Andrew Lim
It's thought that Andrew was born with built-in Bluetooth. When he talks, radios make that strange buzzing sound usually associated with network interference and there are rumours that he has an alphanumeric keypad implanted in his back.
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Monday 20 August 2007, 5:36pm
Domino's Pizza by TXT service is dangerously good
Anyone who knows me knows that I love junk food and in particular, pizza. So when I heard about Domino's Pizza doing a pizza-by-text service I was very keen to try it out.
To use the service you have to register online, which includes putting in your credit card details, mobile phone number and creating a meal. You select which pizza and extras you want online and then create a codename for the meal.
I selected coleslaw, potato wedges, a large pizza and a bottle of Coke (I know it's a lot of food but it wasn't all for me), then created a codename for that meal. Interestingly, you can't include the word 'pizza' in your codename, it has to be something like 'xtrahungry22'.
Once you've picked a codename you can either create more meals or log off. This is where the mobile phone bit comes in: all you have to do after you've registered your details and meals is text your codename to the special number.
Once Domino's receives the text message, you get a confirmation message to make sure that you definitely want to order a pizza and then that's it -- next stop, pizza heaven.
Food by text is great but it has made me lazier than ever. I don't even have to get out of a chair or speak to anyone to order my pizzas now. This can't be good -- but boy do I love it.
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I always thought you could order and pay online...until I discovered that you couldn't, and instead would have to phone up my nearest Big D's and talk, even though I'd lost my voice on new years day...why the hell wasn't this around then??? Grrr
Posted by Rich on Tue 21 August, 2007 7:52 PM
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Question is will it recoginse your location if you move out of your house? Now that would be advance. Ordering your favourite deal from the comfort of your coach or at a mates place watching the footy would txt/pizza heaven. You can actually buy on-line. You however do not get the deals that you might over the phone.
Posted by Anonymous on Mon 27 August, 2007 11:47 AM
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"I selected coleslaw, potato wedges, a large pizza and a bottle of Coke (I know it's a lot of food but it wasn't all for me)." You're fooling precisely no one, Andrew.
Posted by Nick Hide on Wed 29 August, 2007 5:11 PM
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i love your pizza and wht u doing to the next pizza wht come out x
Posted by shannon on Mon 31 March, 2008 10:32 AM
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what's not so good is the unsolicited text messages sent by Domino's that cost 12p when you reply STOP after getting fed up of being bombarded by them - it's not on Domino's charging me 12p to stop something I've never asked for is it?
Posted by Richard on Mon 14 September, 2009 4:17 AM
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