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post #1 of 16
Thread Starter 
I have been trying to put together a list of the Acer executives for the last few days in preparation for any problems I may have with the service center not repairing, or worse yet, "Falafelling" my machine (my apologies, Falafel ). The one email I have not been able to find, but may be the most valuable, is Mark Groveunder the VP, Customer Service. If anyone wants to add to, or has any of the missing email address, please let me know and I'll add them to the list. These are the people that should ensure that we as consumers get a tip-top "flagship" laptop for the price we have paid, and if not they are responsible for making sure a warranty repair goes well and is done professionally. I would call Falafel's experience very unprofessional. Let's hope they step up to the plate and resolve his issues and fix (or replace) his service-damaged 8204.

Acer America Corp
2641 Orchard Pkwy
San Jose, CA
95134

US
Phone: +1 408 922 2988
Fax: +1 408 922 2940

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Acer America Executives

Rudi Schmidleithner - President, Acer America

Ming Wang - Chief Financial Officer

Mark Hill - Vice President, U.S. Sales mark_hill@acer.com*

Maarten De Haas - Vice President, Marketing and Product Management

Terry Tomecek - General Manager, Acer Canada

Mario Teuffer - General Manager, Acer Latin America mario.teuffer@acla.acer.com*

Mark Groveunder - Vice President, Customer Service Mark_Groveunder@acer.com**

Lenny Pollak - Senior Director, HR & Administration

Clarence Worthington - Senior Director, Sales Operations and Fulfillment

Alan Wang - Director, Information Technology alan_wang@acer.com*

Richard Black - Director, Marketing and Public Relations richard_black@acer.com *

Sumit Agnihotry - Director, Notebook Product Marketing sumit_agnihotry@acer.com*

Dirk Olsen - Director, U.S. Commercial Channel Sales

_______________________

Acer Company Executives

Gianfranco Lanci - President Acer Inc. Gianfranco_Lanci@acer-euro.com**

JT Wang - (Ex)President, Acer Inc.; Chairman and CEO JTWang@acer.com.tw*

Eugene Hwang - Director, International PR Marketing Division EugeneHwang@acer.com.tw*

Erica Hoa - Marketing, PR Specialist Erica_hao@acer.com.tw*

Stella TH Chou - Marketing, PR Specialist Stella_th_chou@acer.com.tw*

Lauren Swartz - Product Marketing Specialist LaurenSwartz@acer.com.tw*

Adam Gault - Corporate Communications Adam_Gault@acer.com.tw*

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Other general variations:

Acer Europe: firstname_lastname@acer-euro.com (European Staff)
Acer Service: firstname_lastname@tx.acer.com (For Acer Advantage and some service address')

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Notes:
1. It appears that most email addresses are firstname_lastname{AT}acer.com(.country if applicable) or firstname.lastname@; There are some variations, such as firstnamelastname@, so you might try all three if someone you want to contact doesn't have an email address listed.

* Obtained from web search.
** Unconfirmed email address; Someone has sent one to this person at this address and has not received a return email as a bounce or a response.
post #2 of 16
Looks like the convention is firsname_lastname@acer.com. Might be some variances, but you could control for those by sending the email multiple times (e.g., also try firstname.lastname@acer.com).
post #3 of 16
Quote:
Originally Posted by wynand32
Looks like the convention is firsname_lastname@acer.com. Might be some variances, but you could control for those by sending the email multiple times (e.g., also try firstname.lastname@acer.com).
I can just confirm, plus for European staff it is firstname_lastname@acer-euro.com - that might be the case of Mr. President.

By the way, I requested official information about the hassle around TM8204 from ACER Czech Republic (our representatives). I asked what can I do as a customer who wants to buy specific batch (06/03) and experienced bad product and faulty service four times. As a response I got a phone call from a guy, who was assigned to do so by the official service center. Regarding to this forum he said it is full of unsatisfied people and does not mean anything He said he cant help me in any way if I want to get fully working product, because all of them are 100% perfect, or should be. Then I said I really wanted to write a review for a magazine (I was asked to do so) and he said I cant use his words as it was a private phone call!!!!!! So I spent 30 minutes on my private cell phone with a blkoke from ACER who had no idea about what to say, stayed speechless like 13 times and finally he told me it was our private conversation. Bullshit, I was asking as a journalist and I made it obvious in my request, so I am of course free to use it.

