With a market value of 61B, this means Whoopi's vulgar obscenities have so far, cost stockholders....
- $1.22 BILLION!!
Posted on 07/13/2004 7:00:27 AM PDT by sandlady
I just received a phone call from a Slimfast rep. She said Unilever is referring all correspondence about Whoopi/Slimfast to them and they are then forwarding everything to the marketing dept. The marketing dept is deciding what to do but she wanted to let me know that they weren't ignoring my concerns. She added that she was appalled by Whoopi's "comedy" as well. While I thought they would eventually respond with a form letter and some coupons, I am stunned that they responded so quickly and it sounds like they're serious. I'm hopeful.
Yep, Whoopi, is the face and mouth of Rat Values!
Good for you!
Let them keep the vile mouth Rat spokesit, Whoopi as their spokesit.
Both of the threads on this are really slow even with DSL. That means a lot of people are reading these threads.
Lethal Weapon 6: Surrender to the FReeper.
I saw results about three weeks into it. Clothes began to fit better, I can use belts that have hung in the closet for....well, too long.
Wife dropped two sizes, btw. And is still dropping the weight.
Well, if sales dip and his income begins to suffer (and stock-holders note the dip in their values), her job is as secure as Ken Lay's.
LOL, make that tell a FRiend. :)
Wow ! Excellent letter to Slime-Fast !I doubt you hear back from them, but would be curious to see how they defend this. I bet if you do, it's a 'canned' letter. "We are so sorry to hear of ..... blah! blah! blah! ..... we hope you will reconsider and blah! blah! blah! ....."
I just sent them a short note and told them they should dump Whoopi "Cushion" as their spokesperson !By the way, your link has a colon (":") in it, but I just hit backspace and got there okay.
"I wouldn't use Slimfast anyway. The owner is a huge liberal."
So is the owner of Viacom (ya know MTV and huge swaths of the Cable station universe).
:-)
Already received the "canned" reply:
Dear XXXXXXX,
This is an auto-generated response to let you know that we've received your message.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We want to provide the best support possible to help you achieve your goals with The Slim·Fast Plan. Please don't hesitate to call us toll free at 1-800-SLIM-FAST as e-mail responses may take 1-2 days.
On 07/13/2004 you wrote:
To Whom it May Concern: I am a Lifetime member of Weight Watchers and I have previously used (and enjoyed) your Slim-Fast products in the past. No more. I was never keen on having Whoopi Goldberg as your spokesperson knowing her vulgar attempts at comedy. The latest news making the circuit describing her obscene references to President Bush at a Democratic Fund Raiser has made me decide that your product is no longer one that I will support. How any public entity would purposely put a low-life up front as their mouthpiece and expect sales to flourish is beyond me. Now, when I see her face and associate it with your product, I will have nothing but a negative reaction and the refusal to spend my hard earned money to support such a travesty. Your sidebar states "Tell a friend." I will spread this message far and wide advising people to avoid purchasing anything associated with Slim-Fast and Ms. Goldberg. Sincerely, XXXXXXX
Please tell your friends about Slim-Fast.com, and be sure to visit us again soon!
Sincerely,
The Slim·Fast Consumer Support Team
Now let's see what the *REAL* response will be!
"Whoopi Cushion" - I *LIKE* that! :-)
I just called.All comments are being forwarded to the marketing dept. and the person I spoke with totally agreed with me.
I hope they dump her and fast.A message needs to be sent across the liberal hollywierd crowd that we as consumers/ticket buyers will smack them down as well.
One of the cable channels was showing "Ghost" this AM. Whoopi came on as the medium -- I couldn't even watch her performance. What seemed funny ten years ago now seemed smartass and stupid in light of her abusing our Prez in that Radio City Music hall "comedy" routine.
Thanks for the info, I sent them an email.
They are perfectly free to keep using her as a spokeswoman but I won't give my money to a company who turns it over to her in a paycheck.
The link in Post #6 works. I just emailed Slimfast and informed them of my concerns.
