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[INTERACTION][REF] Paste all Tagruato Emails

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Euchre
uF Game Warden

Joined: 29 Aug 2007
Posts: 3342

Nighthawk wrote:

Euchre wrote:

Nighthawk wrote:

Wonder if I should try the same thing I did with Ethan Haas and mail them a bomb threat? Twisted Evil

Methinks that's just a wee bit of a federal crime, maybe a felony.
Nice of you to admit it here.

Oh, come now... I never really sent it for EH anyway. You don't know the history behind that one, I guess:
(NOTE: OOG! OOG! For crissake, OOG!)
http://nighthawkdf.blogspot.com/2007/07/cry-for-help.html
http://nighthawkdf.blogspot.com/2007/08/clarification.html

I'm well aware of the clusterf* that EH ended up being.
I don't remember reading your forum post about the supposed bomb threat, but I've slept a lot since that marketing project wannabe ARG went in the bowl and swirled.
My comment was a sarcastic and cautionary one. Wink

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:19 am

W-Three
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Joined: 29 Sep 2007
Posts: 348
Location: 50� S 100� W

I sent to emails, from different addresses.

My first -

Quote:

Dear Slusho

I am very interested to share Noriko's dream and spread Slusho! in the West. I have long been waiting to begin the spread of Slusho! here, something which I know everyone will enjoy as much, if not more, than the Japan. I would like to buy several Slusho! machines for my store.

Stefan I. Xzander
Happy-fun Tastey inc.

And the second

Quote:

Dear Kagashina

I am a large supporter of Slusho! It is my favorite drink and I always reccomend it to my friends. The west needs the bountifull taste and texture of Slusho! and I am more than willing to join the Slusho! Team. I would like to hear more about distrubution oppotunities.

No replies yet

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:24 am

Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

First email sent Oct 13:

Quote:

I work for one of the largest freight distributors in Southern Florida, with open access and several shipping lines, as well as several contacts, in the South American market. I would like to discuss some potential distribution opportunities with you for bringing Slusho! to the southeastern United States as well as branching in to major South American markets.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

[My name]
[My title]
[Company name] - Miami, Florida

Response received Oct. 15:

Quote:

Dear Mr. [My Name],

Thank you for your interest in becoming a distributor of Slusho! brand happy drink and joining the Tagruato family! We would be very excited to work with you in spreading the joy of Slusho! all over the world!

In light of a storm of false claims of business purpose, we have been forced to institute a verification policy. The first step is to forward documents of authenticity. We will need a copy of your articles of incorporation before proceeding with Slusho! distribution opportunity. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause you.

Sincerely,
Tzigane Koga, Customer Service
Office of Daiske Kagashima

"Exploring our world. Ensuring your future."

My response, sent immediately therafter on the 15th:

Quote:

Thank you for the response. Attached are the Articles of Incorporation for my own company, [My company name], which is officially registered in the State of Florida (document #[removed] can be viewed online at http://www.sunbiz.org/ ).

The mailing address, however, is incorrect as we have moved to a more convenient facility. The new address is:

[My new address]

If you are to send anything to this location, please let us know so we can notify downstairs reception.

Look forward to future business opportunities.

Thank you.

[My name]
[My company]

Response received today, the 17th, 12:46pm

Quote:

Dear Mr. [Name],

Thank you for sending in the verification documents! I have sent your information on to our Slusho! brand happy drink legal troup. One of our representatives from us will be contacting you if your company is according with our distribution requirements.

Sincerely,
Tzigane Koga
Customer Service
Office of Daiske Kagashima

Note the different look of the signature: split line, no quote.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:56 pm

dalphx
Entrenched

Joined: 02 Oct 2007
Posts: 801
Location: Partying in Batcave with Lily & Beth!

Nighthawk wrote:

First email sent Oct 13:

Quote:

Response received Oct. 15:

Quote:

My response, sent immediately therafter on the 15th:

Quote:

Response received today, the 17th, 12:46pm

Quote:

Note the different look of the signature: split line, no quote.

Different person responding back maybe? Should also put this response in Tagruato Distribution Email Topic

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:58 pm

Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

Actually, my mistake: the "Ensuring..." quote is there. "Customer Service" is on a separate line, though.

Full header of last response:

Quote:

Delivered-To: [OMITTED]@gmail.com
Received: by 10.141.42.17 with SMTP id u17cs697682rvj;
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:46:22 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.65.52.1 with SMTP id e1mr16869554qbk.1192639581655;
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <18kagashimad>
Received: from smtpoutwbe07.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpoutwbe07.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [208.109.78.209])
by mx.google.com with SMTP id e17si4098204qbe.2007.10.17.09.46.20;
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 208.109.78.209 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of 18kagashimadSPLATtagruato.jp) client-ip=208.109.78.209;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 208.109.78.209 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of 18kagashimadSPLATtagruato.jp) smtp.mail=18kagashimad@tagruato.jp
Received: (qmail 12896 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2007 16:46:20 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO gem-wbe20.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) (64.202.189.175)
by smtpoutwbe07.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with SMTP; 17 Oct 2007 16:46:20 -0000
Received: (qmail 22326 invoked by uid 99); 17 Oct 2007 16:46:20 -0000
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:46:20 -0700
From: 18kagashimadSPLATtagruato.jp
Subject: RE: Distribution opportunities
To: [OMITTED] <OMITTED>
Message-ID: <20071017094620>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII
User-Agent: Web-Based Email 4.11.6
X-Originating-IP: 204.110.112.2

Note that last line... the IP address of 204.110.112.2, according to ARIN.NET (http://ws.arin.net/whois), is Paramount Pictures' basement datacenter:

Quote:

OrgName: Paramount Pictures
OrgID: PARAMO
Address: MOB Basement - Datacenter
Address: 5555 Melrose Avenue
City: Hollywood
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90038
Country: US

OOPS!

