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Subject: RE: UKNM: Virgin mobile Web site closed over the New Year.
From: Bunder, Leslie
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:42:33 GMT

Agreed, New Year resolution for all of us is being more polite in 2000.
(even though of course, being a nice Jewish boy this co-incides with the
Jewish year of 5760).

And yes, nothing is more annoying than watching TV or listening to the radio
when you hear a great advert to do something but the place is closed!

Here's to a great Web year for everyone and let's hope all the lessons we
are learning are implemented in our projects!

regards

Leslie

> ----------
> From: Stefan Magdalinski[SMTP:stefanatisness [dot] org]
> Sent: 04 January 2000 10:20
> To: uk-netmarketingatchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: UKNM: Virgin mobile Web site closed over the New Year.
>
> "Bunder, Leslie" wrote:
> >
> > Anyone else notice that despite all the Virgin Mobile adverts in the
> > nationals pre-New Year and also on New Year Day, the Web site was
> closed
> > down saying they will be back after the New Year!
> >
> > Is this the shape of things to come? What is the point of heavily
> promoting
> > a URL in adverts and then when someone wishes to go there to buy or set
> > things up, there is no site.
> >
>
> Virgin.com was closed over the New Year because of security/Y2K jitters.
> Also the Virgin Mobile call centre was closed over New Year. The site
> was supposed to reappear around lunchtime on NYD, but was late because
> of an administrative mistake.
>
> The advertising was part of a much longer campaign, and it's very
> difficult to take down the posters for 24 hours, or cancel a long
> running campaign in the newspapers.
>
> One of my New Year's Resolutions is to be more polite, so I won't
> mention that nobody complains when there are adverts on TV for shops
> that are closed.
>
> I also assumed that most people would have better things to do at that
> time that browse the web, like observing the sabbath ;)
>
> stefan
>
> > regards
> >
> > Leslie
>
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