Lot of minuses though!. Review on ColorPlus

The colorplus ad at a traffic intersection caught my eye. Like millions of other fellow-gullible Indians, I fell for it.

The showroom I went to was swanky and posh in uptown chennai, the usual kinda neon lights blinking and soft carpets and discreet Bose speakers tucked away in the corner with Beethoven's stuff softly...... you got it? ok, let's go ahead!

Myriad of colors, a variety of sizes, pastel shades for office, bold ones for the party animals, you name it, they have it.

I selected a couple and left, my wallet lighter by 1600 rupees.

The shirts developed an uncanny disliking to my gentle washing processes and decided to fade immediately. No amount of cajoling or coaxing (by way of gentle hand wash by the gentler sex, drying in the shade) would work.

Bemused, bewildered and surprised (read pissed off!), I returned to the shop. They eyed me from toe to head and wondered among themselves whether I had used my shirt for other uncharitable purposes such as wiping tables at the nearby busy Udipi Restaurant. Or had I taken acid-wash to heart and dipped it into a jar of concentrated hydrochloric acid?

One after another viewed the garment thoroughly.

We waited for the ever-non-existent manager.

Atlast, he came.

My spirits soared!

So this is gonna have a fairy-tale ending too! I said to myself.

I'm gonna walk out with 2 brand new shirts!

The music was now Chopin (some guy had changed the CD!)

The manager had a deep look too.

Then the infamous Nokia tune rang!

He fished out a big archaic mobile (could easily land up in Nokia's museum, if they have one!) and animatedly shrieked into it with the Chopin music for accompaniment.

''You have to go to our factory in Ambathur'', he said after putting his mobile-kinda-thing away.

That's about 40kms.

''many thanks'' I replied and walked out relieved.

I saw a dust bin at the corner and gently eased the 2 shirts into it and walked nonchalantly over to my car.

Well, the story doesnt end there! that was the best part!

the worst part is there are quite a few others who share my sob-story with similar heart wrenching incidents!

Guess I could start a club soon on this similarity!

any takers??

mail me plz.