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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: BaldricksTrousers on December 16, 2011, 14:15

Title: Strange log-in message
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on December 16, 2011, 14:15

Does anybody else find the iStock log-in message about referrals bizarre:

"Did you know that if you refer a friend we will give you $20 in cash or credits. Well we will so you should do it".

Isn't "well we will so you should do it" rather rude? I don't expect to be told what I should do by a website.

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: cathyslife on December 16, 2011, 14:33

sounds like theyre just trying to be cutesy. maybe they should try "businesslike" for a change.

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: LesHoward on December 16, 2011, 14:35

And I can think of other reasons why I should NOT do it.

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: Jo Ann Snover on December 16, 2011, 15:04

I don't see the message you see. Perhaps it's because they can only display one message on login, and I get the ridiculous "tell me about yourself" that has no applicable options and which I bypass by closing the box every time I log in.

Who knew? I have a magic shield against annoying & impertinent messages - an ill-thought-out if persistent message :) iStock working hard to earn back my trust 24/7 8/5 who the heck knows when...

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: KarenH on December 16, 2011, 15:14

Sounds like the same person who wrote that embarrassingly ridiculous 503 page a few weeks ago when the site was down for five or six hours.   

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: Microbius on December 17, 2011, 03:58

"Did you know other sites offer much better referral programs plus pay me a higher royalty? Well I do. So there"

Title: Re: Strange log-in message
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on December 17, 2011, 05:18

Quote from: Microbius on December 17, 2011, 03:58

"Did you know other sites offer much better referral programs plus pay me a higher royalty? Well I do. So there"

LOL