Gym Equipment For Sale

I have the following gym equipment for sale (Hyderabad, India):

1. Afton Magnetic Treadmill: Adjustable magnetic resistance, fully collapsible. Excellent condition. Infrequently used. 3 years old. Rs. 7,000/- Somewhat negotiable. Purchase price Rs. 10,000/-
2. Home Gym: With 150 Pounds in weights. 1 year old. Excellent condition. Infrequently used. Rs. 10,000/- Somewhat negotiable. Purchase price Rs. 11,500/- SOLD
   

The Home Gym can be broken down for transportation. I cannot provide transport but can knock it down and put it together again at destination.

Both the tread mill and home gym are in pristine condition. I bought them in the vain hope that they would be used :-) I want to get rid of them to free up some much needed space.

If you are interested in purchasing these items, please send me an email (gautam AT satpathy DOT in) or call me at 91-94407-01095 (only between 1.30 pm & 10.00 pm).

Rs. 50/- For Helmet - Follow-up

Last month I had posted about the Rs. 50/- for a false helmet invoice issue. Pratul Honda, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, asked me to pay an additional 50 bucks so that they would give me a false invoice for a helmet. They claimed that the Hyderabad RTA office would not register the new scooter if I did not purchase a helmet to go along with it. The idea being that the false invoice would "prove" that I had purchased a helmet.

Well, the scooter is registered by RTA. I have received the registration card and the license number. I did not purchase a new, unneccesary helmet! Nor did I pay Pratul Honda the 50 bucks they were demanding!

These chaps are trying to rip-off the customer. At the same time they are falsifying their accounts. Is somebody listening? IT sleuths, it is time to pay these guys a call.

Kenstar Microwave Oven + TMC & eZone Hyderabad

Yesterday afternoon Padmaja & I went to buy a new microwave oven to replace the old one. Drove down to TMC Begumpet and liked the Kenstar 31DCF Model. Cash price Rs 13,000/- Then we saw the previous model from Kenstar, 30 DCF with a price tag of Rs, 11,990/-. Not much difference between the two other than the capacity (31 lts vs 30 lts) and the exterior finishing. TMC offered us a Rs 500/- trade in for the old microwave oven. We decided to take the deal and I paid over the cash. TMC then told us that it would be delivered the next day and delivery would cost me Rs 50/-. We were pissed with that. Most stores offer free delivery and installation. Anyway, we decided to take the deal.

In the evening we took the kids to the new Mall in Banjara Hills, City Center. We walked into the new eZone store and saw the same Kenstar oven (31 DCF) on sale for Rs. 13,990/- with a Kenstar Karishma Food Processor free! Damn! Well, I called TMC and asked them to cancel my order. They initially tried to sell me a story of how this was a company offer that had been withdrawn and that eZone was somehow at fault. I called eZone and confirmed the offer and called TMC again. Spoke to a nice young man called Feroze Khan. He told me that if I could show him a invoice from eZone for this offer he would refund my money. But I would have to do it the same evening! Opps. It was 8.00 pm already :-(

Padmaja & I jumped in the car and drove to eZone. Verified everything, paid for the stuff and rushed to TMC in Begumpet. Feroze handed over the cash refund without further discussion. he did keep a photocopy of my eZone invoice.

Alls well that ends well! Padmaja has her new microwave and that food processor she has been eying for some time!

eZone has some great deals at this time. The store is new and their pricing is aggressive. Currently the best prices in Hyderabad. And their store reminds of of Best Buy & Circuit City.

Busy Weekend - Sidhiqui Kebab Center

It has been a busy weekend. Padmaja had a 5 day week this time and we have a ton of stuff piled up. Anyway, have managed to complete almost all the items we had planned to do. I still have a backlog on the investment tracking front and will work through that this week.

Today I went to Tolichowki to try and find the Sidhiqui Kebab Center. Called Afghan once I reached Tolichowki and he was able to direct me to the right place. Anyway, I picked up some Chicken Tikka, two Hariyali Tangdis, Rumali Rotis (Rs. 2/- each!!!) and some Arabian Tashma (never tried this before, lets see what on hell it is ).

Will report back on the quality of the stuff after we have finished devouring the stuff tonight...

Took the kids to the Krishna Kant Park in Yousufgudda. Was standing in
line for the ticket when two guys barged into the line. I shouted at
both of them and pushed my way to the front. The cheek of these people!
And they looked like your average IT kind of people. Educated, with good
jobs and all that. But boorish, idiotic and rude fools! This country is
full of idiots like that. Transport them to the US or some place like
that and you get to see a different person! They become polite, law
abiding Desis with a phoney accent and a I Love NY T-shirt! Idiots!