Big Brother Polk

Phil Dawson
Phil Dawson Posts: 288
edited November 2004 in Electronics
It seems that I got an email from the folks at Polk asking me to take a survery for marketing purposes and they would enter me into a contest and I might win something (fat chance). Anyways as the owner of a pair of 1.2s and a pair of 2.3s and a pair of cs440is that make up my main 2 channel and surround rig I am quite a loyal Polk fan so I started to fill out the survey. Well by the tenth question or so I had chosen not to give them my marital status or my income by checking the appropriate boxes. They then bounced me out of the survey. This struck me as a sad state of affairs and made me wonder what kind of profile they are trying to get from their loyal customers. Comments anyone?
Phil
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Sounds like pretty standard stuff to me, trying to determine and narrow down what their customer base would be for a new table radio. It's Marketing 101 broham, what type of customer is most likely to buy what product - establishing a demographic.

    Does it get marketed as a radio for the whole family in Better Housekeeping, does it get marketed as a Cool Bachelor-Toy in Playboy and GQ, does it get marketed as an Executive office rig in Money and Forbes?

    I filled mine out, and did it honestly.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2004
    It kicked me off after 7 or 10 questions too. It appeared there would be like 100 questions and when it said I no longer qualified to complete the questionaire I was like, well, FU too. No biggie though.
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  • mrpergo
    mrpergo Posts: 35
    edited November 2004
    same thing happened to me.I think they kicked me after how many children under 18 at home question.
    You would think they would have kicked me after I said I wouldn't buy the radio:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,762
    edited November 2004
    Yep, booted me out too! I think it's because I was honest and stated I'd have ZERO interest in a table top radio. Not exactly what I'd call a balanced survey of their customer base. Pffft!!!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2004
    i've yet to take the survey... but i expect the same treatment. to bad you can't complete the survey. since THEY did email us to participate, right?

    they do want to know what their long loyal customers think, right?
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  • phoneisbusy
    phoneisbusy Posts: 867
    edited November 2004
    I have zero interest in a Bose wave stereo but a well priced Polk radio would have warranted a listen just for interest and loyalty. I got booted after the number of children question and I didn't even get a chance to enter my SDA table top radio comments. :(
    I think they have an idea of their target market already and are filtering accordingly.

    Guess I'm not entered for their draw? ;)

    regards

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    You guys are Hilarious.

    If you get BOOTED, it's to not waste your time any further with the remaining (now redundant) questions - you are however STILL in the drawing for participating.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2004
    hmm, I haven't gotten any e-mail about a table-top radio, but it sounds like I might be glad. I don't think I'd ever be interested in such a product, Bose or Polk.

    I was going to rant and rave about how they can't find anything out if they only accept the forms they want to, but I just realized that they can determine the interest in such a product by how many surveys were finished i.e. how many surveys were filled out how they thought a possible customer would fill 'em out.

    All well.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,762
    edited November 2004
    Hmmmm....Russ, how many kids under 18 did you claim live under your roof, excluding you of course. ;)
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by F1nut
    Yep, booted me out too! I think it's because I was honest and stated I'd have ZERO interest in a table top radio. Not exactly what I'd call a balanced survey of their customer base. Pffft!!!

    Well, I gave 'em a 2 (I think, or something like 2 radio button from the left, for least likely) on buying a table top radio question, and BAM before I know it, I was on the pavement outside the bar! :D

    btw, Russ, I don't think anyone who got booted, get to enter into the drawing.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    You guys are Hilarious.

    If you get BOOTED, it's to not waste your time any further with the remaining (now redundant) questions - you are however STILL in the drawing for participating.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    You suuuure about that? They way I read into it you had to complete the survey and getting the boot would seem to me that one did not qualify for the drawing. It booted me also after the # kid question.
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  • phoneisbusy
    phoneisbusy Posts: 867
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    You guys are Hilarious.

    If you get BOOTED, it's to not waste your time any further with the remaining (now redundant) questions - you are however STILL in the drawing for participating.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    No biggie if I'm entered or not. I don't recall entering my email addy like the email mentioned though. Maybe they already have it based on the password/id used for the survey.

    I'm more curious why having kids would cause me to be dis-inclined towards purchasing such a product (in their opinion).

    regards

    Dave
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    There is nothing to fill out at the end of the survey, your email is linked to a database, via a code number in the link they provided.

    Try and take the survey again, and see what happens.

    Cheers,
    Russ
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2004
    you have just entered the Matrix ......
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  • scottnbnj
    scottnbnj Posts: 709
    edited November 2004
    hmmmm,..maybe chances of winning are getting better for folks that do finish.

    )
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2004
    I got through it this afternoon, married kids and all so I made it to the final round. Maybe me and Russ have a 50 50 shot at the 1000.00 woohoo
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited November 2004
    Well, I'm just curious why it would disqualify anybody at all, does the opinions of all not account for anything? I guess I just cannot undrestand why age, #of children, or income should be reasons to kick a person out of a survey, should be a note that under certain conditions that you may or may not make it past a certain point in the survey.
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  • sowen010599
    sowen010599 Posts: 343
    edited November 2004
    I got all the way through. Just a bunch of questions about table top radios. Lots of questions. Not 25 minutes worth, but definitely a cup of coffee, and two smokes worth. Thank you for your participation!
    Go BIG or go home!
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  • EJ
    EJ Posts: 42
    edited November 2004
    I started another thread on this unkowingly and am glad to see I am not the only one who thought this was somewhat rude. I just got an invitation to do another survey though so I guess my opinion must be valued but not listened to. Damn I got married to get this kind of treatment. :(

    Regards
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,793
    edited November 2004
    Polk needs to work on their main lines...

    Not a clock radio...

    :rolleyes:
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by audiobliss
    hmm, I haven't gotten any e-mail about a table-top radio,

    That's because you own Klipsch;)

    Maurice
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited November 2004
    I'm married, with 1 kid, and I got kicked out after the "number of kids" question. I answered NO interest in the product; Bachelors degree.. . Maybe my income level did it. Regardless, I'm not worried about it. That's just the way marketing works.

    Wish they'd send me one of those XM tuners (and about a 3 year subscription) for my valuable input here on the Forum...:)

    Jason
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited November 2004
    I got booted after income. :D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2004
    fireshoes. same here bro.

    apprently. i don't make enough money to qualify for owning a hi fi table top system. ala Bose

    appers that most of us are getting dumped out right about the same place. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2004
    Originally posted by organ
    That's because you own Klipsch;)

    Maurice

    Hahaha!! Right; they know we have much to refined tastes to be interested in some kind of table top radio!!!:p
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2004
    *gasp*!!!! WOW!! I'm over the 600 mark!!!! lol

    and I wonder how many of those posts have been well-constructed, coherent, on-topic, helpful posts....
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited November 2004
    I got all the way through. Wasn't anything special and honestly if you are going to take offense to s market research survey then you need to go get some help or something 'cuase it's really not something to get so upset about. It's nothing more than gauging a market for the possibility of a "high end" table radio, not a stereotype of the whole human race. Lighten up people.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,762
    edited November 2004
    Geez John, I don't think anybody is going to end their life over this.
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    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2004
    No problems here, go figure. I think I'm gonna win....I can feel it in my loins.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2004
    I made it all the way through. Funny though...there is 0 possibility of me EVER buying what they were asking about.
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