Mike, I agree with you and I too have chosen to not respond. I also understand why a marketing company would not want their client information to be released until after the survey was completed.
If I were Pepsi, doing a survey between Coke and Pepsi, I would not want you to know whom I represent until after you have given me the information I am after. If I did tell you whom I was representing before the survey, my data would be corrupted. As Scientists, you can all understand data collection techniques and how to get good data vs. bad. If I remember correctly, there was a similar string about a Prof. who had corrupt data yet published the results as reliable. I have chosen to not take the survey for many reasons, one is the fear of getting on yet another junk mailing list; another is the idea of giving out proprietary information. The lists of good reasons to not take the survey are endless. I wish this marketing company well, I think you will probably have to find a different avenue. Good Luck, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Michael Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:36 AM To: 'J and P Global Acct'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Survey Concerns Nice try, I still won't give out information related to the operation of my business unless I know exactly where it is going and to whom it is going. This request presumes that we have implicit trust simply because we are members of a specific group. WRONG !!!. If the "WHO - WHAT - WHY is disclosed I would consider disclosing any non-propriety information that may help the EMC industry. Beyond that I chose not to participate in blind surveys. M. Taylor Colorado. -----Original Message----- From: J and P Global Acct [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Survey Concerns Wow. Tough audience. We're sorry if our request seemed so unreasonable, but we were told that this e-mail list may be a friendly way to obtain good input from a wide variety of people in the industry. Here is the basic scoop on the situation. We are a research firm that has been contracted by a group (still ambiguous, we know), who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, to do a short study of some current trends and aspects of the compliance testing industry. We apologize for any ambiguity that this may present. However, as mentioned in our initial e-mail, we are looking for only as many people as would feel free and open to share their opinions. If you are uncomfortable about any items that may be presented in our survey, you may leave that section blank. If you do not feel comfortable about the entire concept, then we kindly ask that you do not respond at all. Again, this is in no way a solicitation of any kind. NO ONE will contact you regarding your response! Thank you, G. Perry --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
