Saturday, June 28, 2008
Hollister Co.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Brown Sheep Company
Not sure why but I'm digging this envelope.
A classic hand written response. Someone actually spent more than 30 seconds on this. Kudos to them!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Warner Brothers Studio Stores
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
WD-40
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Baskin Robbins 2-5
It makes me laugh when the return my original letter. Particularly when they make up the envelope.
This response wasn't going to satisfy me.
Especially when two identical ones (well almost) arrived the same day.
Generally if I have 2 responses from a company I feel like I'm playing with the houses money and I up the insanity quotient. Poor Jennifer... well, poor someone.
I was stunned that she couldn't accept my offer. Well not really.
3 Responses in? Nice! Time to get angrier!
Damn, Jennifer (or whoever) got tired of me and passed me on. They included 3 of these $2 coupons.
It's interesting that no one mentioned that I changed my pet from a Cat to a dog and back again using 2 different names. If it were me, I would have called the lunatic writing these on that.
Finally! They kept the money. I had decided to keep writing them until such time as they kept the money or had their legal department ask me not the write them again. Finally they sent me a list. Well all they did was print this out. And NOT even in color. Someone over at Dunkin Brands is a bit cheap. Somewhat sadly and/or oddly this is the end of my communication with Baskin Robbins...for now!
Denny's
This response didn't satisfy me in the least. However in the summer of 1997 I had yet to really get into the whole followup letter idea that I've enjoyed since. And by the time I did this letter was sort of forgotten,
In February of 2008 I was about to post the 1997 Denny's letter and an idea occurred to me. What if I sent them the SAME letter again 10 1/2 years later? Would the response be similar? Would they have some nutty filing system whereby my original was still on file? I had to know. I changed the name slightly and checked their web page to make sure the menu items I mentioned were current (I haven't been to "the den" in quite awhile.) Other than that I resent the letter pretty much as it was written in 1997. Then I waited.
On April 2, 2008 I had my answer. A box beckoned on my doorstep when I returned from work. The contents is pictured below. Sadly, there was NO LETTER!. Well it took 10 1/2 years but i finally got my mugs. They don't seem as sturdy as the ones I remember, plus I was hoping for 4. I guess I'll write them again in July of 2018 and see what happens.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Flambeau Inc. 2
This is the postcard I sent. I'm not sure why, but I REALLY enjoyed suggesting she hang it in her cubicle at work. For all I know she has a corner office with a view.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Burger King
It always bothered me that Hal's first mention went unsent and largely unread. I needed to correct that. So in December of 2007 I decided to straighten it out.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
I expected a nasty response. This was quite a bit tamer than what I anticipated.
Friday, February 22, 2008
President Bill Clinton
The generic form letter doesn't surprise me. The fact that I didn't get a photo, did.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Flambeau Inc.
This response is short, sweet and quick. Not sure if there is a follow-up in here or not. Time will tell.
Monday, February 18, 2008
The J.M. Smucker Company
They got back to me fairly quickly which I always enjoy. Back in 1997 it was sometimes enough to keep me at bay.
I wonder how much this stuff costs now?
A Smucker's Money Clip? Really?
By 1998 I wasn't quite as easy to please and the tone of the letters started to get a little wackier and closer to the convoluted style I prefer.
One of the things that really annoys me is when someone tries to get me to communicate by telephone.