Thank you to all who responded! Below are a few comments.
Dan,
I am with you 99.5%. You cannot unsubscribe from what I call "junk SPAM",
i.e. from sources with which you had no prior relation, in most cases sent
by botnets ("dark spammers").
However, you can unsubscribe from the legitimate mailing lists.
(You can unsubscribe from PDML, but you can never leave. :-) )
I do not unsubscribe using links in e-mail messages, unless I am 100%
sire it is from the legitimate source I know.
(I do check mail headers, etc.)
But even in those cases, most of the time I usually go to my profile on
the merchant's website.
Adorama is one of those.
In this particular case, I checked that the link brings you to the same
profile.
John,
I [almost] always unsubscribe from the mailing lists when I create
an account with merchants and such. The only exception is when I might
keep being subscribed for a while is some special that you get if you
subscribe for a particular list.
(In those cases, I use an e-mail address that is different from
my other addresses.)
By the way, (you probably know that, but it might be useful to others)
Gmail allows easy creation of such addresses.
E.g. if your Gmail address is [email protected] (which is, btw,
equivalent to the same without the dot: [email protected]),
you can use, e.g. [email protected] for your ebay account,
[email protected] for your B&H account, etc.
(All that without any hassle of creating new accounts, etc.)
This allows easy sorting of your messages, as well as blocking.
Paul,
I have a long history of mostly happy purchasing from Adorama (and
Adoramapix), including the time when it was within a walking distance for
me. That's why these bad acts from them were especially unpleasant.
Actually, I even had a favorite person at Adorama in-store Photo Lab, who
had a great eye for colors when printing photos, and hands growing from
the right place. I've always requested him to print my order, even if it
would take an extra day. But I digress...
I estimate that in my work and hobbies, I interact with hundreds of
vendors, websites, accounts, etc. If I were on the mailing list of each
vendor from whom I purchased something or inquired about their products,
my mailbox would be so cluttered, that I would be loosing important
messages among the spam.
I know you are more tolerant to e-mail advertisement. I actually stopped
ordering from a few vendors who were notorious spammers and disregarded
mailing list subscription etiquette/rules, even though they had very
competitive.
Cheers,
Igor
Paul Stenquist Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:43:25 -0800 wrote:
I’ve found Adorama to be very honest and helpful. I enjoy getting notices
of sales an other offerings from them. I do get too much mail, but I can
delete quickly!
On Jan 31, 2019, at 2:39 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
Also, whenever you have to "register" or "create an account" with a
merchant to buy online, check the bottom of the screen on the page where
you "agree to the Terms & Conditions".
There's usually a check box down there that says you agree for them to
send you information and offers. Scroll down if you have to until you
find it and UN-check the box before clicking the button to complete
registration/create an account.
Scrupulous merchants will honor this. You shouldn't be doing business
with unscrupulous merchants.
Otherwise, *Kill* *Filters* are your friend. Don't complain, just nuke 'em.
On 1/31/2019 13:37:51, Daniel J. Matyola 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.
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