Comments on: Free Plug for Emigrant Direct

By: Johnny T

Johnny T — Fri, 26 May 2006 19:48:38 +0000

I got that hat and wear it quite frequently.. I wear caps backwards and so the design on the back is more important to me than the design on the front. Anyways I guess I’d rather be free advertising for a high yield savings account (help get those silly people earning 0.5% at places like BoA up to speed/foster more competition/rate chasing,drive up rates) than some baseball or football team.. considering those entities are no less corporate than any financial institution.

Of course I previously just wore a cheap blank cap. However this one was free..

By: StopBuyingCrap.com » Emigrant Direct Sucks

StopBuyingCrap.com » Emigrant Direct Sucks — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:45:55 +0000

[...] Kinda funny how they spend the time & money sending out those stupid hats, thanking people for their business – and then dropping their customers if their balance reaches $0. [...]

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:31:25 +0000

Funny.
I got one too, out of the blue.

They had some sort of problem with their mail merge though because the box was addressed to me but the one page letter inside was addressed to some guy that lives a few miles from me. Oh well.
Hazzard

By: Cap

Cap — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:54:13 +0000

hehe, I think I’ll keep mine. I’m going to find some kid to force it on. har har.

but yeah, seriously not sure what they’re thinking. there’s better ways to promote their products than this..

for starter, provide better service or bonus, and get more people to talk about it. I still haven’t jump ship yet, but I think I will soon.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:50:21 +0000

I got mine before the holidays and like SMB’s it’s headed out with the next batch of charity donations. I have 2-3 baseball caps, and this one didn’t thrill me with design, fit or anything. Hopefully it will get good use by someone.

I really wish instead of sending hats, that they would have deposited the cost of producing and mailing a single hat into my account with a description of “we appreciate your business” or something. THAT would have “bought” my loyalty more directly ;)

By: SMB

SMB — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:09:48 +0000

I got that cap. I was tickled by the American flag on the back…and the tag inside that says “Made in China.” I wish they’d taken the money they spent on this promotion, and put it toward redesigning their website.

The cap went out with my last batch of stuff for charity.