Hindi pwede

I found a really neat cellphone unit that is so senior citizen friendly and so cheap. I wanted to buy it for my mom so that it will be easier for her to send text messages but I was met with a lot of "hindi pwede" from the seller that I was forced not to buy it. Here is a piece of our conversation:

Me: Ah miss, can I see upclose that unit with the big keypads?

The lady took out the phone from their glass display case and gave it to me.

Me: Can we have it tested please?

Saleslady: Sorry po mam pero hindi pwede, hindi po kami nagde-demo kung hindi ninyo bibilhin.

With much brooding, I said ok because I was thinking that if there will be problems with the unit I can have it replaced anyway.

Me: Ok I will buy it na nga lang. Do you accept a debit card because I do not have cash here?

Saleslady: Ay mam hindi pwede ang debit card.


Me: Huh bakit? It is as good as cash di ba?

Saleslady: Kasi po hindi pwede yung verifier namin, pang credit card lang po ito.

Me: So pwede ko palang gamitin yung credit card ko?

Saleslady: Hindi po pwede and credit card kasi ina-allow lang namin ang card kapag 3,000 thousand ang value ng unit and up. Eh 2,990 po ang halaga nung cel phone na gusto ninyo.

Parang gusto kong ipa-charge na lang tuloy ng 3K yung unit pero nawalan na ko ng gana sa dami ng hindi pwede. So I just decided to not pursue.

Me: Ah ganun ba? Sige wag na lang. Thank you.

Lesson of the day, "Pag sinabing hindi pwede... HINDI PWEDE!"

Sabi ko nga.

sinopwer

What the fuss!?! I left my dual sim cel phone at home and the battery got drained!!! aaaarrgghhh!

The first time it got drained I had to bring it to the service center as 24 hours of recharging had no effect. When the unit was diagnosed, the technician said that they can sort of resuscitate the battery but if it is left uncharged again then I have to replace it with a new one already. What is worse though is that they had to reset or re-load the software. As the service center lady said, "sinopwer" lang po yung phone ninyo". I did not understand what she said about "sinopwer" the first time I heard it. I only realized that she meant the software was re-loaded when she inquired early on if I have a copy of my contact list in my sim to which I responded with a muted yes. If "iso-sopwer" pala nila then all my contacts will be erased from the phone memory. Haaay.. so unknowingly I gave my consent and -they did what they had to do. "Sinopwer" na nga.

It took several weeks of me guessing who just texted me for those whose names and phone numbers were not stored in my sim's memory. For calls, I had to rely on voice recognition. Heck!

Several weeks after, I made a Britney, "oops I did it again" thing. The phone died (again) and I brought it (again) to the service center for its doze of CPR. This time however, the battery can no longer be revived and I had to buy a new one. Jeezzz! I waited for two weeks before the freaking battery arrived and yes "sinopwer" na naman ang phone ko. *&%$!!!

Now, for the third time I am faced with the question... ipapa-sopwer ko ba uli?