#Samsung's PR phone#
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Would it be considered asinine of me to post the telephone number of Samsung
USA's Public Relations representative? I have tried to contact this individual
with this number, all I've managed to do so far is take up tape of her
answering machine, but the Samsung USA Customer Service people assure me that
this is _the_ individual who handles 'the Amiga question'. My interest in
posting this number is to motivate others to call this number and take up more
tape – who knows, maybe someone will get lucky and get a real person. At a
minimum, if several people were to call this individual, a demonstration to
Samsung of active interest in the Amiga would be accomplished.
However, posting _someone else's_ telephone number, even a business number, in
circumstances such as these is something I hesitate to do without SYSOP
approval.
(For non-SYSOP types reading this, if I don't get approval to post this number,
e-mail me)
There obviously is no way to prevent you from disseminating the phone number.
Asinine? Possibly. Pointless? Yes.
The Samsung rumor is a _rumor_. There is no factual evidence to suggest that
Samsung or anyone else has expressed any interest in Commodore or the Amiga.
If you like rumors, I heard a good one today … Commodore presented an offer
from Samsung to the Bahamian Supreme Court on the 31th and the court turned
down the proposal and gave Commodore a 30 day extension to find and present an
acceptable offer. My source? Who cares … it is RUMOR.
At any rate, if Samsung (or whoever) is working a deal Commodore, their PR
department is not going to tell you a thing. They either have no idea what is
going on (unless you speak Korean and are willing to call their main office in
Seoul) or they will lie to you — until and if a deal is done, an announced to
the public you are not going to get squat out of them.
Rumor says Sony is buying Commodore, so is Philips, don't forget that Jim Drew
stated his desire to form a consortium of developers to purchase or license the
technology … then there's the HP rumors, GoldStar was mentioned a couple of
times (no, Samsung and Goldstar are not the one and the same — they are big
time competitors). Make sure you post all of their numbers so they can all be
annoyed equally.
Well, the idea is to show support and maybe get _a_ company's attention. Rumors
are rumors are rumors – but if people were calling _your_ business asking a
about a product line you may or may not be considering acquiring, I'm sure
_you'd_ be slightly more motivated to acquire the product. And that is why I'm
proposing this idea. If people constantly called Pizza Hut asking for ice
cream, they'd probably find a way to get the requested product to the
customer… Frankly, I have only pursued this idea with Samsung because the
rumors in reference to them are far more numerous than any other company –
which would tend to indicate more interest and much more potential for people
to actually pcik up the phone and make a call. The great 'search for truth'
thing is only secondary.
I doubt being a pest to the domestic offices of a Korean company would have the
effect you want.
Steve,
>>(unless you speak Korean and are willing to call their main office in
Seoul)
I have a few friends who know Korean, do you 'really' think that's a
possibilty? I realize you were, probably, just making a point, but…
Robb
Robert,
I guess you can be told "No comment" in Korean as well as in English … you
just have to pay more (for the LD call) to have that privilege.
Steve,
D*mn, we're all grasping for info (well, somebody has to know but, they're
not talking), I, fleetingly, thought that the Korean angle might yield
some info. You're right, though, it'd just be another 'no comment' in a
different language, with an increased cost.
Robb
Public Relations departments are set up to handle media inquiries, not
personal ones. The first thing they'd probably ask you is what news
organization you represent. You will just be wasting their time and yours
and not getting answers any sooner, as Samsung (if it *is* working a deal)
is not going to divulge details until it's ready. Indeed, barraging the PR
office with calls could keep legitimate reporters from getting official
word so they can pass it along to us consumers. And I doubt it would send
the executives in the company any kind of signal of interest at all. The
best way to accomplish that would be to write the CEO and tell him you've
heard rumors and hope they're true.
— Ron Legro / MILWAUKEE WI USA via AUTOPILOT
["Phun, phun, phun on the Infobahn…"]
<write the CEO>
Yeah, right – ever here of 'file #11'? I hear what you're saying, though. Guess
I'm a die-hard in believing in the 'power of one'…