Great American Dessert Expo Crap !
OK who else is pissed at these freaking people from Great American Dessert Expo calling every 3 hours claiming that they're still affiliated with the CoffeeFest* and begging you to buy admission tickets??
They keep calling my cell phone @ that!
Not just that but after attending the Coffee Fest Atlanta (which was tons of fun by the way) I noticed all these companies were "cold calling" me and saying I gave them my number at their booth when I KNOW full well I didn't !!
It's pretty low and poor business practices. Something needs to be done about this.
* What they're really doing is dropping the CoffeeFest's name and saying "this is the great american dessert who showed with coffeefest last year" they say it in a vague way to make u think they're still affiliated.
They keep calling my cell phone @ that!
Not just that but after attending the Coffee Fest Atlanta (which was tons of fun by the way) I noticed all these companies were "cold calling" me and saying I gave them my number at their booth when I KNOW full well I didn't !!
It's pretty low and poor business practices. Something needs to be done about this.
* What they're really doing is dropping the CoffeeFest's name and saying "this is the great american dessert who showed with coffeefest last year" they say it in a vague way to make u think they're still affiliated.
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Comment by Jason Dominy on March 20, 2008 at 5:54am
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Loren, the Goof Troop is calling you?? No fair! I love the Goof Troop. What's that? Oh, not that one. ;-)
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Comment by Loren Anthony on March 20, 2008 at 5:09am
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Yea ! Thanks Matt, I wonder what the folks at CoffeeFest can do though? Cause those ppl are just BLATANTLY invading your privacy. I mean here, we post certain thing about ourselves publicly so we can't but too mad when someone pulls that info for their own gain. But I gave CoffeeFest my info ONLY at registration time. I let certain people scan my lil badge whom I wanted to contact me. But Im getting the whole Goof Troop calling me on my personal cell phone. I had one joker I had to get nasty with because he was rude and he just started asking me questions trying to get answers out of me instead of just selling to me . "Yea where y'all in Atlanta?" "What kinna cups y'all use?" Pardon me ? look ... you're calling me on my personal cell phone feel free to stop by and see for yourself. JERK! lol
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Comment by Justin Mills on March 19, 2008 at 7:59pm
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Thank you Matt for your loyalty and service to the industry!
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Comment by Matt Milletto on March 19, 2008 at 3:48pm
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Please let me know if any users are approaching you and soliciting their products. I am trying to keep that type of activity off the site, but I guess anyone can find your website and URL. I set it up so that no ones email is ever available so no worries. If they are a member, tell me who and I can talk to them. Thanks guys!
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I just wish I had been cooler and been like dude, you shouldn't call yourself a BX'er if you make bread, though it was tasty, I can get it locally at less cost. Beware of Hanna Montana Banana Bread co. Er Um Hannah Banana Bread.
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Comment by Benjamin H Wilkinson on March 19, 2008 at 1:06pm
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HA!!! That's exactly what has happened to us! I liked the breads and all, except, we make them in house for about 20% of the wholesale cost. I felt a bit betrayed too.
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I got one bakery who found my shop, we talked, I got some samples, but my boss decided to pass. Though he called me 3-4 times to see if I liked the banana bread they sent. I did feel a little betrayed since this is for coffee ppl to get to know each other, not sell to each other.
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Not me, but if I do, I will lay the smack-down. ;-)
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Yeah, thank god they did not get our phone number, just an email address. I am definitely a little miffed at the junk, but, it's a little easier to filter out.
Has anyone else been getting cold calls based on barista exchange profiles? I got a call from someone who took my shop information off my profile. Grr.
bhW
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That's whack Matt! lol
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