Friday Fax
A Weekly Summary of Polywater® News of Incredible Importance
Issue #821


New Email Address
          Important Notice: American Polywater's main Customer Service email address has changed to support@polywater.com, effective immediately.

Here's why. The old, now obsolete, address (custserv@polywater.com) was ~19 years old and generated massive quantities of email per day, the vast majority of which were spam. The address was published everywhere and, over time, was bought and sold by seemingly every spammer worldwide. The high volume made sifting for the occasional gem (rush orders, quotes, and other valid inquiries) very timing-consuming, even with filtering software.

Rather than let customer service slip, we created the new address. We'll continue to monitor the old address for some time and warn valid users of the change. We can't simply send an auto-response to the new address, or we tip off the spammers. A list of the things we'll need to modify over time includes:
  • Webpages
  • Flyers/Brochures
  • Instruction Sheets
  • Spec Sheets
  • Business & Line Cards
  • Catalogs
  • Advertisements
  • Videos
  • Newsletters
  • Letterhead
  • Templates
  • Email Autosigns
  • Package Labels
  • PowerPoint Presentations
  • MSDS
  • Directory Listings
Our Polywater Contacts webpage is already updated. Please see that this news is distributed to the appropriate people in your organization so the change can be implemented thoroughly to the extent necessary at your end. Please do not discard sales literature with the old address. Employ FIFO inventory methodology, and the new address will eventually make its way to all print media. Note, too, that we have a dedicated email address for the placement of new purchase orders (orderentry@polywater.com). Using that and sharing it with distributors can help avoid order-processing delays.


The Joke
                              Top Morons of 2013.   1) AT&T fired President John Walter after 9 months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence. 2) Oakland, CA Police spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who'd barricaded himself inside his home. After firing 10 tear gas canisters, they discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, "Please come out and give yourself up." 3) An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to 2 different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts. 4) A Kansas man walked into a Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for 3 hours until police showed up. 5) LAPD had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: "Give me all your money or I'll shoot," he shouted, "That's not what I said!" 6) A man spoke frantically into the phone: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" The 911 operator asked, "Is this her first child?" The man shouted, "No! This is her husband!" 7) A Modesto, CA man was arrested for trying to rob a bank without a weapon. He used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. 8) Some new boaters in California had a problem. They couldn't seem to get their brand new 22-foot boat going. It was sluggish in every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After a frustrating hour they pulled into a marina, hoping someone could explain the problem. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working order. The engine, out-drive, and prop were all fine. So a marina worker jumped in the lake to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer!

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Copyright © 2014 American Polywater Corporation -- Issue Date: 7/18/14

American Polywater Corporation -- The world's leading manufacturer of cable pulling lubricants, cable cleaners, sealants, and MRO & construction chemicals.
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