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Old 08-23-10, 03:35 AM   #1
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Please bear with me as I often take my time getting to the point of the matter.
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And this is exactly the point where Mrs Mary Beth Hesnon, Corporate Media Relations Manager at Ubisoft's Worldwide Headquarters, stoped reading it ...

The whole situation is just ....


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Old 08-23-10, 05:15 PM   #2
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And this is exactly the point where Mrs Mary Beth Hesnon, Corporate Media Relations Manager at Ubisoft's Worldwide Headquarters, stoped reading it ...

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I have to agree. You have to think of this letter as a persuasive argument. Your opening statement is everything. It has to intrigue the reader to read further.

The opening statement was poor, it did not garner intrigue or interest. The rest, as a result, can be summarized as "TLDR". Your opening statement makes or breaks the rest.

OP, you have to remember, your writing to a big corporation, that gets a ton of emails to sift through. IMO, you needed to be Clear, concise, to the point, yet heartfelt. It shouldn't have been larger then two or three paragraphs. (edit: maybe 3 or 4, but certainly not a 2 page essay)

I would be very surprised if you got anything but a canned response back, if any response at all.
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Old 08-23-10, 05:23 PM   #3
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Seeing as how they've probably gotten several thousand
'WTF is this garbage you duped us with?'
type letters/e-mails?

Someone just MIGHT read the entire thing.
And tomorrow?
I MIGHT hit the Lottery.

But if you don't play?
You don't Win.

So it's a worthy effort.
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Old 08-23-10, 05:27 PM   #4
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Its always worth a try I guess. Saw SH5 at a Nebraska Furniture Mart. I walked the other way, lol
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Old 08-23-10, 11:45 PM   #5
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I have to admit I wrote the letter more as a way to vent some frustration rather than to elicit a response from the giant megacorp. I too would be surprised if I ever personally hear back from anyone at Ubi on this subject.

But I felt really good right after I hit the "send" button.

"TAKE THAT UBI!" I said as I reveled in myself.

Even if they did respond, I'd probably be like, "What's that UBI? I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over how awesome I am."

Yeah, I really am that cool.

*cough*

(even without hair)
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Old 08-24-10, 02:15 AM   #6
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Skookum,

It probably went into her spam folder.

Sorry, but i am more cynical than you, and I have even less hair.


~Rich

p.s. nice letter.
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Old 08-24-10, 06:29 AM   #7
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Old 08-24-10, 07:03 AM   #8
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IEven if they did respond, I'd probably be like, "What's that UBI? I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over how awesome I am."
Thank you for your interest in UBIsoft. We have several new products scheduled for release which you might find interesting...
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