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Hi Michael I don't think it was a scam. I think it was a marketing opportunity, but it would have been nice if he had made that very clear from the start and he did say several times that it might not be the thing for me. I imagine it would suit a company trying to sell services with a far larger advertising budget than mine. But since you ask, he said it was for the conference of the Association of School and College Leaders. I wonder how much tickets for the event are? All the best Ian Do Science Ltd 37 Upper Brownhill Road, Southampton, SO16 5NG +44 (0) 23 8077 2341 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> *www.doscience.co.uk* <http://www.doscience.co.uk> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. It is intended for the personal attention of the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail is unauthorised. 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On 12/11/2010 21:42, Michael Kenward wrote: > > It is fine to poke fun at this venture here, and I have enjoyed the > conversation, but don't you think that these scamsters deserve to be > outed in other places? > > I would hate to think that someone shelled out the sort of money they > request. > > Name names! > > MK > > __________________________________ > > Michael Kenward OBE > > Science Writer & Stuff > > My other computer is a slide rule > > *From:*psci-com: on public engagement with science > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Ian B Dunne > *Sent:* 12 November 2010 18:32 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [PSCI-COM] An interesting phone call > > Colin > When the man called me back today I told him his fee was out by an > order of magnitude. > Glad I'm not alone in thinking that. > Ian > > Do Science Ltd > 37 Upper Brownhill Road, Southampton, SO16 5NG > +44 (0) 23 8077 2341 [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *www.doscience.co.uk* <http://www.doscience.co.uk> > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. It is intended for > the personal attention of the addressee only. > If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, > distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail is unauthorised. > If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify > the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the e-mail from your > computer. > While Do Science Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure > no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept > liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail > or attachments. > You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. > > > On 12/11/2010 18:19, colin murphy wrote: > > Wow. > > I run my website and record science videos an hour in length and it > costs about a tenth of that. Never would dream of trying what they > did. It is no surprise your shocked. > > Colin > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 12 Nov 2010, at 14:14, Ian B Dunne <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Hi AIl > > This message has nothing to do with any previous threads but I > thought it might amuse some of you out there, it is Friday after > all and frankly I just had to tell somebody as I am still a little > stunned by it so please excuse me while I enjoy some writing therapy. > > Cut to the chase. Yesterday I got a call ( they tried to get me > during the 2 minute silence) from a TV company. I heard the ansa > phone message when I got home and returned the call, stardom > beckoned at last I thought. The guy talked with speed and painted > it very brightly, he was the director after all, and did use the > trick of playing to my vanity, those of you who have met me will > know this can be very effective with someone as shallowly > egotistical as I am. > > It was my chance to be part of a video program that was to be > shown on a rolling loop in the main auditorium, the exhibition > space and apparently the hotel rooms of a conference(!) of the > great and the good of education. They asked me as their > researchers had identified me as in their top ten list of "Thought > Leaders" on the future of education, "of course" I thought basking > in warm glow of finally being appreciated. > > I would have complete editorial control of the 4 min bit in the > loop and also get a good couple of hours of footage to use as I > like that would be filmed by professions and be of the highest > quality, and for this was of course a cost, he eventually came to > the nub, the hard nuggety nub, of his call. A bargain at £15K, > yes, that is right, I have not missed out the decimal point, well > in fact £14,750 but hey what is 1.666% between friends. Now they > will have to fall back on their reserve list, what a shame. I hope > somebody goes for it or all those glorious delegates will have to > find something else to watch in their rooms while they drift off > to the land of Nod. > > It does make a change from the people calling trying to get me to > take advertising space in their directories and leaflets that go > to "Key Decision" makers in schools and promptly lie in the staff > room, stained with coffee rings, unloved let alone read, > collecting dust, or make their way straight to the great recycling > bin in the sky. > > The last one of these sales people tried a cunning plan. When I > told them that I thought the fee to be included in their plush > periodical was a little steep, she immediately halved it and would > have gone even lower if I could have bothered to press her a > little more, but pulling the legs off spiders has never been my > thing and like us all she was just trying to make a shekel. > > > All the best > > Ian > > -- > > Do Science Ltd > 37 Upper Brownhill Road, Southampton, SO16 5NG > +44 (0) 23 8077 2341 [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *www.doscience.co.uk* <http://www.doscience.co.uk> > > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. 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