Don't Lose Your Marbles

Wishing you a very Happy New Year with good health and blessings from God!   Thank you for coming to my blog (whether it came up in your search results or otherwise).   I hope you've found the posts helpful.

Viu Premium at Lazada Dec 12 sale Viu Premium at Shopee Dec 12 sale Update: Recently concluded November 11, 2019 price for both Shopee and Lazada for the 1 year subscription was 693 (Lazada even had a voucher for 100 off so it came down to 593). The 6 month, 3 month, and 1 month subscriptions were also on sale at different times. It becomes even cheaper if you can use Shopee coins. There's still a December sale if you missed out on 11-11. For reference, 12 month subscription is 990, 6 months 520, 3 months 270, so if you find vouchers cheaper than those prices buy them because they sell out fast. Mom's subscription (from the sale last year) was about to end last October 30 and I had to purchase a 3 month subscription at regular online price of 270 (because she says she can't do without Viu haha  :p ). Good thing I was able to snag the 12 month Viu voucher on sale for 593 at Lazada. Since you can't stack a 12 month subscription (max stackable is 12 months),...

You can only refund the terminal fee  if you were not able to take your flight.  Applicable only for flights from February 1, 2015 onwards. You can head on over to file your refund online with Cebu Pacific (click here)   and choose "Request." If you booked via AirAsia,  click here to go to their FAQ . If you booked via Philippine Airlines (PAL),  click here to go to their FAQ. For other airlines, go to their respective website or contact your travel agent. How much is the terminal fee refund? For flights departing  from Manila, it's Php 200 for domestic and Php 550 for international. For flights departing  from Cebu, it's Php 300 for domestic and Php 850 for international  (starting July 1, 2018; Php 750 if earlier) Clark is an exception  because it's not included when you book your ticket and you need to pay at the airport. For flights departing  from other domestic airports, please refer to your eticket and look for ...

Planning a birthday party at Jollibee? I'd like to share a breakdown of the costs involved when we were planning a party for my niece. ================= Prices updated as of November 27, 2019 Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Jollibee so if you have any other questions, please inquire from the branch nearest you. Details : 2 hours only ; additional Php 500 per 30 minutes in excess of 2 hours Timeslots available: 10am-12nn, 1-3 pm, 4-6 pm, 7-9 pm Must deposit a minimum of Php 3000 to reserve booking then remaining balance on the day of the party Must avail minimum of Php 5000 food purchase (either from party food packages or mix & match solo items) What's included in the party package? Party Fee: Php 1500 (without loot bags) 30 name tags 30 balloons on sticks 15 assorted game prizes 15 party hats 15 invitation cards 15 tray liners 5 boxes of crayons 1 message board for birthday greetings Joll...

See my previous post on Xend here. After my bad experience with Xend's customer service, it was a surprise that another courier showed a more proactive customer service. I was expecting an item to be delivered by UPS last September 15 (even with the impending landfall of super typhoon Ompong) based on the tracking on the website.  I waited the whole day since the tracking showed it was out for delivery. Nightfall came but the delivery truck never showed. Ok. Maybe they cancelled it because of the weather. Fine. That night, the tracking showed that item was not delivered due to an incomplete address. Seriously?!!! So I signed up for a UPS account and put in my complete address again. On Monday morning, I filed a support ticket at the UPS site to ask why they claim it's an incomplete address when my shipping address is complete.  A few hours later, someone from UPS replied and asked for details. Later that afternoon, they delivered my package. I asked the ...

Update: If you're having problems with your shipments at Xend, scroll down at the bottom of the post for some contact info. ------------------------------------------ I've been using Xend for a long time and have always been satisfied with their service, even with the  few missed pickups and super delayed tracking on their website.  The convenience of having items picked up at home at a cheaper rate compared to commercial couriers with cut-off hours (hello LBC!) made using their service tolerable. My recent shipment and dealing with their unhelpful and useless customer service was the last straw.  I shipped an electronic item worth 10k within my same city and used a paper waybill.  The rider who picked it up said he does pickups for Xend and another courier and did not give me an official receipt (and even claims they don't give official receipts nowadays). Waited 24 hours for tracking to appear but the tracking number nev...