That's so encouraging to hear. They have a 60 day money back guarantee so I thought I'd break the bank and try it.
Thanks for the encouraging words.
"That's so encouraging to hear. They have a 60 day money back guarantee so I thought I'd break the bank and try it.
Thanks for the encouraging words."
No problem, if it didn't get results, I would say that as well. Its working for me and my wife, thats all I know for sure.
I just looked at their stock and it was down -54 cents as of 1:54 ET.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UL&d=t
find later bump
"Gloverize" Goldberg....heh....good one.
Down $0.56 now... keep calling/e-mailing everyone. Think it will go down a whole dollar? LOL
good for you!
LOL!
The joke about the liquid protein diet is still up for grabs.
FReeped!
hehe ! :^DHey, we're famous again (FR) !
called and e-mailed complaint
Marines Express THEIR opinion of WHoopi![Not very PC, not very nice]
I wrote that I'd rather be fat than support such a hate-spewing spokeswoman for her company.
Marines Express THEIR opinion of WHoopi!not very PC, not very nice …..
Jenny Craig herself, who is now able to speak after five years of suffering a disorder stemming from erosion of facial muscles, now says that hiring Monica was a mistake.
To Mom: "You're going off Slim Fast."
I called Slimfats and got a nice young lady. I told her the reason for my call and she knew exactly what I was talking about. She had a strong dislike for ms. goldberg and thanked me for voicing my opinion with my wallet. I told her about all the great contact we at this site have had and then I asked her if she knew freerepublic.com. she said not before whoopi opened her mouth, but now. I have learned all about it. I said if you guys want a fat liberal who actually needs slimfast, you guys should try michael moore. She laughed and said I wasn't the first to suggest him. I am very pleased with the response from my call.
Cavuto on Fox right now showing their stock is tanking in the face of a boycott....Keep up the good work Freepers!
And if that liberal jerk running Slim-fast doesn't fire Whoopsie in a week, extend the boycott to ALL of Unilever!
Thanks for the link for writing to Slim-fast online.
You can EVEN use Slim-fast's own web form to help inform your friends and family of the boycott. I tried it and it works!
With a market value of 61B, this means Whoopi's vulgar obscenities have so far, cost stockholders....
Based on what you posted, I think I am going to give it a try. Wish me luck!! And, I am almost 43. :(
I believe Glover's contract was close to expiring anyway, which made it much easier for MCI. I do not think they actually termed it as being "fired". ;)
I also noticed today Fox mentioned a right wing group ;) forming a boycott against Unilever; but with the powers that be at the top in Unilever, it will probably come down to the Board. Just a guess.
The Company's operations are organized into two global divisions: Foods and Home and Personal Care (HPC). These divisions' operations are organized into businesses on a regional basis, with the exception of the global businesses of Prestige, the Company's fragrance business within HPC, and, within Foods, ice cream and frozen foods, Slim-Fast Worldwide and UBF Foodsolutions, which provides solutions for professional chefs and caterers.
To support its consumer brands, the Company owns tea plantations in India, Kenya and Tanzania, and palm oil plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Unilever N.V. and Unilever plc operate as a single entity. 
I said: "It's because of your profits from Ice-T's 'Cop Killer' album".
In a few weeks, Time/Life cut Ice-T loose from his recording contract.
The action caught the attention of Unilever, and their stockholders (per Neil Cavuto). Their price was down ~7% today because of the "boyvcott".
bttt
Cavuto or Free Republic? This boycott was mentioned the other day on FR and that is when I sent my e-mail. I have learned that if it is on Fox it probably started in FR.
You should post a personal on how to use Slim Fast's own email system to notify friends to boycott Slime Fast!
Freepers are great!
We need to make CEO's and Board Members to realize that their spokesits trashing our president is Politically In Correct with Conservatives, and it will cost them millions in bad publicity, lost business due to boycotts and a ton of hours to handle the back lash.
Uni Lever needs to fire Whoopi and that left wing lunatic president of Slime Fast.
Then, they need to boot the Dixie Chickens and muzzle the Bens and Jerry's.
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