AT WAR WITH BARBIE.COM, PART II (Celebrity Guest Comment) — by Steve Nadis
Now out of the blue comes this missive from someone who calls herself madamgoat50: “I found this site when I was searching for “Barbie.com customer service”. The same thing has happened to my daughter–who is old enough to read the comments about her name–and she’s quite angry with Barbie to say the least!! While I applaud the efforts of the site to keep children away from in-appropriate language, I think they need to find another filter to use. My daughter is named for her great-grandmother and has a perfectly lovely, old fashioned name. It in no way sounds like, looks like or relates to anything ‘naughty’!”
Others whose children have been similarly traumatized at the hands of barbie.com should contact us re. the new support group we’re forming called “WHAT BARBIE WROUGHT…”
Snake- Look up the Customer relations # for Mattel Corp.(correct?) & get on a conference call with the Madam & give ‘em Hell!
Tell them they need to apologize TO THE CHILDREN, either in Writing or a house call.
You may scoff but my sister had Hostess show up at our door (she was 17) & a friend had Hasbro show up at his door, offering apologies & “stuff”. (Both were the result of letters, so get the typewriter cobwebs cleaned off, too)
Good advice, Anon! The last post was merely the opening volley. There’s more to be said on this subject, and it will. –Snake