Ashburry’s customers win fantastic prizes
By VonDez Phipps
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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Marlene Ramsey receiving winning prize
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – FOLLOWING a raffle drawn yesterday (Dec. 30), two lucky customers of Asburry’s Duty Free were the winners of the company’s two-week Christmas Promotion Raffle and will enter the New Year with their prizes for shopping at the perfume and jewellery outlet.
Marlene Ramsey of James Street, Basseterre and Patricia Welsh-Haynes, also of Basseterre, were announced winners of the Christmas draw and walked away with a brand new laptop computer and a voucher for breakfast for two at the St. Kitts Marriott Hotel, respectively.
Ramsey told SKNVibes that at first, she had no idea that she would have been the winner, but just did her shopping “by faith”. She considered it “a normal shopping experience” until she was announced winner.
“I am so excited and pleased right now, I can’t even put it into words. I just feel so blessed and highly favoured right now. I always shop at Ashburry’s and this is definitely encouraging me to continue shopping here because it has proven to be profitable.
“I had promised my son a laptop and today his dream has come true. This gift [the laptop] will definitely come in handy for allowing me to get my business done while at the same time allowing my son to get his school work done. I would encourage everybody to start shopping at Ashburry’s because it is indeed a good investment!”
The promotion started on December 15 and ended midday December 29, giving every customer who spent more than US$100 an entry into the draw.
Store Manager Shameka Veira told SKNVibes, “The purpose of the Christmas promotion was to encourage more sales during this year’s Christmas season. Even though it is usually busy around this time of year, we felt that it was necessary to do something extra for all our patrons and for the community on a whole. Plus, we have a lot of valued customers and we thought that this raffle was one of the many ways in which we try to do something different and special for them.
“At first we had mixed responses but as the Christmas promotion progressed, we had customers making multiple shopping visits to the store to be entered many times in the raffle.
We had overwhelming responses from the general public especially coming down to the draw.”
Veira informed that the company is planning to expand its service base and improve the quality of its three outlets.
She thanked all Ashburry’s customers for their invaluable patronage during 2008 and encouraged them to continue indulging in the variety of top perfume brands, make-up, jewellery and other fine products that the store provided.
