So who got the corporate email from Borders (Aust)?

mamasue · 02-24-2011, 05:36 PM

How many people here got the email from Borders (Australia) asking us to continue supporting them "during this period of transition" and asking for feedback?

I am sooooooooooo tempted to respond

Did people in the U.S. and Canada get anything similar??

viviena · 02-24-2011, 06:46 PM

Sure I did. I also had an earlier email from Dymocks earnestly assuring me that they're not going anywhere.

I know in the case of Borders, it was apparently poor management that led partly to their doom, but I'm still tempted to reply and urge them to lobby for the allowance of parallel imports. Not that it would probably help much, meh.

Shushan · 02-24-2011, 11:21 PM

I got one though we are US customers. Its a nice gesture, I guess

Anthem · 02-25-2011, 09:57 AM

Here in the US if you are registered at a nearby store they also send you an email telling you that they are burning the building to the ground and want to get rid of all their crap first.

Well... basically, anyway.

carlb · 02-25-2011, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamasue

How many people here got the email from Borders (Australia) asking us to continue supporting them "during this period of transition" and asking for feedback? I am sooooooooooo tempted to respond

Did people in the U.S. and Canada get anything similar??

Canada does not allow foreign ownership of its bookstores, so there are no Borders this side of the border and the huge chapters.indigo.ca chain owns pretty much half of the domestic market. Indigo CEO Heather Reisman, longtime public face of these stores, did appear on CTV news yesterday morning - basically saying that Borders US had entered the 2008 recession already saddled with huge amounts of debt while Indigo/Chapters was largely debt-free and therefore came through the downturn in much better condition. While she did strongly promote the Kobo on-air, her response to the question of whether e-books would render print obsolete was that there is and will continue to be a place for both. She expressed a personal preference for curling up with a tangible, printed book while at the same time claiming to use her Kobo for its portability while away from home.

So no, nothing of shocking import in the Dominion of Canada, which is to be expected...

sabredog · 02-26-2011, 10:50 PM

I got that email as well. This was along side more offers for big VIP discounts...

The Terminator · 02-27-2011, 12:49 AM

Nope not me

Shankill · 02-27-2011, 04:27 AM

I feel so blessed: I got e-mails from both A&R and Borders (admittedly because I'm members of both their rewards programmes :P). The GST-free weekend that just ended was amusing. I like to think it was a jab at Gerry Harvey, but either way, it probably helped business a little.

SageTracey · 03-13-2011, 07:09 AM

Got both A&R and Borders, almost simultaneously, one offering a 25% and the other 30% discounts over the same period.

02-24-2011, 05:36 PM	#1
mamasue Zealot Posts: 110 Karma: 28 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo	So who got the corporate email from Borders (Aust)? How many people here got the email from Borders (Australia) asking us to continue supporting them "during this period of transition" and asking for feedback? I am sooooooooooo tempted to respond Did people in the U.S. and Canada get anything similar??

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02-24-2011, 06:46 PM	#2
viviena Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 520610 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canberra, Australia Device: Currently Kobo Clara HD and Aura One, iPad	Sure I did. I also had an earlier email from Dymocks earnestly assuring me that they're not going anywhere. I know in the case of Borders, it was apparently poor management that led partly to their doom, but I'm still tempted to reply and urge them to lobby for the allowance of parallel imports. Not that it would probably help much, meh.

02-24-2011, 11:21 PM	#3
Shushan Bibliophile Posts: 75 Karma: 695816 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Pandigital Novel, PC	I got one though we are US customers. Its a nice gesture, I guess

02-25-2011, 09:57 AM	#4
Anthem Guru Posts: 704 Karma: 1622328 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Oasis, OnePlus Nord	Here in the US if you are registered at a nearby store they also send you an email telling you that they are burning the building to the ground and want to get rid of all their crap first. Well... basically, anyway.

02-26-2011, 10:50 PM	#6
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	I got that email as well. This was along side more offers for big VIP discounts...

02-27-2011, 12:49 AM	#7
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Nope not me

02-27-2011, 04:27 AM	#8
Shankill Nameless Being	I feel so blessed: I got e-mails from both A&R and Borders (admittedly because I'm members of both their rewards programmes :P). The GST-free weekend that just ended was amusing. I like to think it was a jab at Gerry Harvey, but either way, it probably helped business a little.

03-13-2011, 07:09 AM	#9
SageTracey Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	Got both A&R and Borders, almost simultaneously, one offering a 25% and the other 30% discounts over the same period.

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