Yesterday I got my Microsoft DreamSpark DVD. It all started after I saw a new affiliate’s address on the DreamSpark website www.dreamsparkindia.com, under my city’s name. There was a phone number given too. I contacted the person responsible via the number given. I asked him all about the program. He also told that they would be charging Rs. 50 for the DVD. I got surprised to hear this, as on the site it was given that you can collect the DVDs for free. I once again checked the site, this time not only the home page but also the FAQ section. There it was given that the associated partners may take a fee for this process of distributing the DVD, and that would be not more than Rs. 50. After this I was fully assured that the person wasn’t cheating me, as I had read in many of the forum discussions about the DreamSpark DVDs.
Here comes the real story: I went to the given address at 11. The place is around 10 km from my home. As I don’t have a bicycle of a motorbike, I had the only one way, to go for auto rickshaws, and that too on the bumpiest roads of Muzaffarpur. It’s really horrible to travel by auto, in the route of Bhagwanpur to Mithanpura. Still, I landed at the place at around 11:20. When I went to the place in address, I found a big lock hanging, as if mocking me of all the troubles I had taken to get there. I phoned the person once again and he told that the people who stay at the office are out to market, and they would be getting back within half an hour. I told him that I would wait for another 1 hour and I would go back, if nobody shows up. It was really tight for me walking on the verandah for 1 hour. When I saw nobody getting in, I decided to return. It was just because I had told Mum that I would return within one and half hour and I had already spent two hours there. Oh man! My heart my sinking like hell!
I reached home, sent a mail to the person about the problem there. And then put him a call. When I called him, he asked me about my position. I told that I had returned back to my home. Still, he asked another person to call me and to give me all the information about the thing I had been searching for. I got a call just after five minutes then. And the person on the other side asked me to take the DVD by 6 in the evening. Meanwhile, I got good scolding from Mum, after she heard that how I had literally wasted my time. I had no courage to ask her permission to go to the same place again. Still, I asked, and after some angry looks I was granted permission.
I went on almost running. Reached the place, and got hold of my DVD. Alas! I had to pay Rs. 50 for it. Hey! It was not only Rs. 50, but also Rs. 30 as transportation charge and Rs. 5 for making phone calls. So the grand total became Rs. 85. Well! It’s nothing in comparison with the genuine licensed software I have got worth thousands of rupees.
The DVD’s cover is of pink color, as you can see in the photograph. The disk is manufactured by Moser Baer. There is a verification code given in there, with which you get verified as a student. And you get access to all the software on the DreamSpark website, all absolutely Free! Isn’t that great?
So, rush to your nearest affiliate to grab your copy!!!
