A Joke
Update (16-March-2014 15:54):
Telecommunication company XL Axiata already charged 6600 IDR with automatic double SMS reply after a single vote code request. Indosat (Matrix card) still conveniently charged 3300 IDR for each single vote code request. The URL for the song download is still a direct download URL with no basic link protection whatsoever.
Sousenkyo! What an amazing moment for JKT48. Their first ever Sousenkyo!
But then it was spoiled by a news : SMS Vote.
Wait! I’m not saying that SMS Vote is a bad thing, not at all. But it was the broken system that turns me off completely.
When they first announced it, I was like “Blergh..” but then I re-read what they said at the website :
One vote + One digital download song for 6600 IDR.
Well, that’s a good news! I mean, we can reduce the carbon footprint from CD Production, we can also reduce paper consumption for the CD Jacket! We are in a digital era, anyway. Even though you will have an advantage of 1 more votes compared to the cheapest retail CD price, it is still a good and fair system in my own honest opinion. But then…the horror. After Pitra -one of our authors- and I tried to vote for the girls, all that we need is just half of the price : 3300 IDR!
How come? Isn’t the way to vote is two steps :
– VOTE JKT48 (3300 IDR)
– Click the Link for Download (3300 IDR)
Total : 6600 IDR
Apparently, it is not. All you have to do is to register your number using “VOTE JKT48” , click that OK button in the webpage that showed up after you click your link which will then direct you to your SMS Body for “video jkt48” code. Copy, paste, and send that code as many as possible, and you will have a chance to have loads of voting codes for half the normal price per vote. Half the normal price.
So you will only need to spend 6600 JUST ONCE! And after that, 3300 IDR is all you need for SMS Bombing.
Here’s the screenshot from my Phone :
So, with that to say, this Single Sousenkyo is a joke. Why bother buying the CD for votes if you can get 5 more votes for 28.000 IDR (The cheapest retail CD Price with 3 voting codes). CD votes will be rendered null by the capability of SMS Bombing.
This Single Sousenkyo is just another farce in the same vein with the Calendar Sousenkyo. And of course, it will not help with their digital download sales either, which is my main concern for their sustainability.
The only redeemable point of this repulsive broken rubbish system is that it will run only for a week, hopefully.
A great joke from JKT48.
It looks like you forget that the vote via mobile content only has one week period. But yes, it’s still broken. Only for one week, at least.
“The only redeemable point of this repulsive broken rubbish system is that it will run only for a week, hopefully.”
I remember :D. Hopefully it will indeed run for just a week
Now it’s me who don’t remember whether I simply missed that or you’ve just added that, -_-
“This Single Sousenkyo is just another farce in the same vein with the Calendar Sousenkyo” – – – > agree with you!
i think the author already known
that it only last for a week
but still
JOT giving people that already bought CD(s) a WFT moment
anyway,
me still can’t get any CD from the convenient store
the silly things is
those convenient store are all over my place
and none of them are selling flying get CDs
it’s really hard to get even though i live in one of the Big city in Indonesia
the distribution of the CD just become worse
it seems the label record doesn’t making any improvement
GOOD GRACIOUS,IT HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES!
i wonder why JKT48 operational team could stand with this?
there are plenty Big label record that could handle such a thing like the DISTRIBUTION for instance
let’s just say Son* BM*,EM* and others
i bet they would welcoming JKT48 with open arms
and for Hit*rec
you already lost the momentum and the hype
despite all the mess that label record has made (in a sense of distribution)
i still gave them kudos for the effort to tag along with “The Convenient store”
and with that, they giving a chance to all the fans all over Indonesia to get their CD(s)
and cast their vote
well HITS Rec. is a music label under MNC group, the group who contributed to the making of JKT.. so yeah
surprise surprise
that answer everything
Since 5th March, this sousenkyo is already a joke for far fans (fans who not live in Jakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Tangerang, Bogor, Banten province, and West Java Province). The CD distribution is really bad. Until today, there is not a single CD sold at any Alfa group in Surabaya, Indonesian second largest city and economic powerhorse. I know that it is just 10 days from that start of sousenkyo, there is still 38 more days to vote, but for some fanbase we already lost the momentum and hype.
SMS voting is like “oase” for us. I know that SMS system will break the system, but at least we can support our oshi with this method. Last night interim result was not represent the true vote from fans, because there are lots of far fans that can’t vote.
C’mon JOT, open your eyes. You must find other music label that more competent than the existing label, Hits Record. This is a delusional bussiness, a service based bussiness. You must excel in servicing your customer, in JKT48’s terms, your fans. Servicing your fans is your core bussiness and customer satisfaction is your main business indicator, even for a far fans that far away and can’t attend the theater regularly.
I’m sorry if there is a lot of grumble in this comment. JOT and its music label have just throw away the fun in being JKT48 fans for the past of 10 days.
My main concern of course is their sustainability. For the records, they (the third party involved in this “system”, not JOT) don’t do any protection whatsoever on the digital contents.
It’s a direct download URL. I can just paste it here and all you’ll have to do is to “Save As” the contents. Voila
If it’s already came to this with their third party distribution problem, broken SMS + Digital Download system, etc; I might suggest JKT48 just to provide all the songs for free download and let us “pay” it through some voting via SMS again. Let’s say…Dust Cloth Sousenkyo for Single A, Tissue Sousenkyo for Single B, and so forth
In the end of the day, JOT will got all the blame while their third party vendors get all the main profits. My sympathy to them and us, the fans.
I see.. This is a double-edged decision from JOT in terms of “satisfying the fans that can’t get any CD because of poor third party performance”.
Such a brave decision from JOT..
I went to Alfa midi yesterday and it was already stocked, I live in Sidoarjo btw. They said that it had just arrived.
But the product had not been applied into their system yet so you have to buy it by cash. I only had my flazz card yesterday so in the end still could not get my hand on it.
a week is enough to ruin the whole sales
oh and i think someone already make a bot for this… and till now the server si down, or being shutdown ?
Can oversea do the SMS?!
I don’t think so, but you can ask local fans you know and you can trust for help