Has anyone received an email "solicitation" from Heritage, hawking currency from your home
Longacre
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I received a personalized email from somone at Heritage recently. Basically the email said, "I know you are a resident of XX state, and I wanted to draw your attention to our upcoming auction of currency which features notes from XX state."..."The currency market is heating up, so if you are looking to expand your collecting interest to notes from your home state, please check out the auction" (and then it provided links to notes from my state). [These are not direct quotes, but you get the idea].
Has anyone else received these emails? I responded to the person who sent it, and I indicated that I have an interest in old currency issued by banks from my state (and even from the town that I grew up in), and I requested that he send the catalog that he referred to in the email so I can take a look at my leisure. That was about a week and a half ago. I have not heard "boo" from this person since. Now, I fully understand that the workers at Heritage are busy, and they are by far the most power numismatic firm in the world. However, when a potential customer actually takes the time to respond to a solicitation, shouldn't Heritage at least acknowledge the response? Let's face it, I don't think Heritage will go out of business if I never buy anything from them, but creating a little goodwill is absolutely free, and can only benefit them. What do you think?
PS. In stark contrast, when I send the occasional email to QDB, I get almost an immediate response, so fast that sometimes I wonder if there is an "auto reply" feature that he uses. However, the responses are personal and unique, which is amazing.
Has anyone else received these emails? I responded to the person who sent it, and I indicated that I have an interest in old currency issued by banks from my state (and even from the town that I grew up in), and I requested that he send the catalog that he referred to in the email so I can take a look at my leisure. That was about a week and a half ago. I have not heard "boo" from this person since. Now, I fully understand that the workers at Heritage are busy, and they are by far the most power numismatic firm in the world. However, when a potential customer actually takes the time to respond to a solicitation, shouldn't Heritage at least acknowledge the response? Let's face it, I don't think Heritage will go out of business if I never buy anything from them, but creating a little goodwill is absolutely free, and can only benefit them. What do you think?
PS. In stark contrast, when I send the occasional email to QDB, I get almost an immediate response, so fast that sometimes I wonder if there is an "auto reply" feature that he uses. However, the responses are personal and unique, which is amazing.
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
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--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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