Re: Ascend Max-Up program E-mail correction (fwd)

patrick@value.net
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:42:19 -0800 (PST)

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Joe Hartley wrote:

> I'd already had it up to here (hand to eyebrows) with Ascend. An Ascend
> salesgeek called me about 6 months ago. I said I was very happy with
> Livingstons, had developed extensive accounting and maintenance programs
> to handle them, and couldn't be happier. This put me on some sort of
> "challenge" list for them, since I got a call about 6 weeks later from
> someone trying to sell a package to replace the Livingstons with Ascends.
>
> "Sorry," I said. "I'm very happy with Livingston, and I'd told someone that
> the last time you called."
>
> "Yessir," said the salesdroid, "that's why we're calling back. We're trying
> to make a special effort to talk to happy Livingston customers."
>
> I mean, come on. Admit defeat, man!

I have had a similar experience. I also have started getting multiple
promotions a week, literaly three or four a week, and sometimes two and
three copies of the same droidspew. Livingston, please don't ever do
anything like this(I think they have more tact than that...)

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