And Now another Maldivian falls victim. read article on haveeru
The following article was first published on Monday, May 25, 2009
This is exactly what I feel when a PC reseller in Maldives wins awards almost 3 consecutive years for quality. There are so many, more qualified PC distributors and resellers across the globe. Like IngramMicro or CDW or TechData. But why on earth would a plaque be awarded to a firm in Maldives for selling PCs. If it was beaches, luxury travel or fishing I can understand.
So, about a year back I did some google searching for the credibility of this so called “BID” award for Quality and Blah Blah…. And here is what I found.
1. Look up google for “business initiative directions” (that is what B.I.D stands for) and you find all sorts of web addresses under different domains listing the so called BID awards.To name a few
http://www.bid-paris.com/en/main.php
http://www.bid-org.com/menu.htm
http://worldquality.org/en/index.php
http://bid-planet.com/conbordes_archivos/index.htm
http://www.bid-quality.com/en/index.php
http://www.bid-qualitysummit.com/en/index.php
This is loads of more websites belonging to BID so they will get you the moment you type “Business Initiative Directions” on google.
2. Now let’s look at the sponsors of BID awards and the magazines on which they publish about the awards
The Magazines:
http://www.gatewaycnet.com/ - New (2010)
http://www.ideasb2b.com/ - (New 2010)
Don’t you find it a little awkward that all these magazines publish only news feeds form other sources. They do not have any genuine content whatsoever. Ah… except for BID award news just to amuse you.. And all these magazines is owned by Imapress. And to deceive people they have huge pictures of World leaders on the covers of these magazines that are printed only once a year. you get my point right?....
The Main Sponsor
The website of Main Sponsor is worse. Look at that website, nothing but hyperlinks.
3. Ok… now the people who pay huge sums of money, travel to Geneva and Paris and fetch these awards.
Do you guys know any company by the name Jorio Coca Cola Corse. You get the idea rigt? And if you look up google for the “Jorio Coca Cola Corse” you will only find this company only on the websites that I have highlighted at the top. Maybe the real name of Coca Cola Company is Jorio Coca Cola Corse. I don’t know! but these guys received the award.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkfePm4HoBQ&feature=channel_page
But that is Indian Oil (Mauritius) and they don’t make a big fuss out of it. They have not even mentioned about this particular award on their website.
Cheers to all....
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