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safaricom hikes some MPESA charges
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TiggerTiggy
#1 Posted : Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:05:27 AM
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Sad will now cost more to send high amounts on mpesa. tunaomba serikali iingilie kati
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jimmy1
#2 Posted : Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:50:06 AM
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Njung'e
#3 Posted : Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:53:14 AM
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Unfair.....Taking advantage of their competitors weakness.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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pleasecallme
#4 Posted : Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:06:44 PM
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safaricon...hamjashiba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You kill bird...bird dead snake come.
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Gordon Gekko
#5 Posted : Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:16:32 PM
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I would also exploit the lacuna in the law if I were scom. Who regulates them - CCK? CBK? Since the Competitions Authority is in a coffin, they can even charge more and you wouldn't do jack.
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mukiha
#6 Posted : Friday, March 02, 2012 8:19:46 AM
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Njung'e wrote:
Unfair.....Taking advantage of their competitors weakness.


I trust and truly hope that you are joking!
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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mukiha
#7 Posted : Friday, March 02, 2012 8:22:08 AM
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With three other mobile money transfer services available in the market; I think that anyone who thinks MPESA is too expensive can always use the others.

It's a free market and providers are free to charge as much as they wish!
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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kimiri
#8 Posted : Friday, March 02, 2012 9:21:57 AM
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I’m not a specialist in these things but I feel that this might be a bad idea for Scom. And since MJ left they no longer seem to be as innovative as they used to be.
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nostoppingthis
#9 Posted : Friday, March 02, 2012 9:46:52 AM
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mukiha wrote:
With three other mobile money transfer services available in the market; I think that anyone who thinks MPESA is too expensive can always use the others.

It's a free market and providers are free to charge as much as they wish!


@Mukiha, convenience goes a long way in determining the market, for Safcom customers, it is very easy to get an MPESA agent....that's why people have a different service provider for one phone, and maintain the other line for Safcom...
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chris79
#10 Posted : Friday, March 02, 2012 10:20:42 AM
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nostoppingthis wrote:
mukiha wrote:
With three other mobile money transfer services available in the market; I think that anyone who thinks MPESA is too expensive can always use the others.

It's a free market and providers are free to charge as much as they wish!


@Mukiha, convenience goes a long way in determining the market, for Safcom customers, it is very easy to get an MPESA agent....that's why people have a different service provider for one phone, and maintain the other line for Safcom...

Keeping the agent happy is key to maintaining the vast network of agents that Safaricom has. Commissions are paid promptly and allow a majority to make money from their investments. And that's one of the reasons why the other competitors have not been able to attract agents to their business since in their short sighted attempt to undercut safaricom with lower charges, the margins their agents get are negligible. I have seen two airtel money agents in my neighbourhood rebrand their outlets to mpesa simply because they were not making enough money from airtel.
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