Just to say that in the line of customer service ACER absoluetly SUCKS!!!! The sad part of the story is, that it is very common behaviour for all the giant companies that sell their products and do not want to care about them later.

Thanks ACER

cheers
post #4 of 16
I have sent an email to Mark Groveunder to the email address Mark_Groveunder@acer.com and it doesn't seem to have bounced.
post #5 of 16
So what was the point of the Acer guy calling you if he wasn't going to help?

Quote:
Originally Posted by 137
I can just confirm, plus for European staff it is firstname_lastname@acer-euro.com - that might be the case of Mr. President.

By the way, I requested official information about the hassle around TM8204 from ACER Czech Republic (our representatives). I asked what can I do as a customer who wants to buy specific batch (06/03) and experienced bad product and faulty service four times. As a response I got a phone call from a guy, who was assigned to do so by the official service center. Regarding to this forum he said it is full of unsatisfied people and does not mean anything He said he cant help me in any way if I want to get fully working product, because all of them are 100% perfect, or should be. Then I said I really wanted to write a review for a magazine (I was asked to do so) and he said I cant use his words as it was a private phone call!!!!!! So I spent 30 minutes on my private cell phone with a blkoke from ACER who had no idea about what to say, stayed speechless like 13 times and finally he told me it was our private conversation. Bullshit, I was asking as a journalist and I made it obvious in my request, so I am of course free to use it.

Just to say that in the line of customer service ACER absoluetly SUCKS!!!! The sad part of the story is, that it is very common behaviour for all the giant companies that sell their products and do not want to care about them later.

Thanks ACER

cheers
post #6 of 16
Note that it IS fair to say that negative postings on a forum aren't terribly meaningful, for a few reasons. First, people post negatives far more often and consistently than positives. Second, people on forums are often the most advanced and/or involved with their purchases, thus probably have the highest standards, and represent only a small fraction of purchasers. If we were to go exclusively by forums in making decisions, we'd never buy anything from anyone.

The rest of the conversation seems like complete bunk. Typical middle-management customer service-speak... You have to get higher than that guy to get a real response. My wife's the master at that sort of thing: she once got to Jack Welch's secretary at GE, and got a full refund for a dishwasher after a year of use PLUS some extra cash for her troubles. If you want results, go straight to the top, is her motto...
post #7 of 16
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by wynand32
Note that it IS fair to say that negative postings on a forum aren't terribly meaningful, for a few reasons. First, people post negatives far more often and consistently than positives. Second, people on forums are often the most advanced and/or involved with their purchases, thus probably have the highest standards, and represent only a small fraction of purchasers. If we were to go exclusively by forums in making decisions, we'd never buy anything from anyone.

The rest of the conversation seems like complete bunk. Typical middle-management customer service-speak... You have to get higher than that guy to get a real response. My wife's the master at that sort of thing: she once got to Jack Welch's secretary at GE, and got a full refund for a dishwasher after a year of use PLUS some extra cash for her troubles. If you want results, go straight to the top, is her motto...
Wynand: Excellent points. Your first points are why I felt (and still feel) that I am right in purchasing the 8204. I accept the chance that there would be some flaws on such a new machine, and as long as Acer fixes them, I am just fine.

And your wife is very right, and ultimately the reason I started this thread. I had a serious issue with my Dish Network equipment and a fee that I felt was totally bogus (I don't have a land phone line in my house and they charge you extra for NOT having your satellite box hooked up to the phone line!), so I tried going through 5 different CSR's on different days to get both issues resolved...nada. Well, I got fed up, did about 30 minutes of research on the web and found every executive's email I could find, then wrote a very polite but firm letter about the small man getting shafted by big companies on hardware issues, and my displeasure in having to pay a fee to NOT have something I didn't want anyway, then emailed it to my entire list and also faxed it to the president of the company. I actually didn't expect much, but it made me feel better. Within 2 hours I got a call from the president's assistant, we talked for a bit and said they would get back (sure....). Well, 30 min. later I got a call from VP/director of customer service himself and both issues were resolved over the phone. Done.

