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Random "follow-up" calls posted: Dec 15, 2008 11:26 AM

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khughes
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So are others besides just me getting calls still from booth vendors at VMworld? I just got another one this morning and I had no idea what the company was or what products they were "showcasing". I would've thought they would've called sooner because at least for me I don't remember 1/2 of the vendors I got swag from or what they actually were providing to the virtual world.

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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

1. Dec 15, 2008 12:43 PM in response to: khughes
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vmroyale
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Jun 15, 2007
Yeah, I'm still getting those calls as well. The e-mails have all but stopped, but every now and then I get a random call from (like you said) someone I don't remember visiting.

Still trying to get my local CDW rep to get me one of those USB sticks that they ran out of with 3 people in front of us in line too!

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2. Dec 15, 2008 1:23 PM in response to: vmroyale
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ejward
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Sep 23, 2005
I still get calls.

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3. Dec 16, 2008 9:34 AM in response to: vmroyale
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khughes
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I still don't understand how CDW ran out of USB drives...


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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

4. Dec 17, 2008 12:29 PM in response to: khughes
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tom howarth
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Personally I have had no follow up calls.

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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

5. Dec 18, 2008 8:33 AM in response to: tom howarth
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khughes
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Because they don't want to make long distance calls to a bloody englishman ;)

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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

6. Dec 18, 2008 3:10 PM in response to: tom howarth
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JDLangdon
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tom howarth wrote:Personally I have had no follow up calls.

That's not surprising, you don't say much anyway. :-)


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7. Dec 18, 2008 3:11 PM in response to: khughes
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JDLangdon
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This is the punishment you get for accepting free swag and I have learned my lesson.

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Jason D. Langdon

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8. Dec 21, 2008 12:27 AM in response to: JDLangdon
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tom howarth
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No you haven't. come VMworld 2009 you will be whoring your self out again for the free t-shirts, pens and mouse mats :)

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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

9. Dec 21, 2008 12:28 AM in response to: khughes
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tom howarth
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you can go off people very quickly Kyle :p


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10. Dec 21, 2008 12:29 AM in response to: JDLangdon
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tom howarth
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I say plenty, when I can get a word in edgeways :0

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11. Dec 21, 2008 5:30 AM in response to: khughes
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williambishop
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Mar 9, 2006
I brought home 0% swag, didn't get anything except the ugly blue vmworld bag, which even my wife didn't want, so I threw away(as did most everyone else I noticed)....But I learned my lesson a couple years back. The tradeoff for the toys is the calls. So, no toys, and this time....NO CALLS. I can't tell you how pleased I am, I'm still getting calls from the last vmware thing I went to in Atlanta about 2 years ago. Never again.

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12. Dec 21, 2008 7:48 AM in response to: williambishop
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tom howarth
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You can always say No.

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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

13. Dec 21, 2008 10:21 PM in response to: tom howarth
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khughes
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I think I"m just going to "barrow" Tom's badge next year, color photo copy it and then walk around with that badge and have them scan his name into the system like 2x over so he gets twice the calls. And I don't go off on people, just you :D but as you know its all in good fun.


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Re: Random "follow-up" calls

14. Dec 22, 2008 2:03 AM in response to: khughes
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tom howarth
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you have had way too much sun. you should move somewhere cold and wet for a couple of years

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