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- From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Ford kicked my ass in court
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 15:41 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- References: <PHILG.92Nov18112615@zug.ai.mit.edu> <1992Nov18.220428.1174@ampex.com> <2182@shaman.wv.tek.com> <1ejgh8INN1l5@armory.centerline.com>
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- In article <1ejgh8INN1l5@armory.centerline.com>, jimf@centerline.com
- (Jim Frost) writes...
-
- >This is only partially true. If you find the name and address of
- >several real live people in responsible positions -- particularly if
- >one or more is the boss of the others -- and you send copies of the
- >letter to all of them (indicating names in a Cc: at the bottom)...
- >particularly if you hit people at several different levels...
-
- Speaking as a professional writer and as a minor bureaucrat in a large
- organization (though hopefully an organization that is on the side of
- the angels :), I heartily endorse this advice. As Jim points out, the
- recipient doesn't dare "lose" or ignore a letter that someone, especially
- his or her boss, might inquire about later on. Send it to multiple,
- specific people and you've got a fighting chance that it will become
- the "action item" of someone important enough to be useful.
-
- The only potential pitfall is that if you *do* have a useful working
- relationship with someone and want to consolidate it, you might not
- help your cause by telling his bos and his boss's boss what a lousy
- deal you're getting. But this does not usually apply to the wronged
- consumer sallying forth against a corporate stone wall.
-
- Good luck,
- --Joe
- "Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
-