Jason Harris- Managing Director of Princeton Premier sent me an email today. It seems that I’m being considered for inclusion into the 2008-2009 Princeton Premier Business Leaders and Professionals “Honors Edition” section of the registry.
According to the email “The 2008-2009 edition of the Princeton Premier Registry will include biographies of the world’s most accomplished individuals.” Wait! They want to include me?
Something smelled a little spammy here so I Googled Princeton Premier and what would you know several individuals received the same email.
What made me so special? Not a darn thing!
Don’t you just love the smell of spam? I wonder how many unsuspecting victims will complete the application form and return it to Princeton Premier within five business days to be be listed among other accomplished individuals in the Princeton Premier Registry.
Comments on this post are now closed. But, don’t worry! You can leave feedback on Princeton Premier- Still Spamming.
If you liked this post, why not buy me a coffee?Technorati Tags: Princeton Premier
RSS
101 responses so far ↓
Wrote: Feb 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Rose,
Not just spammy – but costly. A friend of mine proceeded – and after submitting her info etc – she was politely asked to please pay x-Dollars to be included and receive a free trip.
Sabine
Wrote: Feb 2, 2008 at 12:33 am
Well…I have an award for you … and you don’t have to pay me anything…just drop by and pick it up:razz:
Wrote: Feb 2, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hey where is my email? I never get anything,:lol:
Wrote: Feb 3, 2008 at 2:00 am
The Princess of Persia wants to marry me and put 14 million into my account … YHAAAAA HOOOOO!!!
Wrote: Feb 3, 2008 at 5:39 am
You are familiar enough with the net that you caught it right away. As you said, some would not have.
But Rose, you are pretty special still!
Wrote: Feb 4, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Drowsey, thank you so much.
Bob, I promise to email you today.
Eric, lucky you.
Viola- you are so nice.
Wrote: Feb 7, 2008 at 5:37 am
Much to my surprise, I got one today. I thought wow! Princeton knows me! (That’s a modest America uni, right?) Then a split second later I thought: spamalot! (duh), so googled and found you. Many thanks for a very useful posting. Coffee’s on me next time we’re both in the princeton caff.
cheers
Wrote: Feb 7, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I feel very distubred by what the things you have commented about you are sinply wiggly worms I have been published with Princeton Premier Registry and I do say I am satisfied you must not be a succesful person I must say.
Thank you
Wrote: Feb 8, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Antoneta, I’m sorry to see that you got suckered.
Rodney, so I guess I better count that coffee out?
Wrote: Feb 8, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I too have been selected (puffing out chest:>)
and I too googled to find out what the scam was.
My nephew was selected to be in published book of poetry, he bit. Got published but he paid dearly for his copy of a very small run of books. But he’s proud and it’s on his resume lol
Wrote: Feb 8, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Got the same email. I guess that’s why I’m here.
Seemed somewhat suspicious, google-d it.
I am certainly NOT one of the worlds most accomplished individuals!
btw..
I think being a wiggling worm is one of the most endearing insults I have ever come across as well!
Wrote: Feb 13, 2008 at 9:00 pm
It just arrived here too. Hmmm… I don’t want to be selfish and take up space in the directory. Someone else can have my place.
Wrote: Feb 14, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Ditto on all that — Google gave me your link. Whee!
I got a “Who’s Who” thing years ago, when I had been a professional all of two years. Uh, yeah. You want HOW MUCH to accept me into this “honor”?
Wrote: Feb 15, 2008 at 7:51 am
I too got the message. I guess I must also be “one of the world’s most accomplished individuals!”
Thanks for posting this message on your blog. It was the first one I found when I researched the spammers — Princeton Premier Registry.
They won’t be taking my money.
Wrote: Feb 15, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Well I’m glad that so many are finding this post via Google when searching Princeton Premier.
Wrote: Feb 15, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I was doing a Friday afternoon email dump. Decided to search Princeton Premier before acting on or deleting.
Thanks to your blog post/you, I now know to DELETE!
Cheers,
Judy
P.S. This post was ranked fourth in my search results for “Princeton Premier Business Leaders and Professionals ‘Honors Edition’”
Wrote: Feb 17, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Thanks to all for the heads up on Premier. Indeed, Mr. Jason Harris’s missive does carry that distinct “eau de spam” we can smell as soon as it hits our in boxes.
