Ceylinco

Few days back,I had a call from a salesman from a subsidiary of the Ceylinco group of companies with an offer for SL expats.

He spoke thousand km an hour without pausing and I hardly understood a word. I tried in vain to ask him to slow down but couldn’t get a word in edgeways. Perhaps he was reading the sales pitch from written material. I waited for him to take a breather then jumped “er.. I am sorry but I honestly can’t understand what you are saying” which prompted him to say “ok  w e   a r e   o f f e r i n g Sri Lankans living in your country the opportunity to join (whatever) to send…………. and he sped again. Since I managed to grasp a few words here and there I understood it was a service to send flowers/gifts etc to relatives in SL for a membership fee of just $20 per annum.

I waited for a breather again then quickly jumped with my Q “why would I want to join your service when there are similar services with no joining fee”?

I needn’t say the answer was grand prix style but I caught a 75minutes worth of free calls are included part. Wee!!!!!!! Eventually I realised I can’t win with him nor understand so I said “is there a website I could visit for further information on this?”

He gave me the address and said he’ll call again later.

Just imagine …..even if you think conservatively…say hundred thousand people joined with the belief $20 over a year is less than lolly money… that’s a cool two million ‘in dollars’ in Mr Kotalawela’s coffers!

Isn’t he a genius?