EPE announced a new and improved e-mail service for Elvis fans. But there is a price, yourname@elvis.com address is no longer free. Here is the update from EPE:
Today Elvis Presley Enterprises and Aristotle.Net Inc. announced the launch of a new and improved vanity Elvis e-mail service available to thousands of Elvis fans. The new service, Elvis.com E-mail by Aristotle, replaces the old Elvis.com e-mail service and will provide the approximately 80,000 users with dramatically improved services.
The new service will be available to users on September 1st. The improved services will include the following: 99.9% spam free e-mail, unparalleled virus protection, increased web storage space, free technical support 24 hours a day/ seven days a week, and worldwide access. Additionally, Elvis.com E-mail by Aristotle is offered in five languages.
“We are so sure you will be pleased with the vastly improved performance of your e- mail that we are giving existing Elvis.com e-mail users, and those new users who sign up by September 1st, two free months of e-mail service, ” said Elizabeth Bowles, President of Aristotle.net.
“For just $21.00 per year or $2.00 per month we are now able to provide the quality product Elvis fans deserve,” Bowles added. “Additionally, Aristotle and Elvis Presley Enterprises will be providing fans with two downloadable and very collectable screen savers, including an exclusive Elvis.com E-mail screensaver and the 2004 Elvis Week screen saver.”
Aristotle, EPE’s partner for the improved e-mail service, is no stranger to Elvis fans. In fact, Aristotle has served as the Interactive Agency of Record for Elvis Presley Enterprises for four years, providing cutting-edge Interactive Projects including the development, design and hosting of www.Elvis.com, our award-winning interactive website as well as virtual tours, unique e-postcards, e-newsletters, interactive CD’s and more. Elvis.com E-mail by Aristotle expands this relationship.
Sign up now, and get two free months and two free screen savers.
Improved Elvis.com E-mail Now Available
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Lex wrote on
August 12, 2004
I can understand they offer extras for money, but charging for a service that was free, is stupid in my book. I bet they will loose a lot of users, so less attention and visitors for the site, shop, etc. I hope they will wake up in time.
Lex wrote on
August 12, 2004
Tried to complain through the form on the EPE-site, but the message bounced since their mailbox was full :-(. Guess a lot of other people complained too... Great service they deliver!!
ElvisO7 wrote on
August 11, 2004
Well, I have to say, that I will not be paying for this either. I have enough time making ends meet. They say O n l y $2.00 a month, but thats alot when you only make $15.00 and hour and our dear UNCLE SAM takes about 20% of that for taxes. Thanks, but NO Thanks!
QueenieWahine wrote on
August 12, 2004
I was disappointed to learn about the new charges too. I too am not signing up. It's yahoo for me from now on.
tigergirl wrote on
August 12, 2004
For years I have said that EPE are not in the Elvis business just to make money....I was wrong. Yet another money making scheme to get money from the fans. It is disgusting that EPE should offer this when they know that there are many FREE email services on the net but to have ELVIS in your email address you have to pay for it, Elvis Himselvis would not be pleased about treating the fans this way. Please let no-one suggest that thinking about Elvis is free or EPE will charge us for that too! I will not be signing for this email service, I will live with the four email addresses I already have on other servers.
johnlennon wrote on
August 13, 2004
I won't be paying at all, I have various other email accounts which I use more often, like Freeserve and even Hotmail. I only have an Elvis account for the sheer sake of having one. Paying out money for it now? I think not somehow! What a rip off. They'll do anything for money in the name of Elvis!
harmston wrote on
August 14, 2004
I can't believe so many people are worried about $2 per month? Most decent email services are now fee based - if you want a ton of spam a day Hotmail, Yahoo etc is fine if you don't then generally you have to pay. Operating an email service costs money - you really think EPE should give money away? EPE have made some strange decisions over the years - this isn't one of them....
pacer1965 wrote on
August 11, 2004
I hope the service is going to improve if you have got to pay for it. No thank you EPE i will not be signing up
javier wrote on
August 12, 2004
I hope no one, and I mean No One pays for that service, I'm sure I will not. Why should they charge you when yahoo gives you all that and 100 mb storage for free and hotmail will soon do the same with 250 mb? Too bad people will not see myname@elvis.com again, they (EPE) are the ones who because of their greed will lose publicity. JHL