Wrote: Feb 18, 2008 at 5:43 am
Dang… guess this means I haven’t made the big time after all.
Yep… another one here who got a copy of that email, caught a whiff of something not too pretty and found my way here via a Google search for “Princeton Premier Registry”. Thanks to all for confirming my initial suspicions.
Wrote: Feb 19, 2008 at 12:15 pm
WOW!!!!! How dare any of you?! I am special and I will be published!!! Sorry, I needed to live the moment of glory for a second. I HATE SPAM!
Wrote: Feb 20, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I find it mildly amusing that there could be so many people who are willing to criticize an organazation without knowing a thing about them . I am a member of the Princeton Premier and have been for over a year . Not only did the company pay for the airfare for my last vacation , I’ve met several professionals that I would not have made contact with if not for my invovlement with the Princeton Premier. I urge you to look beyond what you think and call the company to find out more before you blast them on the web as a scam. Their customer service is fantastic and they will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Wrote: Feb 20, 2008 at 11:15 pm
hey, i just went higher than you in the google search for “princeton premier registry”. na na na na na.
ok, that was childish. since i’ve blogged on this they’ve sent me the same letter two more times. i guess they don’t google themselves…
Wrote: Feb 21, 2008 at 1:16 am
Robert I hold 1 place in Google.ca and Google.com for princeton premier registry. lol
Gina, please point out where I called them a scam? I criticized them for sending out spam the way they do. It is most unethical and they operate in the same manner poetry.com does .
Wrote: Feb 21, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hello All,
I have also received this email today & also the call from one of their executive, however I have never heard about “Princeton Premier Business Leaders ”
Did some Googling to know ab’t them & landed to this website. I think they are trying to sale their membership. Yeah you can say sort of phishing Scam.
Let’s c…how many of more have got such Surprise
Regards
Afzee
Wrote: Feb 21, 2008 at 6:02 pm
same here… googled it, found this post, figured out we are all specials.
Wrote: Feb 21, 2008 at 11:08 pm
i was looking a the email headers and the website domain trying to figure out who’s orginizing this. its very confusing, like one of those russian dolls.
in response to gina, i don’t think i would use the word scam. my comments were mostly about how its bad marketing and they seem oblivious to the fact that the blogospere is exposing them.
Wrote: Feb 28, 2008 at 6:42 am
Wow! Hey, maybe we can start an “I Was Emotionally Abused by Princeton Premier Spam” club!
Thanks for the post, Rose, I found you also by Googling this thing, although I already knew it was spam but I like to do inconsequential time-wasting things with my first cuppa java, hah! 
Cheers everyone, emailing you from bonny Scotland!
Michelle
Wrote: Feb 28, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I just got the message too, having had some nice nice news today of promotion at the (UK) university I work at. Bloody hell, I thought, that’s quick. My spam-related suspicions were confirmed by Googling, as seems to be the case with most of these comments. But am I overreacting in thinking that it’s just a bit scary how easily these folks can personally address these messages? It makes it so much more credible it it’s topped with your actual name. How do they do it?
Wrote: Mar 6, 2008 at 12:10 am
I just got my Princeton Premier spam e-mail today! Finally, I feel like I belong! I especially love that the link sends you to a pretty basic form that asks for personal information. No website. No info on this supposed “prestigious” list. Just a simple page with a few fields to populate. Genius. Not!!!!
Wrote: Mar 6, 2008 at 4:32 pm
$8.95 per month to access to countless executives and professionals sound slike a good deal to me.. hey rose freelance writer and poet really means unemployed!!! doesnt seem like your too business savvy. if you need any advice im here for you
Wrote: Mar 6, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Arthur, Being a freelancer does not mean unemployed. It means being your own boss, but think what you will. Thanks for wasting five min of my day with your drivel.
Wrote: Mar 6, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Arthur, that wasn’t very nice. Didn’t your mother teach you manners? I don’t think you should be offering business advice after paying 9 bucks to get on a directory that has very dubious value. If I’m wrong get one of your newly found countless executive friends to give me a call.
