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Re: LEGO is listening! (was...are you listening?)
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Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:12:03 GMT
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[mtimm@usinternet]ihatespam[.com]
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:00:56 GMT, "Richard Schamus"
<legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Timm writes:
> > On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 22:01:57 GMT, "Ben Gatrelle"
> > <ben@yellowcastle.spam.com> wrote:
> >
> > > While I do not work for TLC as Ashley does, I wonder if you would be
> > > satisfied if they had an auto reply system setup to automatically send a
> > > message like, "Thank you for contacting LEGO Direct. While we value your
> > > comments and questions we are unable to respond to each email personally. Be
> > > assured we do read each email and want to thank you for contacting us."
> > > whenever any email was sent to legodirect@lego.com ?
> > >
> > > It would be pretty easy to implement something like this. Of course the
> > > question is, "Is a form letter response better than no response at all?"
> > >
> > > BEN GATRELLE
> >
> > I don't work for LEGO either, but until the time that Brad J. showed
> > up it was impossible to find a publicly acknowledged EMAIL address AT
> > ALL, let alone get a reply. So this is already a step in the right
> > direction.
>
> I have to correct you and others reading this part of the thread. The
> *FIRST* person with a Lego repliable email address was the manager of the
> Potomac Mills Lego Outlet store. According to what I've heard (first hand
> mind you, and when it happened,) Mr. Justice lost a gasket when Buffie (MS.
> Shervington) posted to Lugnet in response to questions about the store. This
> apparently *forced* Mr. Justice into posting to Lugnet, and thus history is
> as we see it.
Thanks for the correction Richard, you have heard of "fuzzy logic"? I
sometimes have "fuzzy memory" :^)
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> > I assume that this was partly to avoid getting sued over
> > "I sent this idea in then a year later here's this theme that I sent
> > in on the shelves" type lawsuit. The other part I suspect is lack of
> > desire/reconition of the need to interact with us on the 'net. Well
> > this is *MY* take on the whole deal. So would a auto-responder even
> > BE a good idea? I sure don't know, that's for LEGO to decide, so far
> > it hasn't been implemented.
>
>
> As far as I know, TLC still is a little fuzzy/hesitant about having a
> *relationship* with AFOL's. They are an independant company that has kept
> it's independance without stocks or market shares, and concievably wants to
> stay that way, let alone have to listen to a small percentage of consumers,
> (that is TLC opinion of us AFOLs, not ours).
That is pretty much the point I was trying to make, more or less, well
the hesitant part anyways.
>
> Am I happy Mr. Justice has corrispondence with us? Sure am. But Mr. Glennon
> is correct in his assessment of the situation; no one is sure who or how TLC
> should respond in this forum. It appears to be harder and harder not for
> someone who works for TLC not to respond. But then, it's just as hard for
> them to respond correctly (and not risk termination), and thus time and
> point are lost, and ultimately the post goes unsent.
>
> <snip>
>
> Rich
I am also happy that Mr. Justus and others are corresponding with us,
more would be better than less, but I'll take what I can get in this
case.
Mike
--
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! :^)
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| (...) Not a problem Mike. It is just my intention that the information is correct and that no false assumptions are made. (...) I too am glad, and more would be better than less, especially where Juniorization is concerned, and IMHO, the 2001 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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