[comp.dcom.telecom] AT&T Goofs on Mailing

ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken Jongsma) (05/09/91)

I received an interesting letter from an American Transtech, a division
 of AT&T, today. Some weeks ago, I had received an annual report from
 NYNEX. The only thing is, I'm not a NYNEX stockholder. I tossed it out.
 The letter read:
 
   Recently, you may have been surprised to receive a copy of the 1990
   NYNEX Annual Report at your home or business. We apologize for having
   inadvertently mailed the report to you and would like to take a moment
   to explain how the mailing error occurred.
 
   As a mailing agent for NYNEX and many other large corporations,
   American Transtech is responsible for delivering millions of annual
   reports to selected individuals each year. NYNEX, like all our
   clients, provides us with a computer tape containing the names and
   addresses of people who will receive its report, and that information
   is used to prepare mailing labels.
 
   Unfortunately, through an oversight on our part, we inadvertently used
   the wrong tape for the NYNEX mailing, substituting one pr
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Ken Jongsma                                  ken@wybbs.mi.org
Smiths Industries                            ken%wybbs@sharkey.umich.edu
Grand Rapids, Michigan                       ..sharkey.cc.umich.edu!wybbs!ken