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:03 pm

Trapped Under Ice
Boot

Joined: 10 Oct 2007
Posts: 38
Location: San Antonio

just got the same thing

Quote:

Thank you for sending in the verification documents! I have sent your information on to our Slusho! brand happy drink legal troup. One of our representatives from us will be contacting you if your company is according with our distribution requirements.

Sincerely,
Tzigane Koga
Customer Service
Office of Daiske Kagashima

"Exploring our world. Ensuring your future."

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Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:04 pm

Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

I sent response, Oct 17 @ 1:13pm:

Quote:

Thank you for the consideration, and we look forward to future business opportunities as a result.

If there is any further information you need from us, please let us know so we can expedite the process.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.

[Name and company]

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:14 pm

TBILL
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2007
Posts: 116

Aww Man...they never even responded to my original email....This sucks...WHY DOES JJ HATE ME? Mad

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:15 pm

dalphx
Entrenched

Joined: 02 Oct 2007
Posts: 801
Location: Partying in Batcave with Lily & Beth!

Always...we will contact you. No info/clues given.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:19 pm

e2c
Unfettered

Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Posts: 338
Location: What is this for? Bob's got cancer - We'll miss you bob!

Nighthawk wrote:

Note that last line... the IP address of 204.110.112.2, according to ARIN.NET (http://ws.arin.net/whois), is Paramount Pictures' basement datacenter:

Quote:

OrgName: Paramount Pictures
OrgID: PARAMO
Address: MOB Basement - Datacenter
Address: 5555 Melrose Avenue
City: Hollywood
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90038
Country: US

OOPS!

hahaha that was awesome. gotcha Paramount

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:38 pm

dalphx
Entrenched

Joined: 02 Oct 2007
Posts: 801
Location: Partying in Batcave with Lily & Beth!

Send them another reply and say Contact me NOW!..lol

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:47 pm

polymedia
Boot

Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Posts: 29

So, what's the pattern here?

TBILL wrote:

Aww Man...they never even responded to my original email....This sucks...WHY DOES JJ HATE ME? Mad

I sent a legit email on 10/15 and have received no reply. So it's:

a) The address is getting swamped and response time is going to slow down considerably
b) There's a discernable pattern: who is getting a response, and why
c) Some combination of a & b
d) "JJ hates me"
e) All of the above

I'm going with "c" right now.

Here's the email I sent:

Dear Sir,

I am writing to you today to inquire into opportunities for Slusho! product placement on a college campus in the [region] of the United States. We are [university name], an engineering and technology university serving over 4300 students in the metropolitan [city name] area. I believe you will find your product well-placed at our institution. You will find not only do we have many thirsty students eager to consume your product, but a large number of highly skilled engineers and scientists capable of keeping your machinery functioning and your product at optimum temperature. I might add as well that in my department, we have several students who are very interested in the sorts of unique marketing campaigns that have become very popular here in the United States. Should you have internship opportunities available, I may be in a position to recommend students with experience in website design, corporate communication, and viral marketing. If you are interested in discussing this matter further, please contact me at this email address. I am cc'ing my Dean, [dean's name], who is also very interested in establishing a Slusho! presence at our university.

Sincerely,

[name], Chair
[Department]
[University]

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:06 pm

dalphx
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Joined: 02 Oct 2007
Posts: 801
Location: Partying in Batcave with Lily & Beth!

Re: So, what's the pattern here?

polymedia wrote:

TBILL wrote:

Aww Man...they never even responded to my original email....This sucks...WHY DOES JJ HATE ME? Mad

I'm going with B, They are only replying to certain people.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:09 pm

polymedia
Boot

Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Posts: 29

Re: So, what's the pattern here?

dalphx wrote:

polymedia wrote:

TBILL wrote:

Aww Man...they never even responded to my original email....This sucks...WHY DOES JJ HATE ME? Mad

I'm going with B, They are only replying to certain people.

I'm thinking either the mention of "viral marketing" killed it, or the .edu domain. I had originally thought that if there was going to be a feelie aspect to this, having a Slusho! taste test on a college campus would be a no brainer.

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:53 pm

CloverfieldClues.com
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Joined: 03 Aug 2007
Posts: 757

Re: So, what's the pattern here?

polymedia wrote:

TBILL wrote:

Aww Man...they never even responded to my original email....This sucks...WHY DOES JJ HATE ME? Mad

I'm going with B - too long, didn't read Wink

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:06 pm

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