Grip Marketing problems! - Page 2 - tanTALK

TanWorldOrder · 07-07-2006, 05:09 PM

Well if they missed the first 2 then it's really only one.

West Side Tanner · 07-07-2006, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunsally

It is ALWAYS the USPS fault if you ask Grip! And if you happen to get GARY on the phone, man, watch out, he'll talk you to death for an hour before you can ever get a word in to say "uncle"!

As was said earlier -- the quality of the product was usually good in the past, but screw-ups like this are increasingly common -- and NEVER the fault of the 'expert marketers" at Grip!

I'll agree!

We bought into their/his B-Day Direct Monthly Mailer last year!

On May 18th of this year I E-Mailed the usual monthly list for the preceeding month!

On June 29th, a gal walks in and says she JUST got the card today!
Same thing happened on the 30th.

I called Gary, "They were mailed out on the 22/23rd of May."
"Must be a postal issue in your area"!:lol:

GregSolartan · 07-07-2006, 07:44 PM

Man, I guess we are not the only ones who have been burned. I wish I could've been warned. Somebody should keep posting these threads about them. This really makes for a bad month, July is hard enough without ******** like this. I was expecting a pretty big turnout with these cards. Did anyone get a refund or sue?

House of Tan · 07-08-2006, 08:47 AM

Welcome to the Ex-Grip club; better known as the "we want to string Gary up and beat our money back out of him gang"

Too bad it's not consumer fraud, just a company (more like: group of cocky slackers) that has no business being in marketing.

Gary: Honestly, why don't you just give up? Don't you feel bad? Ever heard of Karma?

House of Tan · 07-08-2006, 08:52 AM

Warning??? There is like 2 terrabytes of bad stuff about Gary and Grip Marketing on the internet right now. Just do a google search: "Grip Marketing" "bad" "ripped off" "money back"

becareful of other DM companies as well.

I wish you luck.

missyhot · 07-08-2006, 11:10 AM

OM my, I was just getting ready to order.............

missyhot · 07-08-2006, 11:13 AM

I was impressed with the quality, wording, prices and hot models in their advertising so it's just the service ya'all are complaining about, eh?

I KNOW IT ALL · 07-08-2006, 11:27 AM

Grip and Gary are voulchers for newbies on this industry stay away from them you can find better. Missy you should be using your lotion companies models for Co-op. And this goes further then just service.

In Heat · 07-08-2006, 09:10 PM

Last x-mas we tried to order our mailing and after many delays on their end we were told that it was too late to reach the market. Called ACH and they designed and mailed to home without a glitch.

also
We sent Grip payment for the entire year of birthday cards for 4 stores in may. One would think that the mailers would have been sent out monthly, but the entire order was shipped in one month. If your birthday was in May...Great. But we had all clients sent their b-day card at once. I was seriously jacked. Only consolation was that we had about 30% reply since we honored offers for any month.

We had previously done numerous mailings and alot of in store materials with them without a problem. It now seems that since Javier doesn't work there, nothing is working.

ACH is our new mailing co. of choice

Neon Beach · 07-08-2006, 09:57 PM

I used Grip last July for my FTW, no problem. Although I had the cards send to me for distribution and they were here on time. ~shrug~

07-07-2006, 05:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
TanWorldOrder Join Date: May 23 2006 Location: Everywhere Posts: 657 Rep Power: 19	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Well if they missed the first 2 then it's really only one.

07-07-2006, 07:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
GregSolartan Join Date: Jul 7 2006 Location: IL Age: 47 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Man, I guess we are not the only ones who have been burned. I wish I could've been warned. Somebody should keep posting these threads about them. This really makes for a bad month, July is hard enough without ******** like this. I was expecting a pretty big turnout with these cards. Did anyone get a refund or sue?

07-08-2006, 08:47 AM	#14 (permalink)
House of Tan Team TanTalk Join Date: Oct 21 2003 Location: The Fort Posts: 942 Rep Power: 21	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Welcome to the Ex-Grip club; better known as the "we want to string Gary up and beat our money back out of him gang" Too bad it's not consumer fraud, just a company (more like: group of cocky slackers) that has no business being in marketing. Gary: Honestly, why don't you just give up? Don't you feel bad? Ever heard of Karma? __________________ Startbucks

07-08-2006, 08:52 AM	#15 (permalink)
House of Tan Team TanTalk Join Date: Oct 21 2003 Location: The Fort Posts: 942 Rep Power: 21	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Warning??? There is like 2 terrabytes of bad stuff about Gary and Grip Marketing on the internet right now. Just do a google search: "Grip Marketing" "bad" "ripped off" "money back" becareful of other DM companies as well. I wish you luck. __________________ Startbucks

07-08-2006, 11:10 AM	#16 (permalink)
missyhot I love Derf!! Join Date: Jun 30 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,649 Rep Power: 117	Re: Grip Marketing problems! OM my, I was just getting ready to order.............

07-08-2006, 11:13 AM	#17 (permalink)
missyhot I love Derf!! Join Date: Jun 30 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,649 Rep Power: 117	Re: Grip Marketing problems! I was impressed with the quality, wording, prices and hot models in their advertising so it's just the service ya'all are complaining about, eh?

07-08-2006, 11:27 AM	#18 (permalink)
I KNOW IT ALL Join Date: May 10 2006 Posts: 120 Rep Power: 19	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Grip and Gary are voulchers for newbies on this industry stay away from them you can find better. Missy you should be using your lotion companies models for Co-op. And this goes further then just service. __________________ Supplying the facts to salon owners.

07-08-2006, 09:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
In Heat Join Date: Oct 4 2002 Location: pa Age: 50 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 0	Re: Grip Marketing problems! Last x-mas we tried to order our mailing and after many delays on their end we were told that it was too late to reach the market. Called ACH and they designed and mailed to home without a glitch. also We sent Grip payment for the entire year of birthday cards for 4 stores in may. One would think that the mailers would have been sent out monthly, but the entire order was shipped in one month. If your birthday was in May...Great. But we had all clients sent their b-day card at once. I was seriously jacked. Only consolation was that we had about 30% reply since we honored offers for any month. We had previously done numerous mailings and alot of in store materials with them without a problem. It now seems that since Javier doesn't work there, nothing is working. ACH is our new mailing co. of choice

07-08-2006, 09:57 PM	#20 (permalink)
Neon Beach Join Date: Nov 30 2000 Location: Ontario Age: 61 Posts: 38,594 Rep Power: 107	Re: Grip Marketing problems! I used Grip last July for my FTW, no problem. Although I had the cards send to me for distribution and they were here on time. ~shrug~ __________________ www.talktimmins.com -- http://www.drjawnswebworx.com/

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