Russ Andrews is RAVEing mad ?

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    robert_cyrus

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    dont know if this was sent out by mistake, but anyway ....

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    Russ Andrews website link

     
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    LiloLee Blah, Blah, Blah.........

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    RA never does anything by mistake :rolleyes:
     
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    robert_cyrus

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    just phoned them up, cos i'm good like that. told them, just in case they didn't know, but i'd received an email all about RAVE.

    and yes, sending the email to their entire customer mailing list was a mistake.

    oops !
     
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    jayceem

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    This stuff is not only wet behind the ears, it looks wet all over....just pulled out of the s(t)ink??
     
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    sideshowbob Trisha

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    No headphone out. Big mistake for that kind of product.

    -- Ian
     
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    MartinC Trainee tea boy

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    Hmmm, I'm far from convinced there. Looks like a deliberate marketing ploy to me (which seems to be working... ).
     
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    julian2002 Muper Soderator

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    yes, chapter 1 in marketing for dummies. appeal to the ape brain in your customers by telling them not to do something.
    cynical or what.
    still it'd be good if it was a latter day nait 2 but somehow i doubt it.
    cheers


    julian
     
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    davidcotton prog rocker, proud of it!

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    The RA Headphone amp in the works perchance? What better companion to the new RA headphone cord for the senns ??
     
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    Jeremy

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    Dear Customer

    Ooops! we're sorry!

    Due to a mistake with our email system, it appears that several customers may have received an email from Russ that was intended for our staff. The email was inadvertantly attatched to our customer mailing module rather than the internal email system.

    The content of the email was confidential and we kindly ask anyone that received it to delete it.

    We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we have taken steps to ensure that this mistake should not happen again.

    Yours in music

    John Armer
    Webmaster, Russ Andrews Accessories
     
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    Jeremy

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    Dear Customer

    Ooops! we're sorry!

    Due to a mistake with our email system, it appears that several customers may have received an email from Russ that was intended for our staff. The email was inadvertantly attatched to our customer mailing module rather than the internal email system.

    The content of the email was confidential and we kindly ask anyone that received it to delete it.

    We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we have taken steps to ensure that this mistake should not happen again.

    Yours in music

    John Armer
    Webmaster, Russ Andrews Accessories
     
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    penance Arrogant Cock

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    rekon someone at RA might be cleaning the toilets with a toothbrush for the next few months:D
     
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    Robbo

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    I got the Email too. Any publicity is good publicity:)
     
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    ChrisD

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    they so blatantly did it on purpose!!

    "I'm sure that an amp which sounds so detailed and musical, yet is so small, will be irresistable to music and movie buffs. Don't forget you can play most sources through the RAVE amp: CD, MiniDisc, iPod, MP3 player, PC and Mac soundcards, DVD, TV or HArd Disc recorder."

    thats just 100% advertising to me!

    Chris
     
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    Whatever Russ may or may not be, raving would not be an apt description, he is one of the most controlled people I have met in the industry. No one gets a house that size in a lovely area of Kendal by chance.

    Leaked, internal E Mail? Not using that language it wasn't.
     
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    sideshowbob Trisha

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    Aha, the giveaway is the URL in the email: r.vresp.com. The vrep.com domain is owned by Vertical Response, a viral marketing company based in San Francisco, and the link is clearly being used to increment a response count before forwarding the user onto RA's site. In other words, he's sending unsolicited commercial email (spam) to draw people to his new product page while pretending he isn't.

    http://www.verticalresponse.com/ gives the full picture.

    Cheeky bugger.

    -- Ian
     
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    greg Its a G thing

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    Well spotted Ian. As everyone might already know - sending unsolicited email to personal email addresses (business ones are exempt) is now illegal in the UK. Anyone tempted to issue proceedings?
     
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    penance Arrogant Cock

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    I presume people recieving the mail are previous customers of RA, as in they probably didnt untick the box asking if you would like to recieve promotional material from the company. I dont think that would be unsolicited.
     
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    sideshowbob Trisha

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    Damn. Let's get the gallows ready anyway.

    Marketroids. The Spartans had the right idea, stick them on a mountainside at birth.

    -- Ian
     
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    Those addresses were also at the bottom of the second email which took you to the homepage.

    Thats quite sneaky as they will get a result of how many clicked on the links in both emails. I must admit I did think the email address was a strange looking one but clicked on it anway in a robotic trance.

    Ive been had by Russ Andrews..........and thats a bad feeling. :(
     
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    amazingtrade Mad Madchestoh fan

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    You're not the first person to had. But then if people want to pay £80 for tiny peice of oak then thats their choice.
     
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