Drowning under Maxim mail
Tubular
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Is anyone else receiving what seem to be fortnightly updates about Maxim's "transition to Ireland"?
While I welcome their move, they are wasting 14 Yuan (us$2) each time on registered post, telling me about bank details that I have never, and probably will never, need to use. All orders I have placed so far have been on credit card, and wouldn't beat $500
This kind of communication, coming from the VP of worldwide sales, really makes be worry about their management
And to top it all off, they're sending me duplicates each time
While I welcome their move, they are wasting 14 Yuan (us$2) each time on registered post, telling me about bank details that I have never, and probably will never, need to use. All orders I have placed so far have been on credit card, and wouldn't beat $500
This kind of communication, coming from the VP of worldwide sales, really makes be worry about their management
And to top it all off, they're sending me duplicates each time
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Post Edited (Chuckz) : 4/8/2010 7:33:06 PM GMT
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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Cluso & chuckz, I'll scan in the latest letter shortly. I'm sure this one isn't a scam, but it's interesting to think how it could easily have been
cheers
tubular