Takealot has 11 new names

[Newsfeed]

Takealot has 11 new names

Takealot is changing its name for a month.

 

[PlutoForrest]

“Somewhere this month, an Afrikaans Ouma will get a parcel that says Vatbaie. A gogo will get one in isiZulu,” he said.

 

[Easter Bunny]

didn't see "chargealot" or "trickalot"?

 

[Nerfherder]

Go back to Take2 so we can have nostalgia about an online retailer that used to be good.

 

[daveza]

Can we do the same with all the renamed stuff - one month a year it's called Gqeberha, the rest of the year, Port Elizabeth.

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[Vorastra]

This is what they think will keep them in business? An attempt at reminding customers that it's South Africa, that it's not a faraway American company? South Africans don't care. They only care about cost, and Takealot is just not there, especially now that Prime is here.

 

[wbot]

Please let all the Afrikaans haters get all the Afrikaans boxes just to rub it in!

 

[Carl_Johnson]

• Takeabit

• Payalot

• Fakealot

• Takemoney

• Breakalot

• Waitalot

• Losealot

• Takealittle

• Chargealot

• Returnalot

• Scrapealot

 

[Fulcrum29]

Vatbaie is not even correct. It should be Vatteveel. Eh. Meh.

 

[ubercal]

This is what they think will keep them in business? An attempt at reminding customers that it's South Africa, that it's not a faraway American company? South Africans don't care. They only care about cost, and Takealot is just not there, especially now that Prime is here.

Cost to some , but i prefer knowing if i'm getting the real thing or some Chinese fake.

 

[wbot]

Vatbaie is not even correct. It should be Vatteveel. Eh. Meh.

But then the English would be Taketoomuch.

 

[FiestaST]

Spamalot

 

[Fulcrum29]

But then the English would be Taketoomuch.

You can't drop things into a direct translator and expect it to be the most accurate translation. Vatbaie could be takemany, takemuch, and I can go on.

EDIT: On second thought, I am going to agree with you. I am reading too much into brand meaning rather than linguistics.

 

[konfab]

This is what they think will keep them in business? An attempt at reminding customers that it's South Africa, that it's not a faraway American company? South Africans don't care. They only care about cost, and Takealot is just not there, especially now that Prime is here.

They are vertically integrated, whereas Amazon in SA is not. They capture far more of the value chain.

Which means they don't have the problem of their courier companies handing a parcel to the neighbour's gardener and then telling me the package is delivered.

And they have collection points in basically every town economically worth having them. I think Amazon will have a difficult time playing catchup IMO.

 

[AstroTurf]

That will make Amazon quake in their boots.

 

[ShaunSA]

Cumalot gets my vote for the 12th

 

[AstroTurf]

Their delivery system is kak, I vote for takeatime

Cumalot gets my vote for the 12th

 

[Vorastra]

if i'm getting the real thing or some Chinese fake.

You mean exactly what Takealot has been doing for years before Amazon came here...?

They are vertically integrated, whereas Amazon in SA is not. They capture far more of the value chain.

Which means they don't have the problem of their courier companies handing a parcel to the neighbour's gardener and then telling me the package is delivered.

And they have collection points in basically every town economically worth having them. I think Amazon will have a difficult time playing catchup IMO.

Remember this when Takealot is gone or severely diminished in 10 years.

 

[wbot]

You can't drop things into a direct translator and expect it to be the most accurate translation. Vatbaie could be takemany, takemuch, and I can go on.

But te veel is too much or too many.

Vatteveel would be totally incorrect. There is no other accurate Afrikaans translation for takealot than vatbaie. Baie covers a lot, much and many (and very)

 

[lordnokon]

didn't see "chargealot" or "trickalot"?

Or TakeASH!T...