E mail from BPL

[Ken Thompson]

Anyone get a e mail today from BPL today. Asking about Unlimited Membership? Here it is. I did not click on any link. *** Click the link below to confirm your subscription to: UNLIMITED MEMBER UPDATES – Periodic news, updates, and special offers for backpackinglight.com users with an UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP account. — CONFIRM BY VISITING THE LINK BELOW: http://www.aweber.com/c/?c5a6758a-909e-4b9c-8f53-e648e0f23c9d (edited for world safety) Click the link above to give us permission to send you information. It's fast and easy! If you cannot click the full URL above, please copy and paste it into your web browser. — If you do not want to confirm, simply ignore this message. Thank you! Backpacking Light Backpacking Light 1627 West Main Street, Suite No. 310 Bozeman Montana 59715 USA Request generated by: IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: November 02, 2015 21:39 -0500 URL:

[Cayenne Redmonk]

No, maybe just for lifers testing the new and revamped website ? I'm glad everyone is helping to make the new bpl as good as this bpl, but unlimitd.

[David Thomas]

I got an email referencing "an UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP account." which is odd, because I thought I had full access for life. Maybe only the life of the membership, not my life? If I get an unlimited membership, do I live forever? The page linked in the email does mention, "10/28/15 – MLIFE: Application for Beta Testers for New Website" The application questions don't read like "can you assess a new website?", but rather, "can you help us set and code a new website?" which isn't beta testing, but crowd-sourcing site development.

[Ken Thompson]

I copied the email in my first post.

[Cayenne Redmonk]

Haha, there are rebranding mlife to unlimited, sweet ! Or you have unlimited powers to edit and delete posts like moderators ? Sounds like a good deal either way.

[Peter S]

Thanks for posting Ken. Very strange email. I got it too. Don't want to click it. Zero information. Only fluffy words. Could be nice if a staff would respond here.

[Ken Thompson]

Ken Unlimited. Hold on everybody!

[Cayenne Redmonk]

Is BPL 2 slick, like Amazon ? Does it show you how often items like this appear in gear swap? Is it geeky ? Can the gear swap 2.0 show a historic price graph ? Do links just work like every other site ? Can we put videos in a post ? Remember, with unlimited membership come uncredible responsibility. Use it wisely, not like some looser

[Dale Wambaugh]

"Ken Unlimited. Hold on everybody!" Eww!

[Philip Tschersich]

It seemed so spammy or like a phishing message, there was no way I'd click anywhere in the one I got. Yuck.

[D LARSON]

The email could have been better formatted. It could have more clearly conveyed the message, purpose, and the action the recipient is intended to take. That being said… 1. The email is from [email protected] via aweber.com. The email address [email protected] is a known and valid address that has been in use for some time. AWeber is a company that provides email marketing services. 2. The email message is asking you to confirm your subscription. The law requires that email subscribers opt-in to marketing. So when a company like BPL signs up with a company like AWeber they can't just automatically subscribe all their members to the email marketing list. Instead, they have to send an email requesting them to opt-in. I clicked the link and was taken to a page at AWeber.com that had the BPL logo and link back to BPL. The page said "Your subscription has been confirmed. Please check your email." I have not yet received any more email.

[D LARSON]

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[Ken Thompson]

Don't know why I expect Beartooth Media Group Inc. to be better at communicating. Not like they have been doing this long, crimany. BTW, the copyright is expired again. Soon to be two years expired.

[J-L]

I've got to agree with Philip. That email has SPAM written all over it

[Ken Thompson]

"Eww!" Even I agree there Dale.

[Roger Caffin]

> I got an email referencing "an UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP account." which is odd, because I > thought I had full access for life. My understanding is that the new membership classes have changed a bit (at least in name), BUT that existing members will be 'grandfathered' in with no loss of entitlements. So, if you have a Life membership now, you keep that. Yeah, Ryan is working hard on getting the new website up and running. Beta testers from Life members welcome. Cheers

[Cayenne Redmonk]

So, no pack rafting DVD for the holidays ?

[Ken Thompson]

No Ultralight A-Z either We will talk at the next strategic meeting.

[Dave T]

have we already forgotten about the "stretch goal" of the "Ultralight Backpacking" DVD? i'm sure that one is coming soon. and definitely worth the push for $35,000. or totally forgotten. memory can get hazy once the cash is in the bank. and willie, if you would simply refer to the last Kickstarter update on the Packrafting DVDs (errr… dated November 2013), you would know where the project currently stands. or stood. or can be found in a burlap sack next to a disused irrigation canal. or whatever.

[Mike M]

I clicked on the link and went straight to hell- click at your own risk!

[Bob Bankhead]

"2. The email message is asking you to confirm your subscription. The law requires that email subscribers opt-in to marketing. So when a company like BPL signs up with a company like AWeber they can't just automatically subscribe all their members to the email marketing list. Instead, they have to send an email requesting them to opt-in." That's just what I need – my name on ANOTHER #$%^&* email marketing list, cleverly disguised as a request to confirm my membership while saying nothing about simultaneously agreeing to let them send me advertising (aka "information"). Note there was no option to confirm membership while NOT getting on the list. WHY would I ever click on such a link? Simple – I don't take the time to read and comprehend the whole thing. Once again, BPL gets egg on its face and irritates many of its life members. Like Ken alluded to (after one too many glasses of fermented beverage) – we can all discuss it at the next Strategic Meeting – assuming we live that long!

[Anonymous]

"I clicked on the link and went straight to hell-" Me, too. The good news is that we'll each have someone to drink beer with.

[BlackHatGuy]

"Me, too. The good news is that we'll each have someone to drink beer with." The bad news is it's hell, they only serve Budweiser….

[Ken Thompson]

It's going to be crowded. The beer's warm too. But the company will be supremely interesting.

[Anonymous]

"The bad news is it's hell, they only serve Budweiser…." Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhh………..

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