by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 19, 2009 | Life, Notices
So you’ve probably all read my post on my Dominos Pizza experience here. A couple of things have happened since that post so I thought I would update you all…
After I made my post I forwarded it to the complaints department at Dominos. They contacted me with the same copy-pasta (pun completely intended) response about how they adhere to safety standards etc that they anonymously commented with in the blog post. After a few emails back and their complaints department said they would forward my complaint to the franchise owner and send me a voucher.
Yesterday this turned up… It’s a voucher for 2 pizzas, garlic bread and a coke delivered free. The fine print says “A charge may apply to Big Taste Pizzas, half ‘n’ half pizzas, additional toppings, indulgent crusts and promotional pizzas. Valid for cash payment internet orders only.” They included a hand written note which says “Enjoy” which I thought was pretty damn funny. I don’t think I’ll be using the voucher but perhaps one of my friends would enjoy it.
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Today I got a call from the franchise owner. We spoke for around 20 minutes and he was beyond apologetic. He explained that everyone involved was going to be retrained and they were going to have a staff meeting to discuss what they could do in future. He agreed that the guy who took out phone call should have escalated the call to a manager and I should have been offered a refund on the spot. He then sent a delivery driver out to my house to refund the entire amount we spent that night.He also gave me his personal mobile phone number in case we had any more problems. |
This is the service I expected in the first place. And while I totally appreciate that it *might* have taken this long for the owner to actually find out about the situation, it really shouldn’t have.
While I am happy to have my money back, I honestly don’t think that they would have taken any notice of my complaint at all had I not been complaining very loudly on the internet. I know this because of all the stories I heard from you guys with similar complaints that were never settled!
Food for thought and there is the end of my Dominos Pizza tale 😉
by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 28, 2009 | Notices
Hello everyone! This is a super quick post to let you all know that I’ve arrived back home in Aus safe and sound.
I have over 600 photos of the trip so I’m working to edit them now but unfortunately I’ve become quite ill from doing too much while away! So I’m taking a day or so to try and kick this flu thing and then I’ll put everything up online for you guys to see! I made so many new friends over in Singapore so I want to do the post justice!
<3 you all and we’ll chat soon!
P.S. Omg I am one off of 100 followers!! To celebrate I’ve got a couple of surprises planned! You guys rock 😀
by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 22, 2009 | Notices
Hi everyone! As you read this I’ll probably be on the plane to Singapore heading to the Nuffnang Awards ^_^
I know some of you don’t have Twitter so I thought I’d put in my Twitter feed here so you can see what I’m up to! I’m hoping to update while I’m over there but if not check out what I’m doing below and don’t forget to say hi!
by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 18, 2009 | Craft, Decoden, Life, Notices
WE ARE GOING TO SINGAPORE FOR THE NUFFNANG AWARDS THIS THURSDAY!!!
That’s right everyone! We both won tickets to the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blogger Awards with our Pringles competition entries! OMG SO EXCITING!
Thanks so much to Nuffnang for paying for our tickets and accommodation! We are so grateful for everything and can’t wait to meet all the other bloggers going! ![]()
And OMGOMGOMGOMG we leave this Thursday! So much packing to do!
This is the first formal event I’ve ever been to (I didn’t go to my highschool formal) so I can’t even say how excited I am to be able to get dressed up. I’m putting the final touches on my outfit over the next few days but I’m going to keep it a surprise for you guys!
So you can understand why I haven’t been posting much this week, I’ve been busy making arrangements!
Over the next few days as I pack I’ll be putting together a post called “Violet’s Traveling Tip’s” so you can see how I travel in style ^_^
A sneak peak of what I’m going to take with me…. I deco’d my DS Lite this week 😀 Here’s a mini tutorial on how I did it (with some bonus photos down the bottom)!
First I got my diamante case of doom!
I arranged all of the biggest charms first and glued them down with epoxy. Don’t worry I’m just decorating a case. I used a bunch of random charms, some bows and pleated ribbon on the bottom.
Then I filled in all of the gaps with smaller jewels and pearls. 
I gave everything a few top coats with clear nail polish. 
After it was dry I popped it back on the DS.
Tadaa! 
Now some bonus pictures from our adventures with the stupid car! Poor little car being towed to it’s final resting place 🙁
Me at the mechanic paying for it all. They were so nice and only charged us a tiny bit! I would totally recommend them if you live in Brisbane check out Mechanix Plus in Wynnum ^_^ 
It actually hailed this week ! My back yard was covered in ice, if you know Brisbane’s climate you know how rare this is! I’m almost glad we didn’t have a car to get damaged XD
Well that’s it for now! Join me next week for my epic travel post!
Oh would you guys prefer that I set up a couple of automatic posts for while I’m away? Or would you just like me to set it up so my twitter updates here so you can get a blow by blow of all the fun we’re going to have?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH SINGAPORE!! Thank you Nuffnang!
by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 19, 2009 | About Me, Art, Notices
This week’s artwork post is a little bit different to usual…
I’ve completely overhauled the layout to the blog complete with new cute version of me on the banner 😀
Over the next week I’m going to be working out all of the kinks so if something doesn’t work or you don’t like something let me know and I’ll do my best to fix it up.
I’m just about falling asleep on the keyboard at the moment but these are some of the other changes which will be made tomorrow:
- Fix all broken/crappy widgets and get them to match the colours
- Add sponsors page
- Add about me page
- Add find me online page
- Find better label/tag cloud. I saw a cool spinning one the other day but I’ve forgotten where, suggestions?
- Anything else you guys point out…
Btw can someone tell me if the Twitter feed on the right is working? It’s not working on my computer but the code appears to be correct and I’m on a Mac…
So what do you all think of the artwork?
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 4, 2009 | Art, Hime Gyaru, Life, Notices
Yes this is one of those annoying times when real life gets in the way of internet life. So what’s getting in the way? Well work mostly. We’re at a crazy point right now with a lot of projects finishing and starting at the same time so I’ve been working for like 15 hours a day, not very fun even when you have an awesome job. At the same time I’m learning to code iPhone applications (which hopefully you all will eventually benefit from!) which is hard work but fun. And on top of that for a limited time only I’m taking very cheap art commissions for some extra play money (interested? Email [email protected])
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…so as you can imagine I’ve been a bit out of the loop!I’ve got a backload of posts and photos to put up here and I dyed my hair even blonder last week so I have to show you guys that too! Oh and Greazefest was last weekend too so photos photos and more photos! Argh getting a little stressed just thinking about all of this hahaha!
Tomorrow I’ve got a bit of a break in the storm so I’m going to get down to it and make some posts!
Also I’m still reading everyone’s blogs I just don’t have time to comment as much sorry!
<3
Oldest photo over.
Yesterday this turned up… It’s a voucher for 2 pizzas, garlic bread and a coke delivered free. The fine print says “A charge may apply to Big Taste Pizzas, half ‘n’ half pizzas, additional toppings, indulgent crusts and promotional pizzas. Valid for cash payment internet orders only.” They included a hand written note which says “Enjoy” which I thought was pretty damn funny. I don’t think I’ll be using the voucher but perhaps one of my friends would enjoy it.
This is the service I expected in the first place. And while I totally appreciate that it *might* have taken this long for the owner to actually find out about the situation, it really shouldn’t have.
