Comments on: What to do when you meet a Celebrity

By: my herbal

my herbal — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:15:06 +0000

If i meet a celeb i would not care because they are just like me and u. Only thing they got is money…

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:02:00 +0000

The email will be tied to your credit card. If you use a different card at the store, you will have to tell them your email again. There is also a yes/no question whether you gave permission to get other email besides the receipt. I think email receipts are pretty handy. The emails can be helpful, too. Besides, it’s just email. Who doesn’t have five different accounts, one of which they just use for junk like this?

By: Jens

Jens — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:21:00 +0000

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your comment. Maybe you are right, and that the e-mail receipt is a service trick and that it will keep the lines shorter in the store?

And at the same time, they will have lower costs (if they are not using paper receipts) and they will help save the environment.

But do you know if they have a statement somewhere telling the public why they are using the e-mail receipts?

By: Kevin Dugan

Kevin Dugan — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:56:00 +0000

My experience has been the same as John’s. Got my receipt right away and no spam to date. And it got me in and out of the store a lot faster. Service trick, not marketing…unless you consider this word of mouth marketing around their checkout!

By: Jens

Jens — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:16:00 +0000

Hi John,

It might be that my email address was misspelled. I checked it in the store and it seemed to be right, but there were a lot of people there and I just looked at it for a second.

I am not sure what Apple is doing with my email address, surely they are not only using it to send me the receipt and maybe saving money (not using paper) and helping the environment.

They might only use it for statistics, and to track what their customers buy. I have never ever recieved any spam from Apple either, and I don`t think that they are a company that would spam.

… but I find this e-mail receipt thing rather interesting. And by the way, I am a fan of Apple and their high tech gadgets as well.

By: John

John — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:01:00 +0000

I don’t think this is true at all. You probably didn’t give the guy in the store the correct e-mail address. Every time I have purchased something from the Apple Store, they have e-mailed the receipt to me and it has been there in my mailbox before I get home. I have never received unwanted e-mail from Apple, so they’re not using this to spam people. Many Apple users now have iTunes accounts, which in general are tied into your main e-mail address. So Apple probably connects the dots and keeps buyer statistics somewhere, but they’re not using this to market more products. The way they see it – you’re already going to the Apple store and making purchases. What more do they really need you to do? Their real marketing strategy is to have all of the high tech gadgets out for people to play with – it’s hard to resist them once you’ve held a working model in your hands.

By: Jens

Jens — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:38:00 +0000

I am not saying that it`s a conspiracy theory, I am not saying it`s anything negative at all.

Actually this marketing trick might be really a good one, and Apple might sell a lot of extra stuff because of it…

I am not sure what I think about it.