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Post by Pinwig on Aug 26, 2015 21:40:33 GMT
I wonder how many US fans are mucking this up, either intentionally knowing it's for you guys, or unintentionally by not paying attention? You'd hope that if the survey is set up right it would be tracking IP addresses of submissions, so they could filter the results by country. That would be one of the first things I'd have done! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 26, 2015 21:50:49 GMT
I don't think the majority of people have realised it's a survey for UK fans!
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 26, 2015 22:02:22 GMT
I largely tended towards the positive here, the biggest complaint being how international-unfriendly the "international" Official Transformers Collector's Club is, in terms of pricing and also competence. An official European club with its own exclusives would be a fine thing in my book, but just making the "international" one more accessible would be a start. The toy wants I put in were reissues of Overlord and at least some Dinobots, and I expressed some support for more Headmaster / Targetmaster Generations releases along the lines of Brainstorm and Scoop. I think I put those same points too! better communication, and a proper European club as a conduit for better prices on the Funpub stuff, but you have to wonder how much of that is Funpub controlled and how much Hasbro. Some of those questions were really odd though. Why do they want to know if we make lists of toys? what use is that to them? I was expecting: Do you make lists of the toys you own?Err...Do you make lists of toys you don't own but intend to purchase?Have you been looking at my files?Do you spend hours and hours online looking at photos and reviews of expensive plastic crack telling yourself you don't actually need it, but then end up buying it anyway?Is there a camera in here?Are you then inevitably disappointed and immediately start looking at even newer toys without acknowledging that the ones you just bought and haven't even transformed yet really don't live up to your expectations?<sobs> Would you be interested if Hasbro ran a telephone counselling service to support you with your problem?<wails> |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 26, 2015 22:04:25 GMT
I don't think the majority of people have realised it's a survey for UK fans! Which again comes back to the way it's been set up. It sounds like it was supposed to be a 'sign here to help us' on the quiet at AA that might have got a bit out of hand through the internet grapevine. |
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Post by Toph on Aug 26, 2015 22:34:36 GMT
I wonder how many US fans are mucking this up, either intentionally knowing it's for you guys, or unintentionally by not paying attention? You'd hope that if the survey is set up right it would be tracking IP addresses of submissions, so they could filter the results by country. That would be one of the first things I'd have done! I been wanting to test just to see how accessible it really is. But I also don't want to screw up the results any more than other americans already may. |
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Post by Jim on Aug 26, 2015 22:57:11 GMT
I wonder how many US fans are mucking this up, either intentionally knowing it's for you guys, or unintentionally by not paying attention? You'd hope that if the survey is set up right it would be tracking IP addresses of submissions, so they could filter the results by country. That would be one of the first things I'd have done! I believe Survey Monkey does collect the IPs of respondents, and as Hasbro almost certainly has an Enterprise account I'd be very surprised if the data analysis tools didn't let them filter on location, etc. It's surprising how much you get for free with these tools sometimes. -Jim |
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Post by legios on Aug 26, 2015 23:29:36 GMT
"How much have you spent on 3rd party figures in total since you started collecting?" It only accepts numbers so I can't just write "I dread to think". Where as my problem with that question is going to be working out how much the Energon Aerialbot upgrade set was when I bought it over half a decade ago. Seriously, how am I supposed to remember that - I didn't remember anything that detailed after the Sunday of AA 2009! (Heck, by Sunday night I was doing well if I could remember Name, Rank and Serial Number!) Karl |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 27, 2015 9:36:25 GMT
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Post by legios on Aug 27, 2015 16:12:58 GMT
Welp. I would have filled this in, but apparently they don't want my opinion as I "don't meet the criteria for proceeding any further with this survey". (Presumably because the things that I collect are not on their list of "other media brands" - which actually sounds like the sort of thing one does to cattle...)
Karl
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Post by legios on Aug 27, 2015 16:15:32 GMT
You'd hope that if the survey is set up right it would be tracking IP addresses of submissions, so they could filter the results by country. That would be one of the first things I'd have done! It is, I idly reclicked the link after I was rejected from the survey and found that it's response was a "you have already completed this survey" page. I think surveymonkey harvests IP addresses by default anyway, so I don't think it is something that they would have to set up. Karl |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 27, 2015 16:33:02 GMT
Welp. I would have filled this in, but apparently they don't want my opinion as I "don't meet the criteria for proceeding any further with this survey". (Presumably because the things that I collect are not on their list of "other media brands" - which actually sounds like the sort of thing one does to cattle...) Karl Well that's a little harsh to say the least. Past those initial questions it's all about Transformers, and you wouldn't be there in the first place if not for that! |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 29, 2015 8:37:58 GMT
I looked at the survey but decided not to partipate when I read how my personal data can be passed to other countries which may not follow EU data protection regs. A two fingered salute to you, Hasbro UK.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2015 9:00:30 GMT
The only personal data recorded is which country you're living in. That's it. And that will help sift out all the non UK answers. Hopefully.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 29, 2015 9:06:44 GMT
As there was no opt-out button for giving them my personal data there was no way I was trusting their survey.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 29, 2015 12:53:38 GMT
You'd like to complete a survey and then opt out of giving them your answers?
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Post by blueshift on Aug 29, 2015 12:56:57 GMT
Personal data has nothing to do with your opinions on Transformers.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 29, 2015 15:27:20 GMT
As there was no opt-out button for giving them my personal data there was no way I was trusting their survey. -Ralph I filled in the form. They asked for no data that I could be identified by. It was a bit stupid given the disclaimer that put you off. Almost put me off too. |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 29, 2015 15:54:38 GMT
Personal data has nothing to do with your opinions on Transformers. Aside from the fact you could argue it does because they're trying to identify demographics, as we've said, there's nothing to worry about with this specific survey because it doesn't request anything personal, apart from your buying habits - which is the point of it in the first place. All it could track beyond the survey is your internet provider/country through your IP address, but every website you visit can do that. Everything else is anonymous. The disclaimer at the start might just be a standard thing in Survey Monkey templates. It's been so roughly set up it could just be intended to mean 'you give us permission to use your answers', however, obviously if you're not comfortable with it, play safe and steer clear of it. I usually would, but on this topic I'd like to give an opinion! I do think if this is genuine, and I'm not totally convinced, Hasbro could have done a better job of being clear about its authenticity. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 30, 2015 8:55:25 GMT
Indeed. I would have filled out their survey but read their data protection policy and thought: "nah".
-Ralph
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