances, but during that time, I felt obliged to pay him even if I didn't want to. It was as if I was compelled or hypnotized or something. Whatever he did to me worked and it's just too bad that the same thing happened to my mom today. My sister was stopping mama from entertaining the guy, but mama just went on listening to him anyway. I was watching a show in our room, so I thought it was just nothing. Had I known, I should've stopped my mom myself.

After realizing what just happened, I felt terrible. It was worse than being robbed. So I Googled Mr. Win and found out that this modus has been going on for a while. Here are links to two articles dated back in 2012, warning the public about the Mr. Win modus operandi happening in Pagadian City. In these reports, the sales rep is offering Tide instead of Champion.

• http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2012/07/dti-warns-public-on-mr-win-modus.html
• http://r09.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1361341286250

Now I'm wondering if it's just in our place here in North Caloocan or if others have experienced this as well. I just hope this scam comes to an end. Consumers deserve better than this kind of marketing strategy. Consumers deserve to have honest and fair transactions with sales people. Anyone who has read this post should be wary of such kind of scam. I hope the DTI and Champion does something about this.

   

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