Cheque’s in the mail

The honor system may not always be the surest path to being rich, but it sure feels good when the good guys step forward, tell you good things and give you a nice looking cheque. Here are a few of them:

1. Mr. P N Bhatia from Santa Cruz W: Sold his 1996 Maruti 800 through Chaupaati. His asking price was Rs.25,000 and he received 3 contacts, one of whom bought at Rs.22,000. Mr. Bhatia showed up at the Chaupaati office with his cheque, personally passed along his gratitude “I got a good deal for my Maruti. Thank you very much.”
2. Mr. Ashok Shami from Dombivali E: Sold his China mobiles (Huawei and Sigmatel) for Rs.1,000 and Rs.2,000 respectively. He mailed us a cheque with a note “Thanks for supporting me in selling my cells. I am enclosing … for the payment of my deal.”
3. Mr. Selwyn Jacinto from Santa Cruz E: Has advertised 9 mobiles on Chaupaati till date and received 38 contacts for them. He sold his Nokia 1200 and Tata CDMA to the same person (Mr. Acharya). Acharya’s cheque bounced for the Tata phone and promises to issue a new cheque when he is in Mumbai next (from Nagpur). Mr. Jacinto still paid Chaupaati and after close-looping, we black-listed Acharya.
4. Mr. Piyush Ranjan from Andheri E: Sold his Philips 21″ TV through Chaupaati. He received 10 contacts within 2 days of advertising his television. “I was willing to sell it for 2.5K. Now one guy is coming to pick it up for 4K (may be more),” Mr. Ranjan told us. He promptly cleared his dues online using a credit card.

There have been advertisers who paid us despite the fact that their deal did not close, but they found our contacts genuine. Our biggest challenge has been to let advertisers see us as a pay-for-performance media company that charges per-response, as opposed to a deal broker who takes a commission on satisfactory transaction. We celebrate those advertisers who value the system in this light.

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