Anyway, I’m starting my own directory. And I’m willing to let all of you on this thread as “Pioneer” members. Believe me, this will be big.
Wrote: Mar 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Isn’t it obvious you were nominated for inclusion based on your extraordinary blogging skills!
You must not think highly of your own career if you feel your accomplishments do not merit consideration…
Wrote: Mar 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Elliot, but you are wrong. I’m very proud of my accomplishments. I’m also happy that I know spam when I see it.
Wrote: Mar 12, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Hello!
Rose, thanks for your blog 
Too bad tho! For a little while I felt proud and “FAMOUS” 
got the email too! It’s funny, but these days I don’t trust anyone and any email that i get from someone i don’t know, even “orders” for my company’s products I immediately google it
and that’s how i came across this site
Wrote: Mar 14, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Unbelievable stuff. I just wish the folks they target knew automatically — they would go out of business if their spamming didn’t turn over profit.
Let’s keep this post high on Google!
The best part of “Princeton Premier” is that it is located in Astoria, NY, which is Queens. Huh? I should go check it out one day since I teach at Queensborough Community College.
To the folks googling about Princeton Premier, don’t fall prey to Jason Harris. He’ll send the email to anyone with an email address, hoping for a little bit of profit.
Wrote: Mar 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I was so impressed, thought something great had happened! Mine came to my work email today. Surprised it didn’t go to junk mail. I also goggled them and thanks to all of my fellow nominees, we are all a bit wiser and richer! Thanks and congratulations
Wrote: Mar 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Well, what do you know
— I’m a special person too! I got an email yesterday from Mr.Harris too!
I wonder how many people have gotten suckered in to this deal?
Wrote: Mar 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Wow, 38 comments? Maybe I should thank Princeton Premier for the traffic. LOL
Wrote: Mar 19, 2008 at 9:00 am
Unfortunetly, I didn’t even have a brief euphoric response to my letter from Mr. Harris as some of you did- I figured it was a scam as soon as I saw “Princeton Premier” in my inbox. Not to discredit my skills, but I am way to fresh into my career for me to be considered one of the most accomplished professionals in the world. Don’t we all just love spam and the time it consumes? Thanks to your postings, I now know I am not alone!
Thanks all!
Wrote: Mar 24, 2008 at 10:05 am
Just got the email here!
glad to now be in consideration for the “honor”. I can’t wait to show it to mom!
P.S. thanks for highlighting this on your site… I was pretty sure it was spam!
Wrote: Mar 25, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hey,
I recently received that same “Princeton Premier” e-mail. I got a little giddy at first, flustered, you know…”Of all the fellas in the world I’ve been chosen” and all that jazz. Then, I realized that although I am a bit accomplished, and slightly distinguished, that I still didn’t rank among the top business execs in the world. Thank you, your blog helped to expose a potentially costly left click.
Wrote: Mar 27, 2008 at 2:29 am
Well I have been noted for a thing or two, and one thing you can be sure of: if an “Important Person’s Registry” wants YOU to pay for the privilege of being on their list, it’s not legit.
Think about it, to be a useful resource for ‘Notables’ a Registry has to have all of ‘em, not just those that are willing to pay for the privilege.
Frankly, in the USA, the only one that means anything is Marquis Who’s Who. You can’t buy your way in, and they’ve been doing this since 1899, a lot longer than Spam has existed.
Oh, and you don’t have to pay anything to be included, just measure up to their required standards.
No, I don’t work for them, and yes, I do measure up (I’m in 5 of their Indexes, let’s just say I’ve had an interesting and varied career)
Wrote: Mar 30, 2008 at 10:10 am
Got this today in my spam folder. I am the ultimate businessman…not….I am a HS Choral Director! Well, I do have to sell chocolate bars and such for fundraisers….LOL
Wrote: Mar 31, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Grats Rose, it looks like you got the “Princeton Premier” scammers trying to discredit your blog… oh that’s desperate.
“Not only did the company pay for the airfare for my last vacation…”
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA *breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Wrote: May 1, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Wrote: May 7, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I’ve been so lucky this week! I also got this nomination, felt really special. I also got an incredible investment offer from a nice man from Nigeria who promised to make me millions and all I had to do was give him my personal bank account # and my address. I’m just waiting for my cheque…. Then, to top it all off, I found out I won a prize in a lottery that I didn’t even know I had entered! How’s that for lucky? Yes….. quite a week indeed!
