Annoying NI sales calls after visiting ni.com

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 5 2008, 09:35 AM)

Yeah - it's amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days...

I challenge you to a duel.

[crelf]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jun 5 2008, 11:40 AM)

I challenge you to a duel.

Duelling mice at 10ft...

[Yair]

QUOTE (martin@aerodynamics @ Jun 5 2008, 02:24 PM)

are you sure that you did't get those LabVIEW training mails because of your CLAD test result

For what it's worth, I got two of them (recommending that I take some courses "based on my results") even though I didn't actually take the exam - I only clicked the link and I don't think I even got to the first question.

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (crelf @ Jun 5 2008, 10:38 AM)

Duelling mice at 10ft...

You shall not defeat my MX Laser.

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[crelf]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jun 5 2008, 12:50 PM)

You shall not defeat my MX Laser.

I most humbly submit to your MX Laser.

[MikaelH]

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ Jun 5 2008, 06:40 AM)

He'd hide behind your chair and every time you dropped a node from the palettes he'd jump out and say, "It looks like you're writing a VI!" It really seemed like a good idea, but you guys are making me reconsider it.

When I read this I started to think about the "Paper Clip"

Whould it be nice if NI added it in LabVIEW

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Cheers,

Mikael

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (MikaelH @ Jun 5 2008, 03:33 PM)

When I read this I started to think about the "Paper Clip"
Whould it be nice if NI added it in LabVIEW

Cheers,
Mikael

Meet Spoolie, I coded him up and sent him to LTR, back in 2002 as a joke.

 

 

Download File:post-17-1212706939.avi

I wrote it as a VI, but it was somehow saved without the block diagram in 6.1. So, I just uploaded an AVI movie of the VI running.

[crelf]

QUOTE (MikaelH @ Jun 5 2008, 06:33 PM)

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jun 5 2008, 07:07 PM)

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You guys crack me up - that's awesome!

[Justin Goeres]

QUOTE (MikaelH @ Jun 5 2008, 03:33 PM)

When I read this I started to think about the "Paper Clip"

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Where was this during the LAVA t-shirt thread?

[crelf]

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Jun 5 2008, 08:59 PM)

Where was this during the LAVA t-shirt thread?

How about a combination?

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[Phillip Brooks]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jun 5 2008, 07:07 PM)

Meet Spoolie, I coded him up and sent him to LTR, back in 2002 as a joke.

Today Spoolie would need to be smart enough to ask, "Are you trying to code a Producer/Consumer with Event Structure and Queues?"

[Anders Björk]

In Sweden they sometimes call to after one have been looking at some webinar or checked the preliminary price for some equipment. I try to be proactive to look at new thing before I really need them. Another thing is that since I am work for research institute we need approximate prices for grant application that may take 6-12 month before we get the decision. I feel it like this is the curse of the Information age. I think they should treat the web the same as their paper catalog.

[Phillip Brooks]

I just recieved an NI email about training (Ugh!) and noticed the link at the bottom to update my profile.

I decided to look at my profile a bit closer.

I wonder of the communications settings might put an end to receiving these types of calls? I just change Phone to "No".

[JiMM]

QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Jun 10 2008, 11:47 AM)

I just recieved an NI email about training (Ugh!) and noticed the link at the bottom to update my profile.

I decided to look at my profile a bit closer.

I wonder of the communications settings might put an end to receiving these types of calls? I just change Phone to "No".

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Thanks, Phillip, I just checked mine and all were set to "YES". I know that I had set Phone to NO. GRRRRR!

[abullen]

[ Anyone else annoyed at this?]

I also find this annoying and just another example of "marketing is evil"

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE (abullen @ Jun 21 2008, 12:46 PM)

[ Anyone else annoyed at this?]

I also find this annoying and just another example of "marketing is evil"

But, marketing doesn't have to be evil -- e.g., permission-based marketing where high-quality products/information are provided to customers while respecting their rights to choose how and when they receive messages. I'm a big fan of Seth Godin, who preaches such principles. I try hard to follow these principles at JKI with our various product development and marketing efforts.

[crelf]

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ Jun 21 2008, 04:50 PM)

But, marketing doesn't have to be evil -- e.g., permission-based marketing where high-quality products/information are provided to customers while respecting their rights to choose how and when they receive messages.

Right: it's all about perceived value - NI thinks that their call to you provides you with a opportunity that you'll value.

Personally, I don't mind cold-calls, as long as the person behind them has done their research, which means a higher potential of their service offerings to be valuable to me.

[Tim_S]

I just had a NI salesman call me. I asked if there was a way to put a note such that I wouldn't receive the calls anymore; he was able to add "a note into my file" so that I wouldn't receive such calls anymore (this time it was from creating a couple of "what-if" carts via the website).

Tim