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General => The Common Room => The Lighter Side => Topic started by: chloed on Friday 11 July 08 08:55 BST (UK)
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just had an e-mail from genes saying could so-so- be my relative who died in WW2, I was then invited to click on the name to find out how they had died, needless to say I was then invited to buy credits.
some of the wording i found a bit sick , as it said did he die flying spitfires thru dangerous skies or in the trenches etc.
I am in the age bracket that had a father and many other relatives in ww2, some who did not return.
I just think they should be a bit more thoughtful on their wording of these ads.
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Hi,
Yeah, I got the same email a few days ago and I thought much the same thing. I think they should find a nicer way to try to get folks to buy their credits than this.
Clair,
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I agree. We are all looking for families, and it matters. Some poncy wiz kid trying to be clever, and not thinking of their customer base.
But weren't spitfires and trenches in WW1?
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hi all
trenches were WW1 (foxholes in WW2)
spitfires were WW2
ev
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see ev , they cannot even get that right
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I got the same message too
strange thing is though ???
it was only after I got help on here with the same relative ???
and I didn't need to pay for credits ;D
Elaine
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I have had the same email, purchased the credits, and along with the information was a picture. No way was that a picture of my rellie, but could a newbie fall into the trap thinking it was. Hot matches are bad as well, quite often I get John Smith born 1890 Scotland, and the match I get is John Smith born 1890 England. >:(
Haven't even bothered going to GR anymore, think I will let the membership die out.
KHP :)
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They must have had a real blitz on this, as I have received two or three emails, almost identical, asking if a certain ancestor of mine was a WWII hero. If they bothered to check, they would see that he was too old to have been in WWII. I just become irritated and delete! I am not a paying member of GR, and this, and the lukewarm matches, do not entice me to become one!!! ::)
MarieC
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Yes Genes a bit sick at the moment. I also keep getting emails asking if particular names on my account are WW2 or WW1 heroes regardless of age ???
Not the Ideal thing to do.
This appears to be a big thing with them at the present.
Jake.
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Probably because their memberships drop off mid-year.
They're trying to entice members to re-join.
Advertising execs are not necessarily genealogists.
Leonie.
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I've just let my membership lapse and have had an email offering 'gold card membership 39 pounds for six months!
Barb
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I've just let my membership lapse and have had an email offering 'gold card membership 39 pounds for six months!
£39 !!!! Just what do you get for "gold card membership"? A few years ago the whole thing was free. :-
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Blimey, what do you get for £39 for six months ??? ??? ???
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For the 39 pounds ,they offer military ,censi and most of the records available from the NA ,Ancestry and Find my Past.needless to say I'm not taking the offer up.The Hot Matches always amuse me,as I get a match to someone in London ( for ) example against my born in Birmingham.
Barbara
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For the 39 pounds ,they offer military ,censi and most of the records available from the NA ,Ancestry and Find my Past.needless to say I'm not taking the offer up.
OK - so at least it's more than they used to offer, i.e. a place to post the names in your family tree with a hope to finding people researching the same name.
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I have had the same email, purchased the credits, and along with the information was a picture. No way was that a picture of my rellie, but could a newbie fall into the trap thinking it was. Hot matches are bad as well, quite often I get John Smith born 1890 Scotland, and the match I get is John Smith born 1890 England. >:(
Haven't even bothered going to GR anymore, think I will let the membership die out.
KHP :)
This is pretty much why I didn't renew my membership after a year, and I delete emails from them without even opening. They'll ask if this John Davis is mine from the 1901 census. I'm pretty sure, as mine never left New Jersey, USA. Why input all the info if they aren't going to use it? I'm no computer whiz, but aren't there filters?
Kath