Re: [CH] Evil Corporate Database
Linda Hutchinson (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:05:22 -0500
As a Canadian, I used to shop there too Norm. In fact I loved American
Spice and told everyone I knew. Dan and I were
on good terms and I enjoyed his humourous answers to my emails.
Then they stopped filling my orders, too, and Dan stopped responding to
emails. Period. Nada. It seems to me a poor way
to do a change in business. I wish Dan had at least apologised. I almost
wonder if the company was bought out, since this
sure was NOT the way Dan operated before.
Linda Hutchinson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm Corley" <ncorley@otenet.gr>
To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] Evil Corporate Database
>>> Actually, you'd be surprised at that. It has been my experience that
>>> probably very few of my customers are list folks. As we are all
>>> chileheads, we usually have the technology to solve most of our wants on
>>> our own. Most all save seeds, make sauce, buy stuff from Krobertsons on
>>> discount, and grow chiles. Doesn't leave much left for those of us
>>> trying to make a business of it ;-)
>>>
>>> -Jim C
>>> Mild to Wild(R)
> And then there are online companies like Americanspice.com that are more
> than
> happy to take your order, take your money and never fill the order. I
> placed
> an order with them in April 2005, at a time when they were shipping
> internationally. I've sent I don't know how many emails to them and have
> never
> been answered. I would call them, but their toll free number can't be
> called
> from Greece and I'm damned if I'm going to spend any more on them with an
> international call. They can keep my $45.14, but I'm more than happy to
> bad
> mouth the site every chance I get.
>
> Norm Corley
> Athens, Greece