>Robert Menschel said:
>> Lots of emails from Staples, and as
>> far as I can tell every one has
>> been subscribed for.
>
>Sounds like you are giving them the "benefit of the doubt"... which is fine.
>
>But I don't really think that so many of my clients actually explicity checked
>"subscribe" somewhere on a Staples web site.
>
>More likely... they bought something from Staples or elsewhere and failed to
>uncheck "receive special offers"... and I'm still somewhat giving them the
>benefit of the doubt in that scenario.
>
>Any other thoughts? Anyone?
>
>Rob McEwen
>PowerView Systems
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(478) 475-9032
>
Or they might have gotten on the Staples list the same way I did:
By filling out a Staples rebate form with their email (optional) and not
checking the "don't send me email" box. BTW. Many of the "deals" in the
Staples flyer are quite good and I gladly continue to receive it; In
particular, the "loss-leaders" are often extremely well priced. BTW. For
stuff, not "on sale/special", Staples is *not* generally inexpensive - but
service is good, and they will deliver for free, by truck from the local
store within 24 hours most of the time (very convenient for items like safes,
filing cabinets or anything large or heavy).
The exact same situation is true for Office Depot (though the ads
are less frequent) and Office Max (whose ads are only a few times a year).
For all of these companies I willingly and knowingly signed up for their
"commercial email", but in none of these cases is it unsolicited (I buy
from all of them). I did give each one a unique email account, so I can
say with fair certainty, that none has ever sent anything to my "regular"
personal accounts (like this one), which are spammed relentlessly, and none
of these three seems to have ever given the email address to any third party
(unlike some other "large" companies); For those able to, using a unique
email address for every corporation you deal with, makes tracking the transfer
or sale of your address very clear when it happens.
Paul Shupak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
