People From Mazda Corp On this site!!!!

[FuNwaGoN]

Hey guys and gals. Just got kind of a curious PM from "insider" I did a search and this person has no posts. Looks like they registered and just pm'd me after reading my posts about my car problems. Anyways this person says they work for Mazda Corp., Ahh wait I'll just let you guys read what they sent me.


"Your car problem
Funwagon,


I want you to know I work for Mazda Corp. I would like to talk to you about your problem. I might be able to help get it resolved.

Form you post it sounds like you have more of a dlr problem that product concern. PM me with a way to contact you and I'll call you to review your concerns. If you can I also get your Vin#.

Thanks. "

Not trying to be a jackass or anything here and not trying to kick the gift horse in the mouth or anything but I am a little wary of this. First I did not cutoff the name it just said thanks at the bottom. I don't make it a practice of giving my # out to anyone over the internet unless I am doing business with them and it is required(EBAY, PAYPAL, ETC....) Also the language of the post. Poor spelling and grammatic errors. usually correspondence from anyone corporate is very structured. Not putting this person down because everyone makes mistakes but I am just saying that it doesn't seem to be on par with CORPORATE language. Also the fact that this person has no other posts on any of the issues on this board. I know I have problems with my car but not compared to some of you. One other thing I certaintly don't give out is my Vin# on my car. Completely unrelated incident... I had my home computer hacked about 3 weeks ago. I came home to find that someone hacked my computer and copied my entire hard drive. That is all of my information from the past like 5 years. No CC#'s or anything like that but they got everything else.

I guess I am just being very cautious and wary because I have been burned so many times before from just blindly trusting someone under the guise of them helping me. Call me synical or pessimist and I will agree. What do you guys think. And if "insider" reads this post please reply and answer some of the questions I have posed. Really not trying to be a dick or anything sorry if I come off like that.

 

[Jim Frye]

A couple of comments

I agree with your hesitancy to give out your information based on what you stated. I'd suggest you go back to him/her and ask for their phone number, so you can call them. When you stated you received a PM, I assume you were refering to PhoneMail or VoiceMail. If so, see if you can get the person's e-mail address too. This might help clarify if they are who they say they are.
On the forums I moderate, we have the ability to track the IP addresses of posters and sometimes we can use that to validate a visitor. Jim

 

[FuNwaGoN]

Hey thanks Jim, This message was in my PRIVATE MESSAGES foler on this board. Like I said I tried searching for another post that INSIDER made and there aren't any. the profile only says SO. Cal as location and that it. Just thought it was pretty interesting that my thread of all of the threads on this board caught somebodys attention enough at Mazda to make them register only so they could PM me.

Thanks again Jim. I don't feel so bad about being paranoid anymore.

 

[Red Racer]

If I were you I would ask Antoine to look into this for you. See is he can find a matching IP address.

 

[JasonH]

Maybe you should get more information from the person before trying to stir up controversy. If they are legit, they maybe they can help you. If not, it probably won't take you long to figure it out once you start dealing with them.

I'm sure there are plenty of registered people here that never post, and even more that read the threads and never register.

Certainly a good idea to get their phone number if you are hesitant to give yours out.

P.S. - Sucks about your computer. I can understand how that could put you a little on edge, so don't think I'm attacking you. I'm guessing you got it all buttoned up now, but if you need any help/info on firewalls, security, etc. PM me.

 

[big_ben]

The fact that people from MNAO are browsing the site is not new. I showed at HIN Dallas in the Mazda booth and they said that they browse all the mazda forums. If that was a legit person that wanted to help you out you have now shot yourself in the foot by publicly bashing them. You really need to calm down and keep some things to yourself.

 

[FuNwaGoN]

Sorry if some of you though I was bashing this person but that was not my intent. I just checked my PMs and he replyed to me and I am going to call him. He looks legit. I just wanted to let people know what was going on and get some feedback because of everything I have been through. The internet can be a scary thing if the wrong person gets the right information. I know because I have friends that are those wrong people. Oh well I am going to call him. Actually it impresses me that MAZDA Corporate cruises these boards. It might mean they are hearing people on some of the serious topics like the new Mazdaspeed.

 

[FuNwaGoN]

jUST TALKED TO HIM AND HE WAS LEGIT. He is the head of Tech support with Customer Service for the Dealers and is checking into my problems personally. Just thought I would pass this on. Again never meant to sound bashing or anything and He didn't take it that way either. Just was trying to be cautious maybe too much but hey thats me.

 

[big_ben]

Good luck with your car.

 

[TheMAN]

yup, people working at mazda do browse this board, protegeclub, miatas, as well as the other major mazda boards out there. the great thing about this is, they can find out what we want, don't like, etc etc. it's the best feedback they can get because these are coming from enthusiasts. (thumb)

 

[KYREDP5]

You'd be suprised how many cat compines read boards like this. I guy I know over at probetalk was doing some contract work for <b>HoMo</b>Co. As a standart thig they gave all the contract employees a walkthrough of the plant showing them cars, etc. Well he happened to get a look at the new Accord. Well he decided to post some not too revealing descriptions. Several days later <b>HoMo</b>Co contacted his employer and threatened to cancel their contract unless he was fired. That's some BS.