Re: [SLUG-POL] Dell pushing computers

From: Isaiah Weiner (iweiner@redhat.com)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 11:56:29 EDT


    Not in the long run. You irritate your sample by using tactics that
are diametically opposed to your company-wide sales campaign, that they
bought into to begin with.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:55:07AM -0700, Norbert Cartagena wrote:
>
> > I'd guess they've got waaaaaaaay too much
> > inventory. The trend I've
> > noticed was the entire PC "industry" shrinking over
> > the last few months.
> > Cold-calling customers is not something I've heard
> > them do before, though.
> > Definitely interesting.
> >
>
> Could it be that cold calling is cheaper than an
> advertising blitz?
>
> Norb
>
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