Question:
Has anyone else received a snail mail letter with an advertisement...
Just wondered if anyone had this same rather peculiar letter in the snail mail.. I receive a letter postmarked from Santa Ana Calif.. Inside was a newspaper clipping with an advertisement for "Berry Trim"... it had a hand written note on the top sheet saying the following .."Victoria try it..it works"... I don't give out my address online nor do I know anyone in Calif.. I was concerned to say the least.. I know it was probably a good jester on someone part to stop me from having this surgery, however, I have not taken this step lightly and I have (8) pages of documented weight loss attempts. So, my point is there is no miracle pill out there trust me I know..I have tried them all.. Thank you for your anonymous suggestion, however, all it did was show me that there is another (fantasy pill) out there giving false hope and making someone very rich off those of us that are struggling everyday to live a normal life.. Ok, I'm stepping down off the soap box..... — Victoria B. (posted on November 10, 1999)
November 10, 1999
Vicki, I received the same thing months ago, and I like you never give out
my address. I don't know who is sending them out but I got mine before I
ever thought of surgery. I tore it up too, I've wasted so much money on
magic pills I didn't want to waste anymore.
— Sana S.
November 10, 1999
Hi, I to have received this letter actually a few times over the past few
years, I also have friends and my mother who has received them. I don't
beleive that they are in any way connected to checking into this surgery, I
think that with all of the other diets , pills, etc. that we all have done
that there is a mailing list that this particular company has purchased, it
happens all the time, not just with diets!!
— Tracie R.
November 10, 1999
Don't take it personally Vickie--it's a mass mailing. I received it a
couple times well before I looked into weight loss surgery. I wondered at
the time if it could be one of my distant relatives in California trying to
tell me something but then a friend of mine got it too so we new it was
just another obnoxious marketing scheme. Good luck to you!
— Cheryl W.
November 10, 1999
I also received a letter like you mentioned. Obviously, mine had my name
handwritten with the message try it it really works. I have no idea how I
got on the mailing list. I though it was someone who knew me who just sent
it anomomously!
— [Anonymous]
November 10, 1999
We've received similar mailings like this at the office! The last one was a
little post-it note stuck to a sheet that looked like it had been ripped
from a magazine. The product they were selling was some investment
publication. I think these people must hire high school kids and have them
write out these little post-its kind of a new take on telemarketing. I
think you just got on some mailing list!
— Morgan B.
November 10, 1999
I got the same thing you are talking about in the mail...I threw it out.
— Laurie B.
November 10, 1999
Hi Vicki: I'm sure it was just a product mailing off some mailing list.
It just happened to show up as a coincidence. Forget it!
— Jaye C.
November 11, 1999
Yeah. I haven't gotten one in many months, but for awhile I was getting
them every few months maybe for a couple of years. I was quite hurt by
them. I thought they were from someone from my office in L.A. (I'm in SF)
I figured they meant well, and had no idea how hurtful these anonymous
missiles were. I am so relieved you posted this and I found out that it's
a mass mailing. Thanks.
— joroclo
November 11, 1999
Vicki,
I live in Yorba Linda, CA, (about 10 miles from Santa Ana) and I have
received this letter for about 3 years now. I thought it was a
"helpful" friend sending it to me and I was quite annoyed that
they wrote... "Peri.. try this, it works..." on it, with no name
or return address. They probably got our name off some diet product that we
purchased...
— Peri B.
September 8, 2000
I received the same ad ! At first I thought it was a cruel person, but then
I realized it wasn't. It was irritating to me, and I wonder where they got
my address. I thought it might have been from the time I ordered Richard
Simmons Exercise Tapes.
They probably sold their data base. I was very angry that that was
probably the source because Richard Simmons as goofy as he is promotes a
sensible form of weight loss, that for some people really is the answer.
For his company to be responsible for selling my information to such a
sleazy, and perhaps dangerous product was disheartening.
Kelly
— kellyanne
February 9, 2001
WOW VICKI...I HAVE BEEN SCRATCHING MY HEAD FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS,WONDERING WHO
IN THE WORLD COULD BE SO CRUEL TO ME..JUST MAKES ME FEEL BETTER THAT I AM
NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT THIS,,
— CHRIS H.
February 10, 2001
Hi, all! Obviously, the marketing gurus are still at it. I recieved the
"Berry Trim" ad with the "handwritten note" also about
4 months ago, less than 2 months before surgery. I'm still puzzled how I
got on the mailing list, but I knew it was a marketing ploy! I really hate
that some marketing firm would be so cruel. I know some people really felt
that someone they knew sent it to them! This is why I hate telemarketers,
mass mailers, spammers, etc.
— Maria H.
August 17, 2005
I live in NY and I recieved this letter about 3-5 years ago too. At the
time, I was soooooo upset and started to cry. Mainly because I was anorexic
at the time and just lost over 60lbs in 2 months. Even to this day I have
no clue how they got my address.
— Sarah198125
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