Wrote: May 7, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Wade by chance do you have a rabbit foot on you?
Wrote: May 7, 2008 at 11:13 pm
nigeria and princeton premiere. hmmm never thought i’d see those two things in the same topic.
Wrote: May 7, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Maybe they have colleagues in Nigeria?
Wrote: May 8, 2008 at 12:15 am
… to think that my mom told me I would never make anything of myself – that was 60 years ago, and now, voila – I am famous – too bad she is not here to see it – thanks Mr. Harris, Princeton Premier
Wrote: May 8, 2008 at 7:39 am
You know what the sad part is? With the amount of this kind of crap going around the internet this must really work for them! This means that people are dumb (or greedy) enough to fall for it! Sad…… Don’t you think the gene pool needs a little more chlorine?
Wrote: May 9, 2008 at 10:36 am
you are now the number 1 listing when you google princeton premier registry.
Wrote: May 19, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Thanks for being number one when Googling Princeton Premier. I’ve received about half a dozen email invites in the past few weeks.
Perusing the other posters, I do feel honored to be in the same spam pool as Rodney Pinder!!
Wrote: May 20, 2008 at 8:55 am
Yes, for a moment I got all proud…they found me but then I thought…get real Deb…
Ah yes, the smell of spam on a spring morning!
Wrote: May 23, 2008 at 11:22 am
Just adding that I also found this via Google- thanks for the heads up. Princeton Premier – scam!
Wrote: May 29, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I am glad to know that so many others are as accomplished as I am! I have been sending this lovely invitation to my recycle bin, but it seems that Mr. Harris is determined to have me in the next edition of the Princeton Premier Business Leaders and Professionals Honors Edition, and I have received three more invitations just this week. I am so fortunate…
I am really tired of these people!
Rose you are now #2 on the Google search… Congrats!
I owe you a cup of coffee.
Wrote: May 29, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Jim? First page maybe.
Coffee sounds good Angela. I see me at number 8. lol
Wrote: May 30, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I knew it was spam immediately since it came to me via an email address I use on a website I built for a client. Googled it and you came up first. Congratulations! Thanks much for exposing spam. Oh, and good job on differentiating “spam” and “scam.”
Wrote: May 31, 2008 at 10:16 am
We are all completly missing the opportunity here. We simply induct each other into a true “Hall of Fame” for first being targeted by Princeton and second for exposing our savy within minutes of the “honor”! Who will prepare the new web site of “Princeton Premier Prodigius Pundits”
Wrote: Jun 5, 2008 at 12:22 am
The Princeton Premier Spam has reached Australia.
Australians hate elitists honours. Australians who accept knighthoods and the like from overseas countries become figures of ridicule.
So I think they’ve picked the wrong next target market.
Wrote: Jun 13, 2008 at 10:33 am
Just received my email today too… why do people bother really!
Wrote: Jun 20, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Got mine June 19th. I also smelled a rat. My invitation. “There is no cost to be included in the registry,” it said.
However, the formatting was very peculiar like the codes the pirates use on file sharing sites, and I could not understand why Adam Irons was emailing as David Deermersonr and signing his letter as Jason Harris.
Wrote: Jun 22, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I just recieved this email and googled the name and the company. I found numerous ‘I smell spam’ hits.
Do they think I was born stupid?
Wrote: Jun 23, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I was just invited! It reminded me of something Groucho Marks once said:
“I wouldn’t want to be a member of an organization that wanted me in it.”
Wrote: Jun 25, 2008 at 10:35 am
Certainly looked spammy to me when one dropped into my Inbox – normally when someone or something you’ve never heard of wants to bestow an honour on you, there’s something fishy going on. Which normally ends with you being asked for hard cash. Even if they’re legit, their methods are poor.
Happily deleted
Wrote: Jun 26, 2008 at 11:34 am
We are all on the threshold of greatness
Being recognized and inducted is such a prestigious ivy league registry.
