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[projectvrm] NY Times: The Haggler


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  • From: Dean Landsman < >
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  • Subject: [projectvrm] NY Times: The Haggler
  • Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:36:23 -0400
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The Times has begun a column seemingly in response to both tough times and the digital/information age in which we find ourselves.  It is called The Haggler.  Now that seems like a negative, not a mutually beneficial way of stating things, but that notwithstanding, does this seem like a place for some VRM discussion?

Here are some links of note:

The Haggler - Sick of Being Scammed? Then Ignored? Read On ...

May 10, 2009 ... You are not alone — the Haggler is here. And he will attempt to right the wrongs of a cruel, numbing “customer service” world.

A New Column - The Haggler - NYTimes.com

Apr 28, 2009 ... The Times is starting a new consumer advocate column called The Haggler, and we are looking for consumers to share their experiences.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/business/Haggler-Promo.html -

the nytpicker: NYT's New Column, "The Haggler," Sounds Pretty Good ...

Yesterday the NYT quietly announced a new Sunday column -- "The Haggler" -- that ... Posted by THE NYTPICKER at 8:51 AM

Those are culled from a Google search on NY Times The Haggler

Thoughts?

See some of you later this week at the VRM Workshop in Palo Alto.

--Dean




  • [projectvrm] NY Times: The Haggler, Dean Landsman, 05/11/2009

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