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Verizon "get the latest" email

lamoglinsgal

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Jun 23, 2010
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I've never signed up before for any other phone, so I'm curious how it works. I signed up for the "latest" (which, of course, as of now has been absolutely nothing) information on the TB. Do they actually send anything out? Do they say anything in advance, or email you on release date -- which I could get that from here faster than that. :p

I just need something solid to tell myself it's okay. I do not need to keep refreshing. The information will come to me. :D
 
I really have to wonder if as another poster put it, this is all just free advertising. I mean, there may be people up there in their ivory towers way smarter than me (not hard) and they've got their info from their little think tanks and as it turns out causing internet hysteria, for lack of a better phrase, is the thing to do. It will make everyone want the item. Maybe they saw a spike in sales for the Inc when that debacle happened, who knows?
 
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I really have to wonder if as another poster put it, this is all just free advertising. I mean, there may be people up there in their ivory towers way smarter than me (not hard) and they've got their info from their little think tanks and as it turns out causing internet hysteria, for lack of a better phrase, is the thing to do. It will make everyone want the item. Maybe they saw a spike in sales for the Inc when that debacle happened, who knows?

Well, it's pretty true if you think about it. The rare-to-see commercial they put out with the lightning graphics and the kid counting.....the "It's Coming" ad from the site. Chump change. No REAL marketing has to go into it because we are doing all the selling. We (as in the community) find research and research, find the specs, run comparisons, put everything in a fairly neat little package, get hyped about it, hype up our friends, and bam, killer product. :D
 
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Well, it's pretty true if you think about it. The rare-to-see commercial they put out with the lightning graphics and the kid counting.....the "It's Coming" ad from the site. Chump change. No REAL marketing has to go into it because we are doing all the selling. We (as in the community) find research and research, find the specs, run comparisons, put everything in a fairly neat little package, get hyped about it, hype up our friends, and bam, killer product. :D

Totally agree. I'm guilty of ALL of that.
 
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And then there's the whole iPhone conspiracy theory, which could be entirely true as well. Wanna lock the i-suckers in first.

ETA: And on a marketing note, Verizon, I have told you I don't know how many times to not show me the iPhone message again, yet you do. I know it's there. I don't want it. Thankyouverymuch.
 
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And then there's the whole iPhone conspiracy theory, which could be entirely true as well. Wanna lock the i-suckers in first.

ETA: And on a marketing note, Verizon, I have told you I don't know how many times to not show me the iPhone message again, yet you do. I know it's there. I don't want it. Thankyouverymuch.

It is all one big cluster you know what and all we can do is let time keep moving...and keep checking here like it is my job. Thank goodness my little first-graders don't really know what their teacher is looking at every time he passes the computer, hits refresh and delays at the screen for a second or two. Ah, it's the day before break, they probably couldn't care less. Haha. :)
 
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