This one sounds so much more legit than those other copycats:
Harvard Chief registry
Yale Executive Council registry
Brown head honcho registry
Columbia Leaders league
Cornell Big shot club
Dartmouth who’s who list
I’m been fooled before by others but not this time. This time its special its
“Princeton Premiere Registry”
I’m guessing the members be televised and given fully paid vacations along with
millions of dollars donated to them from ousted Nigerian leaders families.
Wrote: Jun 27, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Keep up the good work blogging
Wrote: Jun 30, 2008 at 7:10 am
Gee… I’m rather insulted that I didn’t receive my official notification until today….. and this spam has been around since March …
They must be running out of “world’s most accomplished individuals” …
Wrote: Jun 30, 2008 at 7:22 am
I’m proud to say I’ve joined this elite society. I’ve received my notice today!
Unfortunately, I’m not a big fan of spam, so I must decline their gracious
offer.
Wrote: Jul 10, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Thanks for posting this info on them. Here I thought I was extra special! I thought that was weird….plus, when you click on a link it goes right to a form collecting all your contact info – not even to their website.
Maybe they should start emailing the spammers from Nigeria!
Thanks again!
Wrote: Jul 15, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Hey look, it’s a club for fellow honorees.
Wrote: Jul 16, 2008 at 4:10 pm
What a bunch of cynics… you all are not going to take away this prestigious honor away from me!!! This is “Princeton” for God’s sake! Can’t you all see what a great accomplishment this is… all my years of blogging have paid off! I have made it to the Big Time, Big Time Fool that is!
Yes, I was foolish enough to feel slightly special, fill out the application, even got a call from one of their executives, who unloaded a canned speech about how illustrious I must be… He asked several questions about my title, where I went to school, why I started my organization, and my plans for future growth… I was buying it all hook line an sinker due to my over-inflated ego and having worked hard for years to get my name out there with my writings.
Then this prolific speaker got to the membership dues…. A red light went off in my head, and I promptly told him I left my credit cards at home, and could he call back at a later time? He said, “No, Sir, our organization has a policy where we can’t come back to applicants.”
I replied, you’re telling me you have spent all this time going over all my accomplishments, deciding whether to accept me or not, and you can’t call me back at another time when I have my credit cards, knowing all along my wallet was in my back pocket. I smelled a scam, and after declining his offer I found this site after googling it.
Good work, Rose!
At the very least, we can all be slightly reassured that we got noticed because we have been doing something with our lives. I am fairly assured they didn’t get your name for being the homeless bum holding a “Will Work For Food Sign” on the street corner. Yes, I would say that after looking at these comments, we represent people who have jobs and pay our bills. Let’s start a club, and Rose can be President!
I feel like a chump!
Wrote: Jul 16, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Jonathon are you sure you want to be in a club where I’m president? lol A chump wouldn’t of searched in Google.
Wrote: Jul 17, 2008 at 5:01 am
Rose, you have revealed the nature of this sneaky spam… You are to be commended for your service to the public. I’d be in a club with such public minded person, such as yourself, as president anyday. Thanks
JB
Wrote: Jul 28, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hi there,
Like everyone else on here I got the email as well. I have to say that I was rather surprised to get it while being out in the workforce for only a year. I mean honestly, what have I done that is SO special?
I googled around for a bit trying to look into it and found this blog. I suppose it’s a bit disappointing but meh, if something is too good to be true, it likely isn’t. Right?
Wrote: Aug 2, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I just got my email today. It seems pretty much like the Who’s Who email I received some time ago.
Evidently there is more than just one company doing it. When I read the email & they wanted all of this information from me, I felt that it didn’t seem right. Earlier today I received an email saying that I’ve been invited to submit some of my photography to the Terry O’neil awards & provide them with all types of personal information. The problem (for them) lies in the website that they were referring me to. Evidently to participate you must live or work in the U.K. or Ireland. I live in the U.S. I don’t think I can participate. I politely informed them of that & have yet to hear back from them.
Wrote: Aug 20, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Like Jonathan, I actually believed that somehow through my accomplishments someone recognized me… I too filled out the application and received the “canned speech” phone call.
When I asked “Why” I was being given this special honor, the “canned speech” spoke person told me it was a review by the membership committee and she didn’t have access to their research methods.
