The Carlton Sends a 'Gift For You' That is Actually a 'Gift For Them'
Today in "misleading and disappointing e-mail subject line" news, we have a sad story that was, for once, not unearthed from the depths of our spam folder (the contents of which have long been promising us magical slimdown solutions and um, other stuff).
Today, a tipster sent over a very special email sent by The Carlton on Madison Avenue, who either made a little mistake with their email blast or took a lesson from our friends in the world of spammers who break promises between the subject lines and bodies of emails.
See, the subject line of this email was, "A Gift For You From The Carlton on Madison Avenue." Natch, everyone who received the email was probably like, "ooh! A gift! A discount? Some free chocolate? A free night?" But no. The body of the email contained none of that.
Instead, it contained this:
The annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers Choice Survey - in which readers are asked to vote for their favorite travel choices including countries, cities, islands, hotels, spas, airlines, etc. - has been announced, and we are pleased to inform you that The Carlton on Madison is part of this survey this year. We are kindly asking you to take a moment of your time to help us by clicking on the link below and voting for The Carlton within the Hotels category.
Yes. That's all. No gifts for you here; just a plea for you to give them the generous gift of your vote. Granted, a vote in the Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Survey does make you eligible to win a couple of trips through a CNT sweepstakes, but does that count as a gift? We vote no.
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