(PM) USR Marketing (was Livingston manager spamming! )
Don Lashier (dl@newportnet.com)
Sun, 02 Nov 1997 11:55:19 -0800
>On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Don Lashier wrote:
>> I do hate those calls from USR, but they stopped after I told
>> them I would never buy from USR because of their marketing
>> tactics and past history of not living up to their promises.
>
On 11/2/97, at 11:18 AM, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
>they eventually admitted that it was from warranty registrations
>of USR modems, and didn't have anything to do with the
>customer requesting X2 from us. Apparently, they collate
>the email addresses from their registrations, and target
>the ISPs of those customers.
My customers tell me that Dell won't substitute a K56flex
for the USR X2 modem. My guess is that USR pulled a M$ here
and is giving OEM's a steep discount if they agree to only
bundle X2. Someone should call Janet.
Don
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