Writing to companies

corblimey · 14-08-2009, 10:31

I used to write to the likes of Tara Mines and Kinsale Gas asking for more information about their company. I'd get a load of marketing bumph back in the post. I have absolutely no idea why I did this, as it was always quite dry companies so if I was expecting something free from them, I was barking up the wrong tree; I should've been writing to Cadbury and USA Biscuits instead. "Hey, corblimey, here's some free gas!"

Did anybody else do this as a child? Why? Was it a primary school thing?

DublinWriter · 14-08-2009, 17:23

Yeah, usually a 6th class project about "Ireland's Industries"...try tackling that in 1982.

I remember writing to B.I.M. and getting a wall-chart showing Ireland's Deep Water fish. Put me off sea-food ever since.

The b*stards that got to do Cadburys were asked by the teacher what was the difference between a Flake and a Twirl.

lord lucan · 14-08-2009, 17:52

I was mad about trains as a kid so i used to write to CIE(pre-IE) asking how do you get to be a train driver. Always got the same reply about having to join CIE and work through the ranks to get there. They used to send back CIE stickers and information on the NEW DART!!

corblimey · 14-08-2009, 19:55

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Originally Posted by DublinWriter

Yeah, usually a 6th class project about "Ireland's Industries"...try tackling that in 1982.

Hey, we must be around the same age

That sounds around the same sort of thing, although I have an awful feeling that I did mine 'for fun'. Maybe I was given a couple of places by the teacher and just went mad and ended up writing to every godforsaken place I could get my hands on.

valarie001 · 14-08-2009, 20:27

yes i did this too, i wrote to any address i could find but we didnt have the internet then so we had to do somthing in our spare time! but it was only because i liked getting post and felt important when a big envelope of rubbish was delivered to me!!

Trafford Lad · 14-08-2009, 21:47

I remember writing to all of the embassies asking for information about the country etc...they'd send loads of brochures etc! And I remember writing off to the Armagh Planetarium as a kid and getting loads of stuff sent back. I think we just loved getting stuff in the post as kids..Still do!...(well except bloody bills

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earlyevening · 14-08-2009, 22:54

I remember writing to embassies too. The USSR sent me a nice map which I endlessly studied. Anyone need to know where their main petrochemical plants are??

It'll come in useful some day.

steveone · 16-08-2009, 23:03

yes I'd say the american embassy had a special room for the letters from kids who had no santa to write to

I think it was a school thing. I remember writing to companies and embassies.

DublinWriter · 17-08-2009, 06:40

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Originally Posted by earlyevening

I remember writing to embassies too. The USSR sent me a nice map which I endlessly studied.

Yes, but in Soviet Russia, embassy studies you!

jmbkay · 24-08-2009, 22:03

Yes, we did the same thing in primary school. It was always for school projects.

vektarman · 25-08-2009, 03:34

We still get schoolchildren writing to our company for their school projects, in fact we've a project pack specifically for this, it just goes to show the internet hasn't changed some things.

**rubadub** · 25-08-2009, 11:02

I wrote to computer game companies. I got a 1 or 2 games and keyrings and posters. Nintendo sent a fair bit of stuff interesting marketing info. I got a T-shirt for some ill fated commordore or philips cd console, wish I had kept it, probably a collectors item now.

PatB71 · 26-08-2009, 12:02

I remember writing to a load of the Football Associations just before the Euro88 championships (I think I got their addresses from my football sticker album) and got back a booklet from the Danes and I think I got a poster back from ze Germans.

Dinxminx · 26-08-2009, 12:26

I did this with Durex two years ago and they sent me a bumper pack of samples! It was awesome! Think I'll go write to Cadbury's now...

DublinWriter · 26-08-2009, 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by earlyevening

I remember writing to embassies too. The USSR sent me a nice map which I endlessly studied. Anyone need to know where their main petrochemical plants are??

Omsk, perchance?

