Got this email from Husqvarna North America today to answer a short questionnaire. Anyone else get it? From: "Husqvarna Motorcycles" <husqvarnamotorcyclesna@gmail.com> To: "undisclosed-recipients:" Subject: Husqvarna Motorcycles - Survey Request Date: Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:13 PM Dear Motorcycle Enthusiast, Husqvarna Motorcycles would like to ask for your help. The following link takes you to a survey asking for your opinion on the Husqvarna brand, motorcycles and how you perceive in the US market. Your responses will be 100% confidential. Our goal is to learn from you, how you view the brand currently, your impression of the brand’s past and the direction you feel it should take in the future. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MPX7DFF Thanks for your time. Husqvarna Motorcycles NA
Funny sure doesn't look very "official" does it. You'd think they would have a letter head, Husqvarna logo or something. If they would have included GasGas in their survey it would have change my out come.
The gmail address is on the website. Must be legit. http://www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com/news-detail.php?id=151&y=2012
I find it completely strange they use a gmail....Working in the email industry, I don't typically see companies using free domains.
Some businesses use gmail in lieu of an exchange server or other type of e-mail service. Although, all of the e-mails I have received from Husky have been of this format: firstname.lastname@husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com but I guess that still doesn't mean that they're not using gmail by looking at the site below. http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/products.html?section=gmail And, I took the survey.
Gmail is for hire now. Seriously. I've even seen a few colleges switch so they no longer have to maintain exchange servers.
For the record, I actually checked with Jenna in Corona before I filled out the survey and she confirmed that it is their gmail account and their survey. They only use it for some things like this, everyone there has a regular HusqvarnaNA domain email. We use a MS cloud email system for our regular company email and each account has a monthly fee....so I have been known to use a gmail account for purposes that I dont want a perpetual fee attached to, it easy to add an account an a pain to turn it back off.
They're probably also using 'secondary' gmail account not to get their corporate mails spammed - web crawlers are frequent to survey-making services. I Wonder if that is a Husky HQ thing (Pierer probing market) or purely NA thing...
I love the motorcycle, but I purchased my Terra on the first day of spring and i still have not received my tool kit! I have contacted my dealer several times, and always get excuses!The last e-mail i sent has not been replied to in over 2 weeks!!.. I even have a we owe on the paperwork!. To me its the principle of the thing, the tool kit is on $15, But I want it!...It is owed to me!.. I wish Husqvarna would send me a survey, I have some info about a dealer in Georgia... Luge!
When I see gmail, it instantly indicates intelligence of the author. Why not use the fastest email service and the best free tool from the biggest tech corporation in the world? I think Husky will do fine, and they really did get a gift from BMW. The only problem is their bikes are better and more economical than KTM's, lol. How do you report that to the boss?!?
