Columbia Games, when is enough fucking enough? Three emails for three different products in 40 minutes? Are you fucking for real?
This isn't a knock of OneBookShelf. They know how to run an online digital and print storefront with minimal hiccups. I'm just pointing out a publisher that abuses the tools given to all publishers and is potentially putting that tool at risk.
Ever hear of "less is more?" Try it sometime...
Somehow I missed April 21st - Four fucking emails!
And they do this about once a week, it seems. I don't even look anymore.
ReplyDeleteWhelp... I've been on there since 2002 and I don't think I've ever mailed a customer beyond "get your free update!" No wonder no one knows who I am! :D
ReplyDeleteYou'd think with how much Columbia Games charges that it would be satisfied with the money it already got.
ReplyDeleteI send out maybe an email a month from my sales account, their level of use is border line harassment.
ReplyDeleteJust go to your ACCOUNT page and set notifications to no E-mail for Columbia games. Problem solved in like 10 seconds. I personally appreciate all the sales recently, as I've filled some holes in my Barn collection.
ReplyDeleteI have a high tolerance for this - I do after all, announce sales here at The Tavern without being asked. I've even done so for Columbia Games and was considering doing so again today before I saw the third email land.
DeleteThree emails in a day, let alone 40 minutes is abusing the system. Its also a disservice to their customers who would probably prefer their sales be spread out, not stacked like cordwood.
I work in marketing and I'm surprised they would abuse their email list in that fashion. I'd make damn sure I had something important to say before I'd send three emails in a month, let alone a single day. Unless they're trying to thin out their list?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they have someone new doing their emails. They've been pumping out 3-4 weekend sale emails, for about 5 weeks, now. I would be fine with a single message a week, with the sale items listed. But, yeah, it's getting a little excessive.
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