We don't have to put up with that sort of shit over here, we have Europe-wide laws about it. You should apply to join the EU - I hear there's a place going spare.
> On 31 Jan 2019, at 18:38, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never, never "unsubscribe" by clicking the link for doing so contained in > the spam email. That only lets them confirm that it is a live email > address and is being read or at least monitored. They then sell than > information. > > Instead, you can block all emails from that address. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:53 AM Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> It happened again: SPAM (aka UCE) from Adorama, despite being >> unsubscribed. >> >> With very few exceptions, with all stores and services where I have >> accounts, I immediately unsubscribe from all their spam-lists. >> >> This morning, I received a spam message from Adorama. Using the link >> "Manage subscriptions" at the bottom of the message, I went to their >> website and my account had the status "unsubscribed". >> So, I called their customer service. >> The representative who answered, told me: "You need to be unsubscribed on >> our side too." >> What?! >> According to her, my preferences do not matter much. >> >> I spoke with the customer service (CS) supervisor, who did not confirm >> that there is a separate preference, but he told me that there are two >> accounts: (he failed to explain it clearly, here is the best I could >> get from him:) one on their end and one that I see online. >> He assured that I am now unsubscribed, and it was probably a glitch, >> bla-bla-bla. But he gave no clear explanation why my choice on the account >> didn't matter, and why there was a sudden change in the subscription. >> >> >> The problem is that it has been a recurring issue with Adorama: >> I had already received spam from them before, despite being unsubscribed. >> And then I unsubscribed, and the spam stopped for a while. >> >> >> >> I have been having rather similar recurring problem with Adoramapix: >> I started receiving spam from them in 2016, from which I >> unsubscribed in July (2016). Then again, I started receiving spam in March >> of 2017. I spoke with their CS manager in April of 2017, who assured me >> that I was unsubscribed at that point again and it will stick. >> >> Lo and behold, in January of 2019, I started receiving their spam again. >> I called and spoke with the same CS manager. Unlike the Adorama manager >> this morning, he did not mumble the nonsense about a glitch. >> He blamed it all on their marketing department, telling me that he has no >> control over their actions, but he made sure that I was unsubscribed again. >> Actually, with me on the phone, he walked (presumably) to their marketing >> department and told them: "Please make sure this address is unsubscribed." >> But he didn't ask: "Why did this customer became subscribed again after I >> unsubscribed him?", or better yet, "Why the hell,...?" >> >> All these facts suggest that both Adorama and Adoramapix have unscrupulous >> marketing departments that do not respect their customers. >> I doubt it is done without the knowledge of AdoramaPix and Adorama upper >> management. >> >> I stopped using Adoramapix a while ago because of the problems I had with >> them in July of 2016. >> I've made many purchases from Adorama over 22-year period (the most >> recent in December). >> >> But, I have low respect for the companies who do not respect their >> customers and their customers' preferences. >> >> >> By the way, >> Previously, I had a somewhat similar experience with B&H. When I >> complained about that, they (Henry P. whom many PDMLers know, especially >> Bill :-) ) were rather open about how the resubscription happens. >> And they did eventually change their sneaky resubscription practice, >> which I respect. >> You can read that story from 2016 here: >> >> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/106-ask-b-h-photo/326729-b-h-keeps-re-subscribing-me-e-mail-newsletters.html >> >> >> >> Thanks for reading, and Caveat Emptor! >> >> Igor >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
