John, examine the plaintext source of that message. You'll find there's an alt tag associated with one of the images with this phrase: alt="You qualify for a free copy of HDR Efex Pro 2"
Most mailers don't support hover-overs in embedded images, so most people would never see this. We have Darren's eagle-eyes to thank. :-) I sent [email protected] an email but they're closed over the weekend, so I haven't heard back yet. On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure what that all means. The download link you show says it's > $99.95 unless you're already a registered user of HDR Efex Pro (which I > am) then it's $49.95 - either way, that ain't free. > > Other than the monthly Nik Software Newsletter that I already receive, > the only thing I've received from Nik recently is a notice that as a > result of the sale, my "customer information" will be transferred to > Google in December; it will become subject to Google's privacy policy; > and that should I chose to not Opt Out of the transfer: > >> you may receive information regarding Nik and Google products, >> depending if you had opted into receiving that type of information in >> the past from Nik Software > > > - which I interpret to mean the monthly Nik Software Newsletter will > become a monthly Google+Nik Software Newsletter in January. > > From: Darren Addy >> >> You may recall not too long before Nik was purchased by Google where >> we (those of us that were interested) got some free Nik Software, >> namely >> Silver Efex Pro 2 >> and >> Color Efex Pro 3 (standalone). >> >> No doubt, you like me got an email recently from Nik Software & Google >> (like within the past 24 hours). My gmail does not load images >> immediately (until I click a link) and so this is what I saw in the >> email that I got from them: >> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WouldLikeMyFreeCopyHDREfexPro2.png >> >> As you can see the ALT text for the image that loads says that I >> qualify for a free copy of HDR Efex Pro 2. >> Now I have to tell you that I absolutely hate the imagery that usually >> passes for "HDR" these days, but I know that it can be done WELL (as >> in photo-realistically and not over-cooked). And, hey! If I qualify... >> >> So, I emailed their support team this morning and said simply: >> >> Attaching a screenshot of the email I received from Google + Nik last >> night. Please tell me how to receive the free copy of HDR Efex Pro 2 that >> I >> qualify for. >> >> Thank you. >> >> - - - >> >> I received an auto-reply this morning that it would be 1-2 business >> days before I heard from them, but just now I received from them a >> download link and serial number for HDR Efex Pro 2 (which you can see >> here is a $99.95 program: >> >> http://www.niksoftware.com/store/usa/entry.php?view=singlepurchase/HDR2.shtml >> ). >> >> So, if you received a similar email, you might want to go and log-in >> to your Nik Software account and see if your download link is there >> (and if it isn't you may want to make a gentle inquiry). Good luck! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