Then came the choices of “Platinum, Gold, and other membership” offers. When I told her I wanted more time to research, first asking her for their web site, I was told that their web site was for “members only” and that I was insulting them by questioning their motives!
Hummmmmm thanks Rose, this blog was an eye opener and I’m glad I wasn’t alone in my audacity to question their motives.
Wrote: Aug 28, 2008 at 5:54 am
Rose,
I got the email, too, and I attended the University, so I was thinking, “Hmmm . . .. , maybe this is something legitimate” (sp?, getting old, loosing the spelling touch). Anyway, I noticed the generic looking title and ripped off logo on the Premier application, did a quick Google search, and, yes, your site comes up on top. I really enjoyed reading your blog. It’s a 10. Maybe you should be recognized somehow as one of the world’s most accomplished people.
Wrote: Aug 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Guess I’m special, but not as special as the rest of you. I just now got my invitation, August 28th. Apparently they are scraping the bottom of the barrel….
Wrote: Sep 3, 2008 at 11:06 am
I am setting up a page for the “Elite” people of the world and I will list you as a “friend”. This isn’t on some obscure website… it is on FACEBOOK.com, one of the most popular sites on the internet.
Membership (to prove that you have “prestige”) is only $900 per year. You can pay pal me at sucker@princetonpremiere.com.
Become a friend of the “Elite” today…
Wrote: Sep 8, 2008 at 8:58 am
Thanks for the posting it saved me alot of time. Should have known it was a scam I sell pre-owned airplanes.
Wrote: Sep 10, 2008 at 11:15 am
Rose – on behalf of the 320,000 employees of the General Electic Company, I thank you. We just started getting our invitations to Princeton Premier this week (lapse in the firewall perhaps). You’ve become the clearinghouse for information on the subject and maybe the Princeton Review folks have no love lost for you these days.
Am commenting to keep your rankings high and to add an interesting tidbit….if you look for the Princeton Premier address on Google Maps you can call up a street level view. Seems they have a couple of issues to deal with besides your blog – like grafitti, lax trash pick-up, and a proliferation of 1970’s GM automobiles. The link is: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=23-35+Steinway+Street,+Astoria,+NY+11105&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title
I had to conclude that the business of identifying successful individuals is not good enough for a prime location or to get one listed in the Princeton Premier list….or maybe it is.
Wrote: Sep 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm
My pleasure Andy. Why don’t you “320,000 employees” pitch in and send me a dollar each……. Thinking to big? How about a Camcorder. Hmm, still thinking to big? How about a lamp? Ok OK, why don’t YOU buy me a coffee? Urrr Tea. Yah- That’s it! A tea.
Wrote: Sep 23, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’m so accomplished that they used my title (actually email address) to contact. Apparently, I am so accomplished that it would a sacrilege to use my name in an email, that is letting me know that I won this prestigious award.
Wrote: Sep 23, 2008 at 9:33 am
Also interesting was that it was signed by “Jason Harris, came from some one named “Pete Hobden” with an email address of “kenkkkensingtonsyii@wwwmail.com”
hhhhmmmmmmm
lol
Wrote: Sep 26, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Thank you Rose!
What are they thinking?
It is good to know that people have a common sense…
Tamara
Wrote: Oct 16, 2008 at 9:03 am
Hey, just so you all know…you are accomplished. The reason anyone of us considered for a moment that you might be nominated, is becuase you’re great. (me too).
So F*&^ their registry, I nominate you all (even you Gina)
The point most people are making is that it stinks when you get unsolicited marketing. It is nice to hear how great we are now and then (even if they’re telling everyone in the world the same thing)
cell Phone Steve
Wrote: Oct 16, 2008 at 9:20 am
It was an honor to find out that I was one of the hundreds of thousands to be selected for this opportunity to be included with so many accomplished professionals. Oh, be still, my heart.
However, it was my company’s spam service that latched on to the invitation before I could. So it was suspect from the git-go.
I’m a little disturbed by one thing though. They used my full name in the subject line. I’m usually very careful about who gets my full name and email address. Has anyone investigated from whom they receive their lists of lucky winners?
Rose, you rock! Love the momentary glimpse into your world!
