On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:15:08 Andrew Greig wrote: > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 17:38 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:36:28 Jason Komar wrote: > > > Those sound like good ideas to me. Anything that makes things clearer > > > for the people seeking out CD's is good for everyone. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Which particular page were you thinking of? The one listing the > > distributors, or another one? > > Hi Alex, > > At the top of the page listing distributors we need to something akin to > warning motorists of a toll road ahead. I do not think that I am > Robinson Crusoe here, but it seems that a lot of the Windows users do > not live on email like we do. OSS has a cultural dependency on email, > but a lot of my inquirers send me an email ordering a Free CD and give > me their snail mail address and then just expect it to arrive. > > To every inquirer who contacts me I send a standard email explaining > that D/L is free but CD has a token fee attached. I do not want them to > receive a CD without being aware of this. It could cause some > unpleasantness if they think they have been "ripped off". > > But, sometimes it takes weeks for them to get the message. And sometimes > I get an email asking "where is the CD I ordered?" But for which I have > no agreement to proceed. > > SHORT version. > Tell they will be up for a token fee determined by their distributor. > Tell them to expect a reply before sending the Disks. Tell them to > monitor their email closely for a day after sending their request.
OK I'll see what I can com up with tonight.... > > That should cover it. > > Cheers > Andrew Greig > Melbourne, Australia > > BTW This Sun deal is just so poetic. Imagine an ad for the opposition > popping up in an update Java message on Windows. Soooo good! > A > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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