Friday, June 03, 2005

The Great Dilemma

Well I feel I have put in too much of kevalamana mokkai… so now I will put some sakka mokkai,,,, As the title is The Great Dilemma”. Its not abt the student council, Its abt the dilemma of one of my good friend.

When my friend came to BIM he was a happy guy and had a Great ‘Spirit’. But suddenly in 2nd Trim he decided that he shd learn how to ride a bike. He picked up Mr. Z’s bike to learn. He started to love riding bikes n at the slightest opportunity he will take other ppls bikes n drive it. As it usually happens he felled in love with bikes n of course his first love was the bike on which he learnt driving (Z’s TVS Victor). Now as expected he started neglecting his ‘Spirit’. As a result his ‘Spirit’s’ condition became bad.
Now my friend had the sufficient reason to pick up a bike so he decided to take the plunge and buy a bike. As he was madly in love with TVS Victor he decided to buy it, but Zubu told him that Victor was a worthless investment. On some serious thinking he wanted to buy ‘Bajaj Wind 125’. Now the dilemma starts……

When asked why he wanted to buy a ‘Wind 125’ he said 100 cc was good as he was afraid of 150cc bikes…… But suddenly ‘Wind 125’ ran out of wind n the market also. Now my friend wanted the best ROI…. So he started exploring the market again, now things had changed, he no longer feared Power he wanted more POWER…. After some initial deliberation he short listed “Hondaaa Unicorn” and “Bajaj Pulsar”. So now it was ‘U vs P’…. But my frd decided to buy Unicorn and he went ahead and booked it, now he was happy n waiting for the D-day…….

But suddenly there was a twist in the story, one day after a ‘Boys Party’ with a fellow classmate who was the proud owner of a ‘Black P’ things changed. The owner of ‘P’ gave his bike key to my frd n asked him to try the bike. My frd was waiting for this opportunity (without knowing that this will be a big mistake), took up the keys n went huuuuuuuuu…

As expected he had fallen for the ‘P’. So the next day he went n cancelled the booking of ‘U’.

But now he started doing some primary Market Research listing the benefits n drawback of a ‘P’ and a ‘U’. Some of his findings were like the horn of ‘U’ is really bad it makes u feel that u r having the same ‘Spirit’ and also ‘U’ is a silent bike, so it doesn’t gives u the feeling of riding a bike…………….

But still my frd wasn’t sure what to do, his heart said ‘U’ but his mind said ‘P’. He then called up his good frd who like always was in the train. He told him go for a test ride n then decide, as he got an idea that it’s a conflict between mind n heart. "Any day u shd follow what ur heart says." So next day my frd informed everyone that he is buying a ‘U’…………

When asked why he decided to Buy a ‘U’ he said well it would have been another Pulsar on the road but now I will be proud owner of a Hondaaaaa….. After being quizzed again n again he told the real reason. “Do u know the meaning of a “Unicorn”, his ignorant frd didn’t knew. “A Unicorn is a single horned horse and has many advantages. It is used for the treatment of snake bites and is a power booster. But you know one thing a Unicorn can’t be tamed by any man, it can only be tamed by a …… women”. So now the real reason was out….. This coming Monday my frd is going to pick up his bike……………. So everyone Congratulate him and hey dear happy n safe riding……….. Now his dilemma is over so is this mail….. , lets see how much post purchase dissonance he faces………

I hope u all know whom I am talking abt… else see him in the campus on a “Black One horned Horse”.

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