Klarinet Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2009/03

From: "Jonathan Krehm" <jkrehm@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] RE: klarinet Digest 6 Mar 2009 10:01:02 -0000 Issue 8241
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:54:26 -0500

Dawn
Elizabeth went to a Halifax dentist yesterday . I insisted she go.She has a
bit of an infection in one of the the extraction wounds . She was given
antibiotics.
Hope you are well
Jay

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klarinet Digest 6 Mar 2009 10:01:02 -0000 Issue 8241

Topics (messages 95808 through 95809):

Rico - "Make The Switch" offer - no tha
95808 by: Thiel, Mark
95809 by: Glenn Kantor

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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 16:09:36 -0600
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From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subject: Rico - "Make The Switch" offer - no tha
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By the way you won't get as far as Glenn got if you don't remember all the =
brands Rico pushes reeds under. They won't accept reeds form this list:

" Thank you for submitting your code to try 10 free Rico reeds. However we =
did not receive the required, 10 competitor reeds. Competitor reeds not mad=
e by Rico, as indicated in the instructions. Old or new reeds are accepted.=
The following reeds are made by Rico and are not valid for return:

Rico
Rico Royal
La Voz
Hemke
Mitchell Lurie
Rico Select Jazz
Plasticover
Grand Concert Select
Reserve "

Mark Thiel

> Has anyone taken Rico up on the "Make The Switch" promo offer which
> they are
> currently running?
>
> http://www.maktheswitch.com/
>
> The offer, in a nutshell, is to send them 10 reeds (new or used) of a
> competitor, and they will send you 10 Rico brand reeds of your choice.
>
> Thus, it seems like a relatively straight forward deal. However it is
> not as
> simple (and free) as one would suspect.
>
> Initially, after filling out and submitting an online form, a few days
> later
> you are emailed a confirmation.
>
> You are then expected to print the confirmation form and mail the form
> and
> the 10 reeds to Rico, to receive a unique code for the free reeds.
>
> After about 2 weeks you then receive an email with the promo code for
> the
> "free" reeds. You are then supposed to order the reeds from their
> website.
>
> When you go to the Rico website, again you must fill out another form
> and
> then finally enter your "promo" code for the reeds.
>
> Lo and behold... they then want a credit card # because the "free"
> reeds
> come with a $8.90 shipping charge.
>
> I was initially interested in getting the promo reeds for my students,
> but
> now will decline, because (unless I missed the small print) nowhere is
> the
> $8.90 shipping charge disclosed.
>
> BTW -I tried to contact customer service, but this offer is being
> handled by
> a company called "Shopatron" and their rep was clueless about the promo
> offer. He deferred me back to D'Addario, who was also no help in
> resolving
> the "free" issue.
>
> After time and postage now invested, I've now decided to pass on this
> "free
> offer."
>
> It's a shame because some of my younger students could have used the
> extra
> reeds.
>
> Glenn B Kantor (GBK)
>

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Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:28:32 -0500
To: klarinet@-----.org
From: Glenn Kantor <klarinet@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Rico - "Make The Switch" offer - no tha
Message-id: <08b601c99de1$b75c1f00$f6cfb918@Longview>

Perhaps influenced by my simultaneous postings on the klarinet mailing list
and the woodwind.org clarinet bulletin board, Rico/D'Addario has now had a
change of heart about the inclusion of shipping charges on their "Make The
Switch" promo offer.

Robert Polan, the Rico Product Manager, has now posted a policy change on
the clarinet bulletin board:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=296128&t=296128

Glenn B Kantor (GBK)

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