Re: Medical Connections Survey
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Title:
Re: Medical Connections Survey
Date:
2/1/2002
Text:
It was very easy to figure out who had sent the survey when I noticed my
Ossur account number in the upper left hand corner
Steve Childs
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:00:19 -0800 Sam E. Hamontree
< <Email Address Redacted> > writes:
> I received, as I am sure many of you have, a faxed 3 page survey
> from
> Medical Connections, stating that they are conducting this survey
> for a
> client, a prosthetic manufacturer. Upon on calling their phone
> number to
> inquire just who their client is, I got what I expected, a
> run-around. The
> only thing they would say that it was for market research -- like
> that is
> some kind of magic word which should cause me to jump for joy with
> the
> opportunity to participate. Never did find out who the prosthetic
> manufacturer client is.
>
> They even offered a big ole $5 donation to a charitable
> organization of my
> choice for participating.
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I am just not inclined to
> respond to a
> survey in which the surveyor is not willing to identify the client.
> It
> makes me wonder about the validity of the prosthetic manufacturer
> client.
>
> And, oh yes -- they did request that the participant identify
> itself.
>
>
Ossur account number in the upper left hand corner
Steve Childs
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:00:19 -0800 Sam E. Hamontree
< <Email Address Redacted> > writes:
> I received, as I am sure many of you have, a faxed 3 page survey
> from
> Medical Connections, stating that they are conducting this survey
> for a
> client, a prosthetic manufacturer. Upon on calling their phone
> number to
> inquire just who their client is, I got what I expected, a
> run-around. The
> only thing they would say that it was for market research -- like
> that is
> some kind of magic word which should cause me to jump for joy with
> the
> opportunity to participate. Never did find out who the prosthetic
> manufacturer client is.
>
> They even offered a big ole $5 donation to a charitable
> organization of my
> choice for participating.
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I am just not inclined to
> respond to a
> survey in which the surveyor is not willing to identify the client.
> It
> makes me wonder about the validity of the prosthetic manufacturer
> client.
>
> And, oh yes -- they did request that the participant identify
> itself.
>
>
Citation
“Re: Medical Connections Survey,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218100.
