News

This is Terrible, Just Terrible…

Sometimes I have a hard time restraining myself, I got some spam the other day and felt it necessary to reply.

Dear Manager,

We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china. Right now we have an important issue to confirm with you.

Yesterday, We formally received a domain name registration application. One company which self-styled “MCMAXX INC” were applying to register ” fcpgroton ” as Internet Brand and following domain names:

fcpgroton.cn / .com.cn / .net.cn / .hk / .com.hk / .tw / .com.tw / .asia / .in

After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company’s, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for “MCMAXX INC”. Therefore please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me as soon as possible.

Looking forward hearing from you.  Thanks

Best Regards.

Mark Qian

My spam sense started tingling, so I sprung into action.

Oh my God Mark,
This is terrrible! Just terrible!

Who owns MCMAXX INC? How can I contact them? I need a home address, a list of his children’s names, their school schedules, bedtimes and their 10 greatest fears as well.

I will handle this matter personally.

Thanks for bringing this to by attention.

Regards,
Alex “Ice Cream Killer” Frank

Maybe some of you got the Family Guy reference in there.  Now, Is it possible it was just a fishing scheme, searching for addresses? Of course, but the thought of a good troll overwhelmed me.  So I pushed those worries aside.  Later that day, early morning in China, I got a delightfully unfazed return from Mr. Qian.

Dear Alex,

I am very sorry. We do not have their permission，We have no right to provide their detailed information to you.

If you think this is necessary, you can investigate by yourselves, but not from us. Thank you.

Many thanks for your confirmation.I knew your company have registered the domain name *fcpgroton“.

Best Regards,

Mark Qian

So that’s a lesson learned for me, although spam is irritating, it’s not without its own kind of moral compass.

Well Hello there Google+

It seems like just yesterday Google rolled out the red carpet and opened Google+ up to businesses. Oh wait, it was.

But we’re all over that junk! I personally know a few people that have kicked Facebook to the curb and fully embraced Google+. FCP isn’t anywhere near doing that but you sure can expect us to have a presence over there.

So here’s the deal, add us to one of your Google+ circles by the end of Friday and you’ll get put into a VIP group, that group will be privy to special contests, deals and promotions.

FCP Stores
FCP Euro
FCP Import

I don’t think Facebook is going anywhere, not like MySpace, but let’s get together and all embrace the positive (+) future!

SEMA Show 2011 Photo Coverage

Vegas Baby! SEMA is a yearly event and, as you may know, is one of the largest aftermarket showcasing events of the year.  It brings together vendors and manufacturers from all regions of the industry to exhibit their product lines and get feedback from consumers.

It’s widely known as the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. It draws the top minds and finest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center. On top of all this, the SEMA show offers seminars, product demonstrations, special events, networking opportunities and more.  We use all of this to turn around and make FCP Euro and FCP Import the best they can be.

We’ve photographed the show in all it’s stoich-ness (thanks Mike G for that term) for you to enjoy:

Full coverage beyond the bump:

Read More…

1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 27  Scroll to top