So... New stocks will arrive on May 27th. I've no Credit/Debit cards! How should I buy my Mi3? I know someone with credit cards... Heh heh. Na.. That's not right! I got to find another way.
Well, time goes by and so does Mi3. It's past 12 noon when I peek on my phone's watch. Oh dear, not my luck.
Hey... wait a minute!!! What's this I see on Xiaomi Malaysia FB?
A service outage on Amazon Web Services which occurred earlier today affected our site. After it was resolved, we need to run tests on our end to ensure everything is working fine. Please be informed that the service outage is not in our control and we have to make sure we are able to provide the best for all Malaysian Mi Fans, that is why we made the decision to postpone the sale to 12PM on 28 May 2014.
News source: http://www.rappler.com/technology/news/59046-amazon-web-services-aws-e2c-outage
We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused and we sincerely hope for your understanding on this. Thanks.
Wahh!!! I still have my chances. Hm, wait. I do own an ATM card. Yes... now I remember. I can switch this old card with a new one with a Debit functionality. That evening I went straight to the bank and change my old (I mean realy old) card for a new Debit card. I was charge RM12 but that's ok (why so expensive?).
So, I'll wait for my luck tomorrow.
The 'big day' came. I got to try my luck! How in the world could I compete with so many MI fans (million maybe) who will also be online today? What ever...
I went to Xiaomi Malaysia website and registered my self before login in. Waiting the time goes by (actually I'm in my class, learning how to do Internet Business. Sorry teacher
). It's almost 12. I opened the Mi3 page and waited. At exactly 12 noon, I refreshed the page and 'walla', no!!! Why so lag? I waited and my luck, the 'buy' botton appeared. Without delay, I ordered a unit of Mi3 with bundled flipping case and screen protector. It's now time to checkout. After checking out, another problem arises.I put the card number correctly, how come the system rejected my payment? It stated that there was a problem regarding my debit card and I should contact the bank for approval. That's suck.
I left my transaction for a while, go for lunch with my wife, then go straight to the bank. After some discussion, the banker help me to activate 'payment' function. Ooo, now I know. Whenever you want to use debit card for payment, you have to first 'activate' the maximum amount for your debit card (make sure your balance is not near zero...).
Aroud 2-3 hour later, I came back to my laptop to proceed the payment. "Your session has ended...". What the ...? Shock due to the payment status, I push the browser's back button and refresh the xiaomi checkout page. Luckily they reserved my session and I continued the payment. Luckily, the payment was successful. Wohoo!!! Eh, alhamdulillah...
