As a frequent lurker on EDMW forums, this juicy saga had me glued to the pages since it was posted HERE. At first, I did hesitate to write on it since it’s a rather controversial but eh, what the hell, I’m just going to share it here on my blog just in case you didn’t hear about it.
What’s Going on?
This below summary and commentary is from my personal understanding from this thread and other sources. There may be errors so feel free to let me know if there are any!(:
[GPGT] Blogger Demands Free Haircut, Threatens to Destroy Reputation?
It all started when this blogger emailed Lacoco Korean Hair Salon at Vivocity requesting for a hair sponsorship because she was attending a launch event in the next 3 days. Quoting from the email, she said this:
“I am very interested in working together with you in attaining a beautiful me. Let me know if you are interested and we can arrange a hairdo preferably on Wednesday 2nd Oct as I have a fashion show to attend at WooBar.”
Conrad Chua (whom I presume is the owner) gently rejected her by informing her that they don’t with bloggers. She later gave him her blog stats/traffic as part of a counteroffer and when he didn’t reply her in time, she sent in the following email:
My immediate reaction was this:
Well, I agree with Bryan’s comment HERE that it was most likely an empty threat meant to force the owner, Conrad to comply with her demands for a free hair sponsorship. Still, I thought that was super unethical of her to say that because a business reputation was at stake there. Of course, whether or not she would actually carry out the threat – I don’t really know.
*Update: Scroll down below – she is claiming that she got hacked
Anyway, he then posted it on his Facebook as seen below and it got the attention of one EDMW forum user, bioanarchism who then started the GPGT saga thread.
From there, it obviously went viral and there was HUGE backlash against her..and most bloggers 🙁
Other than that, these are the updates so far:
1. Conrad’s email back to the blogger
Ouch! That’s really sarcastic and harsh
UPDATED!
Conrad is willing to forgive and forget
2. I did say this went viral right?
UPDATED! This made it to Wanbao:
Other than that, it has been published here too:
- Newnation.sg (Spoof)
- STOMP Singapore
- 883 Jia FM Facebook & this was discussed on air
And of course, I’m sure a multitude of other blogs such as TheSmartLocal. Plus most of the local blogging community know about this case (and now you know too!)
3. Others have stepped out with ‘information’ about her
The following is taken from EDMW forums here. Also, whether or not it’s true, this isn’t verified so I’m not gonna comment.
5. Claims of being hacked
There was no sign of activity from her since the saga erupted. Or so we thought. Then I just spotted this on her newly activated Facebook page (yes, all her social media platforms were taken down/hacked previously):
And just to share – an EDMW user saw this earlier:
Huh. Interesting.
*lifts right eyebrow*
Time for Popcorn.
I think she’s going to come out with her side of the story. And like you – I’m eagerly expecting it.
By the way..wonder if she’s going to post the police report up huh?
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“an empty threat meant to force the owner, Conrad to comply with her demands for a free hair sponsorship”
I actually meant “an empty threat meant to force the owner, Conrad to reply as her deadline was approaching”.
Still dodgy but two very different things! And what’s all over the news is actually the wrong thing. She was extorting a reply not a free haircut. Well she did want a free hair cut but she did not make a threat over that, it was the reply she was after.
I also had an incredibly unpleasant experience with Janice with the company I work for. Not only did she not follow through with even half of what she initially proposed, but some of the products she was given were never blogged about at all. Not to mention her lack of tastefulness when promoting a brand. Since she did not come through completely, I requested she bring the articles back and not continue with the blogging, however she distastefully told me she would not.