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Started 3 years ago by Coreroc
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Coreroc
Egoville USA
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Am I the only person that gets or is tired of getting the stupid emais, facebook, and myspace messages about getting on VIP lists. These come from upwards of dozens of different people for Spice Bar alone and spice is not the only offender.

First off I think this is a horrable way to promote. When you force indirect information on someone rarely will you ever get a positive response. I know I immediately dissreguard any of these that I recieve to various inboxes. Secondly I think that this practice completely destroys the entire concept of VIP or very important person. I don't think that we truly have that many VIP's in Columbus let alone if I was famous would I enjoy paying extra for rinks along side of 40 college students that simply made it onto an email distribution list and are paying $1 for mixed drinks.

I think this is a pathetic practice and very unprofessional of these venues to dilute their special VIP sections as such.

Posted 3 years ago #
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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I'm too old and unhip to get these. Not sure if I'm relieved or insulted.

Posted 3 years ago #
Coreroc
Egoville USA
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be relieved! I see way to many of these things. It could be from my public profile and or presence, but either way it is overkill.

Posted 3 years ago #
lifeliberty
Here
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yeah, I think I'm getting old, but "VIP" in relation to clubs makes me shudder.
VIP has lost it's meaning. the true VIP didn't need to be on any list.

For some things I don't mind getting in free, but I'm not going to jump any hoops to get on your list, I'd just rather not go if that was the case.

Posted 3 years ago #
misskitty
Columbus
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I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t think there is anyone in Columbus that is in fact very important person that would actually go to those bars. Vip sections in those are just for making cash. Crazy bottle price and table price. It donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t mean you are important but it does mean you are a sucker! lol

Posted 3 years ago #
scottlitch
Southwest Hilltop, Columbus
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lifeliberty wrote >>
yeah, I think I'm getting old, but "VIP" in relation to clubs makes me shudder.
VIP has lost it's meaning. the true VIP didn't need to be on any list.

+1

Posted 3 years ago #
joev
Merion Village
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Everyone is a very important person to someone else. If I were a bar manager, every customer who came in with money would be a VIP. Bars or restaurants that try to seem "exclusive" by offering differential service do not get my seal of approval.

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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"unsubscribe"

;)

Posted 3 years ago #
tornangel012
Grandview Heights
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I'm with your Coreroc. Just before I got on here I got another VIP invite. I remember when you actually had to work hard to get VIP and it was worth it. Now it is just a promotional ploy. It's not even worth it to Pay VIP for special events anymore because unless you have a Table you paid for, you don't get treated much different then anyone else you're just on the other side of the rope.

Posted 3 years ago #
turbo ninja
Crumb Bus, Oh.
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Worse than the invitations to be "VIP" from the bars/clubs are the posts from people "In the VIP" themselves.

I'm not impressed and you should be embarrassed to have bragged about your table, reception or whatever. And you should never EVER refer to yourself as a VIP - if you're important, that should be enough. Tacky and egocentric, says I.

Posted 3 years ago #
JimL2

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Spice/Sugar/Park Street Patio seem to have culled a bunch of email addresses from this site, which they are now spamming via Brainiac Marketing. I know this because I posted a one-time email address here, two years ago, and it's been hit with four emails in the past ten days.

Congratulations to Brainiac Marketing and the entire Park Street Bars crew!

Anyway, don't bother unsubscribing--in fact, never click the "unsubscribe" link in a spam email. It's usually a spammer trick to mark the email address as "live."

Posted 3 years ago #
lisathewaitress
SoHud
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catnfiddle wrote >>
I'm too old and unhip to get these. Not sure if I'm relieved or insulted.

+ 1!!

Posted 3 years ago #
daniel
Old Town East
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JimL2 wrote >>
Spice/Sugar/Park Street Patio seem to have culled a bunch of email addresses from this site, which they are now spamming via Brainiac Marketing. I know this because I posted a one-time email address here, two years ago, and it's been hit with four emails in the past ten days.
Congratulations to Brainiac Marketing and the entire Park Street Bars crew!
Anyway, don't bother unsubscribing--in fact, never click the "unsubscribe" link in a spam email. It's usually a spammer trick to mark the email address as "live."

they have harvested my email address from here and have been in non-compliance with the CANN SPAM act. this deserves it's own thread. They need to be made an example of.

Posted 3 years ago #
JimSweeney
E. Fton
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did you see my name on the list? if not the "i" must stand for something else. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
osulew
My house...in the middle of my street
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Oh Sweeney...Oh my...

Posted 3 years ago #
LauraA
LaLaland
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yep, i too get these emails and i have unsubscribed more than a few times only to get more. i hate every bar on that street and if you see me at one it is either for a dear friend or i was kidnapped and am being held against my will, in which case: contact the authorities immediately.

Posted 3 years ago #
ZHC
101 East Main Street, Downtown
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JimL2 wrote >>
Spice/Sugar/Park Street Patio seem to have culled a bunch of email addresses from this site, which they are now spamming via Brainiac Marketing.

ah ok I was wondering about that. I doubt I'm club VIP material so I was surprised to get it...

Posted 3 years ago #
lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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LauraA wrote >>
yep, i too get these emails and i have unsubscribed more than a few times only to get more.

Me too.

Posted 3 years ago #
enzo

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I think if you want the VIP you should buy a membership like a country club---have different levels and maybe one level say $50 per year gets you free entry for the year plus 5 guest passes. I have no idea about pricing structure. I think there should be no more email massacres---you sometimes get 12 for the same night, same event, same info. Does not sound very efficient.

Posted 3 years ago #
Coreroc
Egoville USA
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Enzo I love you to death, but buying into being an important person isn't a soultion it's a whole different story. That would be more like a frequent flyer club or something of the nature. In the same respect VIP's pay for first class seating, but they don't expect to get any free drinks out of paying for special arrangements.

Say the Arnold classic is in town and Arnod himself shows up at Spice. Only a freekin idiot would turn him away for not being on the email list. Then picture him in a room with 30 frat boys drinking $1 bud lites. Not my idea of special seating or hospitality!

Now when i wrote this I didn't think there would be a connection. However now i could see how easy it would be to get addresses from our profiles here on CU. SUcks cause like many others I have unsubscribbed several times. It always seems to come from a different person, but a similar distribution list. Damn robots.....

Posted 3 years ago #