14-08-2009, 10:31	#1
corblimey Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,161 Adverts \| Friends	Writing to companies I used to write to the likes of Tara Mines and Kinsale Gas asking for more information about their company. I'd get a load of marketing bumph back in the post. I have absolutely no idea why I did this, as it was always quite dry companies so if I was expecting something free from them, I was barking up the wrong tree; I should've been writing to Cadbury and USA Biscuits instead. "Hey, corblimey, here's some free gas!" Did anybody else do this as a child? Why? Was it a primary school thing? __________________ I know it sounds like I'm in denial, but I'm not.

14-08-2009, 17:23	#2
DublinWriter Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 7,094 Adverts \| Friends	Yeah, usually a 6th class project about "Ireland's Industries"...try tackling that in 1982. I remember writing to B.I.M. and getting a wall-chart showing Ireland's Deep Water fish. Put me off sea-food ever since. The bstards that got to do Cadburys were asked by the teacher what was the difference between a Flake and a Twirl. __________________ The older I get, the better I was.*

14-08-2009, 17:52	#3
lord lucan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wherever i may roam! Posts: 2,095 Adverts \| Friends	I was mad about trains as a kid so i used to write to CIE(pre-IE) asking how do you get to be a train driver. Always got the same reply about having to join CIE and work through the ranks to get there. They used to send back CIE stickers and information on the NEW DART!! __________________

25-08-2009, 11:02	#12
rubadub Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 13,397 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Nutrition & Diet, Online Buying & Auctions	I wrote to computer game companies. I got a 1 or 2 games and keyrings and posters. Nintendo sent a fair bit of stuff interesting marketing info. I got a T-shirt for some ill fated commordore or philips cd console, wish I had kept it, probably a collectors item now. __________________ Use code MP99441 at checkout for 5% off your first order at www.myprotein.co.uk vitamins & protein etc

26-08-2009, 12:26	#14
Dinxminx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 748 Adverts \| Friends	I did this with Durex two years ago and they sent me a bumper pack of samples! It was awesome! Think I'll go write to Cadbury's now... __________________ Dinxminx: Official Genie With A Strawberry Topping of the Nocturnal Forum

14-08-2009, 20:27	#5
valarie001 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 38 Adverts \| Friends	yes i did this too, i wrote to any address i could find but we didnt have the internet then so we had to do somthing in our spare time! but it was only because i liked getting post and felt important when a big envelope of rubbish was delivered to me!!

14-08-2009, 21:47	#6
Trafford Lad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Drogheda Posts: 188 Adverts \| Friends	I remember writing to all of the embassies asking for information about the country etc...they'd send loads of brochures etc! And I remember writing off to the Armagh Planetarium as a kid and getting loads of stuff sent back. I think we just loved getting stuff in the post as kids..Still do!...(well except bloody bills )

14-08-2009, 22:54	#7
earlyevening Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 531 Adverts \| Friends	I remember writing to embassies too. The USSR sent me a nice map which I endlessly studied. Anyone need to know where their main petrochemical plants are?? It'll come in useful some day.

16-08-2009, 23:03	#8
steveone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 346 Adverts \| Friends	yes I'd say the american embassy had a special room for the letters from kids who had no santa to write to I think it was a school thing. I remember writing to companies and embassies.

24-08-2009, 22:03	#10
jmbkay Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: North County Dublin Posts: 181 Adverts \| Friends	Yes, we did the same thing in primary school. It was always for school projects.

25-08-2009, 03:34	#11
vektarman Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 595 Adverts \| Friends	We still get schoolchildren writing to our company for their school projects, in fact we've a project pack specifically for this, it just goes to show the internet hasn't changed some things.

26-08-2009, 12:02	#13
PatB71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 60 Adverts \| Friends	I remember writing to a load of the Football Associations just before the Euro88 championships (I think I got their addresses from my football sticker album) and got back a booklet from the Danes and I think I got a poster back from ze Germans.

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