Under 18 to become known as Splash DVD [Archive]

john316

02-02-2002, 16:34

Just got an email from Under 18 telling me of their anniversary and deciding on a new name change. They are to be known as Splash DVD (http://www.splashdvd.com/splash/search.cfm) - nothing on the exisitng U18 website that relates to this change yet but it must be imminent.

stephen

02-02-2002, 16:36

I'm not sure which sounds dodgier, Under 18 or Splash :)

Idle Child

02-02-2002, 16:36

yeah, just recieved this e-mail too.

is it legit?

Dear Customer

This weekend is a busy one for us. Firstly we are pleased to announce a name change- we can take a hint!! and from this weekend will be known as www.splashdvd.com We are also celebrating our first birthday and by way of a thank you to our loyal customers as well as a means of telling people about our makeover we are pleased to be able to offer this exclusive promotion.
Click on the link below for more details on how you can get money off or even free dvds. http://www.splashdvd.com/splash/reg_signup.cfm

We are also pleased to announce our new MGM offer containing great films at only £7.49 each.

http://www.splashdvd.com/splash/mgmoffer.cfm

Many thanks for your time,

All at SplashDVD.com

i notice under18.org.uk's site is till up and running, and that there isn't a mention of splashdvd on their page?

stephen

02-02-2002, 16:40

It's odd that it doesn't mention Under18 anywhere in that email.

Idle Child

02-02-2002, 16:46

well, it has the sender's adress as:

al@under18.org.uk

anyone fear the security in having what must be ALL of under18's customer's e-mails in one long forward...??

KeyserSoze

02-02-2002, 16:58

ive used U18 once b4

can anyone tell me if card details are stored on the site or do u enter them every time u order ? cos i cant remember

Henry

02-02-2002, 17:19

You've to enter your CC details everytime.

Just placed an order on the new site and everything seemed to be working fine. The order confirmation email is still coming from the address: sales@under18.org.uk

Arch Stanton

02-02-2002, 17:29

Always felt under18 sounded like some dodgy pedophile site. Splash is a bit better.

They should have gone for somthing snappy like dvd shopper or perhaps not. :)

Bish

02-02-2002, 18:03

Ahh so that’s who they are. I wonder why they never mentioned their original name in the e-mail.

Paul Scott

02-02-2002, 18:13

Well

Anyone want to start up a new DVD store as we've got a bigish list of email addresses who like to buy dvds

Paul:D

Davester

02-02-2002, 18:47

Why is this? Are they bored of sickos looking at their site hiping for other stuff?

kcxdev

02-02-2002, 18:48

how come I never got the mail :confused:

(i am a customer of U18)

Paul Scott

02-02-2002, 18:55

When i was first given the url of under18 i was very suspicous of the site.

Could the name change be that they want to sell items over £18.

kcxdev

02-02-2002, 19:09

or maybe someone offered to buy the domain to set up 'some other' site :nuts:

den

02-02-2002, 19:40

I have not received this email either.

Has it been confirmed by U18 as either a breach of security or a definate rebrand?

Highlander

02-02-2002, 19:56

Have you tried www.under18.co.uk ?
It starts out looking like it's a porn site, but when you click on the links they are just normal photos. Weird!!

john316

02-02-2002, 19:58

Originally posted by den
I have not received this email either.

Has it been confirmed by U18 as either a breach of security or a definate rebrand?

Well if it is fake, then it is the best fake DVD site I have ever seen!

den

02-02-2002, 20:03

I ment someone using Under18's email system to send out a mass mail.

Are we 100% sure SplashDVD is related to Under18?

bobwindy

02-02-2002, 20:07

Originally posted by Arch Stanton
Always felt under18 sounded like some dodgy pedophile site.

Now it just sounds like a p0rn label :rolleyes:

Chris

02-02-2002, 21:03

Originally posted by Idle Child
yeah, just recieved this e-mail too.

is it legit?

http://www.easywhois.com/index.php3?mode=lookup&domain=splashdvd.com

magicrat

02-02-2002, 21:19

Originally posted by Idle Child
Click on the link below for more details on how you can get money off or even free dvds. http://www.splashdvd.com/splash/reg_signup.cfm

What's this referral program about then. When you click on the link you just get the sign up form. There is no info on it at all. Is it a loyalty scheme or a refer a friend?:confused:

Chris

02-02-2002, 21:56

Anyone annoyed at the way Under18 sent the email to everyone using Carbon Copy rather than Blind Carbon Copy.

One hour after I received the email from under 18 I started to get SPAM from other sites.

8-]

02-02-2002, 23:24

I have already replied expressing my anger at being bulk mailed with my email address showing.

I gave them my contact details with the understanding that they would not be made available to others.

:(

I'm not exactly sure about the scheme that the URL points to either. What is the referral code thing that they ask for?

Tony Shelton

03-02-2002, 09:42

It is legit. We kept getting confused with a porn site. Henc the name change.

jonathan.e

03-02-2002, 10:28

I think an apology for having us all spammed to death would be in order.

