My 2nd Gift Giving Journal (A 4th Review on CBTL's Planner)

The day after Christmas, I was able to claim my 2nd planner from CBTL (4th overall XD). After their promo has begun, I started collecting stamps already ^_^

Its been addicting collecting planners at the end of the year which breaks my resolution of saving more in a year. Hence, I end up spending some at CBTL for some hot coffee and good ambiance.

After getting my first CBTL planner last year, I was decided back then to continue collecting CBTL planners.

Anyway, here's my take on CBTL's Gift Giving Journal (GGJ) 2012. There are my personal opinions and were not influenced by any outside forces.

 

First, I kinda noticed that the GGJ is a little bit smaller than its predecessor. The cover is hardbound too with a book-like texture which is also different from last year. If you ask me, I prefer my 2011 GGJ than this one.

 

Upon browsing the first pages, there are discount coupons waiting to be used each month. Also, there are interesting bits and pieces of trivia to read on and think. A tracker is also included as well as a gift giving cheat sheet if you have friends that you wanted to give gifts to.

It also has the usual stuff a planner has like the monthly and weekly pages for you to fill out. It also has a feature of an advocacy or project that CBTL has taken part of. The photos that were included each month were really good and heartwarming as well.

At the end pages of the GGJ, there is also a note section where you can write anything or simply doodle and a list of emergency numbers in case of well, emergency. You can also add your numbers as well for additional contacts.

Well, I have to make use of it so it won't go to waste. XD

My First Planner from CBTL

My first CBTL Planner

After my shift, I went to Four Season's in Salcedo street to hang out at CBTL. I find that place quite as if I'm some where in the suburbs. But when I got there, there were people already. There goes my quiet time there. XD

I got inside the place and ordered a Double Chocolate Latte and Sans Rival to help me keep awake. I handed to them the stamp card and claimed my very first CBTL Planner. I have no Idea what this planner look like until I saw this blog from Ruth. I share this with my wife through Yahoo Messenger and she liked the planner even telling me not to complete the other sticker from its competition =P.

After completing my stickers for the other planner. I immediately started collecting stamps for this one. One fact is that their products are a bit more expensive than its counterparts. But I'm willing to try each one of them and probably give my comment or feedback about it (I'll blog them soon enough XD). Almost everyday I went to CBTL to try out their products. Some were ok, others aren't.

And they come up with a double stamp promo. For each drink you order (limited to those that are indicated in the stamp card), your card will get two stamps. I didn't waste time to have my card stamped twice on different occasions. In no time, my card was almost full of stamps.

With the unfortunate incident that happened to me recently, I was looking forward that they would do much better in setting customers' expectations as well as making their customers satisfied with their products and services.

After claiming my CBTL Planner, I checked its pages for any loose leaves and torn pages. I found none. In fact, it was really reading the details of the planner while I sip my chocolate latte. I was able to take pictures of it as well as experiment on some of my shots since I wanted to take pictures in RAW.

All in all my recent experience with them was ok since I haven't encountered any inconvenience on my part as well as the management and crew from CBTL Salcedo gave me an unforgettable experience.

I liked my planner so much, I'm looking forward to next year. XD