Maldivian Falls Victim to a Scam Again... !!!!

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.hnova.com

http://www.brandazo.com

http://www.gperson.com/

http://www.centrexp.com/

http://www.neussner.com/

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

http://www.imarpress.com

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.

The second type of deceit is when they use a small branch of a huge company and award them. Here is one.

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.

http://www.ioml.mu/en/news/

The third type: Who pay thousands of dollars each year to buy this award, well literally, and showcase it at their sales centre.

http://www.megachiplive.com/company/news-events/president-congratulates-megachip-maldives

And unfortunately one is a Board member of Dhiraagu and the other one is an Elected MP.

http://www.megachiplive.com

I wrote to Megachip about a year ago explaining all what I have found out above but they never bothered. Go see the awards at Megachip showroom, Majeedi Magu

Cheers to all....

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