An Apology from ThinkGeek

[jenfraiz]

Hi all,

I found out a few hours ago about the ThinkGeek spam that was posted yesterday in the Hot Deals forum. I am embarrased to say that it did come from us, and for that we apologize. A marketing employee from our parent company posted the announcement in an effort to get exposure for a promotion we are running. It looks like she was unaware of the forum rules. We didn't authorize this post, and if we had known about it in advance, we would have stopped it from happening.

Please know that we are wholeheartedly against spam in any form. On behalf of the staff of ThinkGeek, I want to apologize to everybody that was ticked off at us. I hope you will consider shopping with us again. We're not bad people - I promise!

If you have any questions, comments, flames, whatever, please feel free to contact me directly at jenathinkgeekdotcom.

Thanks (and sorry!),
Jen Frazier
Co-Founder & Creative Director
ThinkGeek, Inc.

 

[tranceport]

I'm horribly scarred from the spam.

I think we all here at anandtech would recover quite well with some giftcards in hand

jk

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: tranceport
I'm horribly scarred from the spam.

I think we all here at anandtech would recover quite well with some giftcards in hand

jk

yes...hehe, preferably in the amount no less than $100

 

[Maleficus]

Lower the freaking prices and sure i'll consider shopping there.

 

[SgtZulu]

So Jen are you a single woman?

Oh and apology accepted

 

[xenocyd3]

lmfao

 

[pillage2001]

Pics??

 

[jenfraiz]

Thanks for accepting our apology! If I were authorized to give out 75,000 giftcards i might consider it, but for now my humble post will have to suffice. Oh, and sorry SgtZulu, I'm not single.

 

[tranceport]

SgtZulu. Fix your code to check for sister's in the geek business.

 

[olouie]

ah well giftcards would have been nice haha

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: jenfraiz
It looks like she was unaware of the forum rules.

I looks like this flaw goes right up to the top level Co-Founder & Creative Director of ThinkGeek, Inc. It's a nice gesture, but it still does not comply with the hot deals forum guidelines. This is where you post HOT DEALS not where your company does damage control.

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: jenfraiz
It looks like she was unaware of the forum rules.

I looks like this flaw goes right up to the top level Co-Founder & Creative Director of ThinkGeek, Inc. It's a nice gesture, but it still does not comply with the hot deals forum guidelines.

wrongforum police - this is hot deals baby. peace

 

[Sanjoelo]

As you can see, Jen, this forum has it's share of tools as well as good people. Any hint of negativity in a thread, and they'll be popping in for their share of anonymous boldness.

Thanks for stopping by to apologize. We appreciate it. No guarantees on the shopping, unless the deals are hot and the service is exemplary.

-Sanjoelo

 

[onelove]

ok, I forgot my [irony] tag above but sanj set me straight - forgive my ill-articulated levity above - I truly appreciate Thinkgeek's apology. truly

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: onelove
wrongforum police - this is hot deals baby. peace

Don't be fooled by the avitar. I'm not a forum cop and unless you're Vince Vaughn, you shouldn't call me baby. It's just not right for a man to call another man baby.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: onelove
wrongforum police - this is hot deals baby. peace

Don't be fooled by the avitar. I'm not a forum cop and unless you're Vince Vaughn, you shouldn't call me baby. It's just not right for a man to call another man baby.

Maybe if you didn't act like a baby, you wouldn't get called baby, baby.

 

[MrCodeDude]

..this is a hot deal how?

This is just another spam thread.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: jenfraiz
It looks like she was unaware of the forum rules.

I looks like this flaw goes right up to the top level Co-Founder & Creative Director of ThinkGeek, Inc. It's a nice gesture, but it still does not comply with the hot deals forum guidelines. This is where you post HOT DEALS not where your company does damage control.

Damn, some people are relentless. I thought the scary kind of "law = morality" mentality was only for the movies, but now I can see it is based on reality.

Stop hating, and start thinking.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
..this is a hot deal how?

This is just another spam thread.

And it goes to show that you can have almost 10k posts around here, and still be a complet @$$hole. Good for you jerkoff!

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: onelove
wrongforum police - this is hot deals baby. peace

Don't be fooled by the avitar. I'm not a forum cop and unless you're Vince Vaughn, you shouldn't call me baby. It's just not right for a man to call another man baby.

Well, you did pick the girl cop icon, so maybe you are depseratley trying to express a hidden need for man man love by tricking people into thinking you are a girl?

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: ness1469
Maybe if you didn't act like a baby, you wouldn't get called baby, baby.

Not exactly the form of baby I was speaking of, but the irony of the statement you just made and then calling me a baby is stellar.

 

[RVN]

Sympathy? Try looking in the dictionary between "sex" and "syphilis"...

 

[cubeless]

this is a hot deal... i would have to pay a 2 drink minimum to get this kind of entertainment downtown...

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007
Well, you did pick the girl cop icon, so maybe you are depseratley trying to express a hidden need for man man love by tricking people into thinking you are a girl?

And I'm sure a guy calling himself johnbear is just the guy to give it to me right? Keep dreaming.

 

[Conscript]

good advertising... I missed the original spam, but saw this.