Wrote: Oct 17, 2008 at 9:20 am
Princeton Premier Registry…..”Inclusion is considered by many as the single highest mark of achievement.”
I am so touched I cannot comprehend what this inlcusion would mean to me, my family and my fellow accomplished executives and professionals.
Coffee for all!
Wrote: Oct 17, 2008 at 9:42 pm
guess i am also part of this exclusive spam. At least i had my 15 mins of fame and guess what? My watch stopped after 12 minutes, so i am going to enjoy the next 3 minutes for the rest of my living life.
Wrote: Oct 31, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I can’t believe I read through ALL of this. But I did. I chuckled. I too, along with EVERYONE else, smelt spam and I remember from when I was a kid – I hated it then (tastes awful!) and I hate it now. Thank you spam filter, thank you Rose, thank you everyone!
I wonder what my flag will be? I am a Brit abroad. Oh, by the way, the Aussies are getting the same emails over there and have similar discussions!
One last thing, Rose, what are your biggest accomplishments so far? I am curious! I too am a write and poet (published) and professional storyteller!
Wrote: Nov 10, 2008 at 11:30 pm
PRINCETON PREIMIER SUCK MAJOR ASS…. WASTED 32 MINUTES OF MY BUSY DAY TO TRY TO GET 1000$ OUT OF ME…. BEWARE ITS A SCAM……
Wrote: Nov 14, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Hey all,
I came so close to purchasing a membership. Then the catch: How much? Oh, well, that’s not much. Wait… You mean $7.95, right?… No? I can buy Platinum at $800 which includes the free airline tickets, or Gold at $600? Wow. Yes, of course it would be a great honor. Yes, of course I understand you need my answer right now. Well…. well…. not really, see. Oh, you can give me the airline tickets even if I do the Gold? That’s great… but still… Oh, wow, a $200 offer reserved for your non-profit candidates. That’s very generous. I just remembered something else want to spend $200 on, though. What? … You said what? You can list me for free, but it will just be my name, not my whole biography, and it will only be for a year… Well, as I think it over, that sounds best. Thank you.
I’m glad this page exists to reassure me in my decision not to move forward. Thanks Rose and everyone else.
Wrote: Nov 19, 2008 at 10:34 am
I just got the email too.. I feel so special. Not!
Wrote: Nov 21, 2008 at 10:55 am
Well, don’t you know. For about 2 minutes I felt so special and then googled and here I am. Thanks Rose.
Wrote: Nov 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Hello Rose,
I also received the Princeton Premier’s invitation so thank you for saving me time and money!
Do you write employment related or work/life articles ? If so please email. Thank you!
Wrote: Dec 5, 2008 at 9:35 am
Darn! And I really honestly thought for at least a fraction of a mili-second that just maybe it was finally my moment of glory…
Wrote: Dec 10, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Looks to me like they have got fed up with America and Canada and started on us Brits. Received same email in London today.
I have received awards for my work so for a second I thought it might be real then I realised it was a load of old rubbish and googled to see if there was anything there. Hello fellow ex-Princeton Premier people!
I have hit the spam button on my office laptop and shall not be hearing from them again!
Wrote: Dec 11, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Thanks Jason – nice offer – I am just waiting for my new email friend who is a Nigerian member of government and oil tycoon to credit my bank account with 21 million US dollars before I can afford the application fee.
Then I can buy all the viagra on line I want.
You internet people are so generous and about to make a poor lonely Aussies dreams come tru!
Wrote: Dec 15, 2008 at 7:32 am
I got mine as well and checked out their supposed website. My suspicions were confirmed.
Jeeez, and my mother would have been SO proud.
Sheesh…
Wrote: Dec 15, 2008 at 5:03 pm
This is like Mensa IMHO. I took their test at school and remarkably; I had a “High” IQ! So I was eligible to join , I just had to stump up the yearly fee.
Wait a minute. Why would I pay a yearly fee to bolster my own ego? That doesn’t sound very “clever”.
Got my Princeton email this morning and like others above I googled them, ending up here. It’s heart-warming to know that this world is so overpopulated that people can make such a good living off the ignorant.
And on that note; Merry Christmas everyone!