So, in preparation, I thought it worth the effort for people here to have this information if they choose to use it in a professional and respectful manner.
post #8 of 16
Quote:
Originally Posted by Falafel
So what was the point of the Acer guy calling you if he wasn't going to help?
Well, that is what I asked himn acutally LOL!!!!He just pissed me off (pardon my French) He called so that I shut up and do not write anymore, or simply said another task in the calendary was marked as DONE. But very good point Falafel, that is exactly what I asked him and he told: to answer your questions... not exactly to help.

The problem is: ACER devekops the stuff, has it manufactured in Taiwan / China and then sells it to the distributors. This is where ACERs responsibility except for repair centers ends here in the Europe. Since the notebooks are SOLD to the distributors, who sell it to the stores or local resellers, ACER does not want to disscuss anything that went wrong, never would admit any bad batch!!! It is gone and done, no questions dear customers, if there are problems have it repaired, but do not ask us!! That is exactly what I got for response! Plus I was told they are in no relation to me as a customer, because I am having the contract witht he local resseler, not with ACER while purchasing their product. I asked them how about at least moral responsibility if buing a $3000 notebook /it is that much here/ with the logo of ACER. He said: No, I am sorry!!!!!!!
post #9 of 16
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Falafel
I have sent an email to Mark Groveunder to the email address Mark_Groveunder@acer.com and it doesn't seem to have bounced.
I tested many email variations for the president and non bounce (using www.dnsstuff.com and www.dnsreport.com), so they may have a policy set up to accept all emails and trash the ones that aren't to a legit email address on the system.

So, another you might try if you don't get a response would be:

MarkGroveunder@acer.com
Mark.Groveunder@acer.com*
Mark.Groveunder@tx.acer.com
Mark_Groveunder@tx.acer.com *
MarkGroveunder@tx.acer.com

* I think these are the most likely to actually work if yours didn't.

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post #10 of 16
My problem is with Acer customer service, and not really the 8204 laptop. I'm fine with getting a bad production of a product, it happens. My problem is that the way I was treated by the people representing Acer and how they handled my case. All I was looking for was answers from them, but they treated me like they didn't want to deal with me. I guess by me pointing out problems with Acer's Texas repair center they decided to look the other way and brush me off.

My letter to Acer was polite and just pointed out the issues with customer service. I just told them I was disappointed, and I didn't ask for anything return.
post #11 of 16
Quote:
Originally Posted by Falafel
My problem is with Acer customer service, and not really the 8204 laptop. I'm fine with getting a bad production of a product, it happens. My problem is that the way I was treated by the people representing Acer and how they handled my case. All I was looking for was answers from them, but they treated me like they didn't want to deal with me. I guess by me pointing out problems with Acer's Texas repair center they decided to look the other way and brush me off.

My letter to Acer was polite and just pointed out the issues with customer service. I just told them I was disappointed, and I didn't ask for anything return.
I got you, the same here, I have had the same problem with my 8104, they messed up 4 times and finally returned unrepaired and scratcher computer with bad screen...so now I am waiting for the 06/03 batch of 8204 to avoid their service center as much as possible...

By the way, what is happening with your 8204 right now?
post #12 of 16
Mark.Groveunder@acer.com bounced. He probably no longer works at Acer. The other emails that didn't bounce might be treated as spam and are trashed.

"5.2.1 <Mark.Groveunder@acer.com>... Mailbox disabled for this recipient (in
reply to RCPT TO command)"
post #13 of 16
post #14 of 16

Additional Details

Here are the email addresses that bounced back


Adam_Gault@acer.com.tw
Erica_hao@acer.com.tw
mario.teuffer@acla.acer.com

& The following are some missing and new Email addresses of Acer's Top People
Rudi_Schmidleithner@acer.com
Clarence_Worthington@acer.com
Gregg_Prenergast@acer.com
Lenny_Pollak@acer.com
Joe_Castillo@acer.com
mark_hill@acer.com
alison_williams@acer.com
Mark_Groveunder@acer.com
Terry_Tomecek@acer.com
ming_wang@acer.com

Hope they understand that customers are the most valuable asset
post #15 of 16
As a former Dell user who has owned an Acer for the last 1.5 years, I can report that I would never buy another Acer product.

But Asus is another "value leader", and the same lack of product support seems to occur with them.

A lot of us would probably like to know which company we should buy from in the future to avoid these non-support problems.
post #16 of 16

The email address at Acer Service Center, Customer Interaction Center, Logistics, Preimer Support, and other departments located in Temple TX follow this format: firstname_lastname@tx.acer.com

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