BEVERS! YOU ARE THE SOYFEE SPOKESWOMAN!!
#84728 - 06/30/04 05:19 AM
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bamagirl
Reged: 04/02/04
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Loc: Alabama
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I just received my Soyfee newsletter and TONS of your comments from this site filled the page!!! I couldn't believe it!! The whole page was nothing but comments from this site about the product...mostly from you!! Did you see it?!
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Yes, I Saw It
#84765 - 06/30/04 07:05 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Marina (the President of the company) told me she wanted to quote my recommendations "with my permission." I never gave it. I didn't know exactly which recommendation she wanted to use, and was afraid of being mis-quoted, as is so often the case.
Also, quite frankly, I'm disturbed at the ordering process. I love this product -- I think it's incredible coffee -- but GETTING it is damn difficult. The closest market to me that carries it is on the farthest end of this State, on the Oregon border. To ship to me, they charge $10, which is the same price as a 10-ounce package of coffee! So, in essence, I pay twice the cost. To order from the company in NYC, it takes TWO WEEKS to get it. The order I got yesterday took 2 weeks + 2 days.
I sent Marina two e-mails to try to find out where my order was, but she didn't respond, and I was, quite frankly, a little annoyed. I undertand that my praises of the product were "nothing short of phenomenal" (her words), so no doubt she was too busy with all the order to answer me. When I sent a third e-mail asking for a reply, she finally did.
Again, I believe in this product, but the company falls short in the ordering department.
I am also amazed that there are so few HFS that carry it. I called my local HFS (30 miles away) to try to get them to market it, but was told a story involving a lot of red tape.
Yes, I saw her newsletter. A lot of those comments were mine, but a lot of them were not. I have to assume those others were from some folks here. I hope they gave their permission.
Bev
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I'm glad you saw it, but really sorry they didn't get permission. That was one reason I thought to call your attention to it. I wouldn't mind being quoted on a quality product either, but it seems the company service should match the quality of the product they sell. Sorry that your experience has been negative in that regard.
Well, I don't know how you handle that...all your comments just out in the public with no explanation or permission given. And yes, other comments were from folks here on this board, and it seems the Soyfee folks would have gone to Heather at least before making free stealing our conversations for free advertising!! Glad you saw the letter, but sorry it was so poorly done!
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Gotta say, that's a little odd - and she'd better be careful or she could wind up in some serious trouble.
Also have to say, that if someone is using all your comments and you are essentially helping (a lot I might add) to market/sell the product you'd think she would have the decency to send you a bunch FREE or geez at least offer you a discount. How ridiculous....
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Ya know, I was thinking the same thing. Soyfee may be the best stuff on earth, but I'm not thinking too highly of Marina right now. Hah. She should definitely be hooking Bev up with free product - or at least free shipping! Sheesh. And she really SHOULD be careful. I think technically she can get in a decent amount of legal trouble for using comments - even from a public message board - without written consent.
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Wow, I just went on the Soyfee website and looked under the testimonials page. There are all our comments about Soyfee from this board. They even reference the board so people know where to find our comments and us! Can they do that? I don't know, maybe I'm being a little unreasonable, but I posted for other people on this board to benefit, not to be free advertisement for the product. I'd like to hear what Heather has to say about whether or not this is legal. I know I don't post a lot, but when I do I guess I like knowing my comments are going to stay here.
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I definitely can't see how its legal to use comments from a board like this w/out permission. Then again...maybe it is??? 
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http://www.soycoffee.com/testimonials.php?PHPSESSID=8201efe8258cad2b7ff0871dbcc3cdc3
that is the URL from the website with all of the praises taken from this website.. interesting..
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I think of this place as a safe haven, I feel like my privacy has been breached!
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Interesting! I looked at the website, and although I don't think it was right for her to use your comments without your permission, it's probably perfectly legal for her do that---as long as she doesn't identify you by name. Now, if she'd used your name without your permission, that would've been another story.
Surely most of you realize that there are tons of people who read the message board but never register or participate in the "chatting." You will have to get Heather to verify this, but I thought she told me there are about 7,000 people a day that read, but never respond to the Eating for IBS message boards.
And you thought it was a small intimate talk you were having? It's a big world out there! The "creepy" incidents that have occurred recently on this board are, unfortunately, a reminder that there are a lot of nuts out there. Now, don't you feel better? Can you picture that peeking Tom looking over your shoulder?
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