Idle Child

03-02-2002, 10:59

Originally posted by 8-]
I have already replied expressing my anger at being bulk mailed with my email address showing.

I gave them my contact details with the understanding that they would not be made available to others.

:(

a good idea actually. I was a bit peezed my e-mail (and everyones) should be included. hardly the personal touch. i hope i dont get spam from people who've had a ganders at the list.

alaistair

03-02-2002, 11:47

Here's the text from their referral page....

Welcome to the SplashDVD.com referral program enrolment page.

Please enter your email address and choose a referral code (to give to new customers when they order from us), for every item ordered by a new customer we will credit your referral account with £1. The total can be used against any orders placed by you after 1st April 2002.

Just tell them that when entering their details for their order to put your referral code in the relevant box on the Payment page.

Al

Bolch

03-02-2002, 13:10

Just got the following e-mail...

Dear Customer,

We have noticed that the email that was sent out to you yesterday afternoon contained the email addresses of other customers. We apologise for this situation and can assure you that this will never happen again. The reason this happened was due to a misconfiguration in our recently acquired mailing program.

Our apologies again,

Regards,

Alaistair Jerrom-Smith
SplashDVD.com
under18.org.uk

Doesn't change the fact I'll probably never use them again. Completly unproffesional IMHO, even this e-mail goes no-where to explain what's going on and if the sites arn't referencing each other whats going on? Is it a name change or one company running under 2 different names?

kcxdev

03-02-2002, 13:43

I got the apology email as well, but I never got the splash email, weird. Probably a good thing though

Originally posted by Bolch
Is it a name change or one company running under 2 different names?

it does say in their first mail its a name change, maybe they'll keep U18 running till the word goes round completely. Would be nice if they were more clear about it though

craig@rewind

03-02-2002, 13:49

It is now mentioned on the Under18 website.

den

03-02-2002, 14:00

Originally posted by kcxdev
I got the apology email as well, but I never got the splash email, weird.
Same here, apology but not splash mail

Idle Child

03-02-2002, 14:18

like 8-], i've sent them a reply to their "apology" letter. Still not happy my e-mail given away, unknowingly or otherwise..

to me it looked like "alaistair" just opened up his address book, or clicked on "send to all" all something. mindless to say the least.

Unlike a few here, i use Under18 frequently (along with Play) and i'm not impressed with this hic-cup.

03-02-2002, 14:51

Well I will not be ordering from them again.

The subject line made it look like a lame copy of the 'I Love You' Virus.

davidsi

03-02-2002, 15:34

I must admit I thought the mail was a virus as well so I never even opened to see that my mail address was revealed to everyone else. However, I'm prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt since they have apologised and its good to have another 'tax free' supplier to keep play competitive.

ed rooney

04-02-2002, 10:46

After reading that under18.org were doing the Woody Allen dvds at £7.49 I was going to cancel my orders at play.com.

However, after reading about this fiasco I think I'd rather pay the extra 50p.

Lex Luthor

04-02-2002, 11:55

I got spam within hours of them revealing my e-mail address to the world. I have e-mailed them and told them that I'm not happy and that I wont be using them anymore.

Fortunately I give each web retailer a unique e-mail address so I can simply block this address now to avoid further spam.

Idiots. :rolleyes: :mad:

Highlander

05-02-2002, 09:23

I got spammed by Yonathon Gal, who I believe is a member of these forums :eek: Anyone else get this?

stephen

05-02-2002, 09:26

Originally posted by Highlander
I got spammed by Yonathon Gal, who I believe is a member of these forums :eek: Anyone else get this?

I also got spammed by someone using that name, don't know if they got my address from the under18 email or these forums, or even if it is the same person as the forum member.

Lex Luthor

05-02-2002, 09:46

Yep, I got spammed by this Yonathon bloke (The 900th Dimension was the name of his turgid little web offering).

I know it was from the Under18 fiasco because I give each web retailer a unique e-mail address which contains the retailers name so that I can trace the origin of any spam I get. The spam from Mr Gal was sent to my Under 18 e-mail address.

After checking the whois details for Splash DVDs I got the following e-mail address:

al@under18.org.uk

which is for our favourtie person Alaistair Jerrom-Smith, the guy who decided it would be cool to share all our e-mail adresses with everybody else.

Will be dropping him a curt e-mail shortly, can I suggest you all do the same?

stephen

05-02-2002, 10:14

The spammer does seem to be the same as the forum member:

http://thedvdforums.com/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=9043

Cranberry

05-02-2002, 12:20

Got the spam from Yonathan too.

Surely under18 , splash or whatever they call themselves next need to do more than apologise

Lex Luthor

06-02-2002, 10:14

^^ up ^^

I ain't happy about this ...

Davester

06-02-2002, 19:07

I hate spammers! and companies that treat their customers badly.

Didn't get the email spam from the forum member but would have thought he would have known better:rolleyes: