I just realized my Form 1500 application for Valpak got ignored by the USPS as well. Luckily, their web site has an opt-out form: ValPak Opt-Out. And then I discovered as I was filling in the opt-out form, the USPS gave me someone else’s mail! That must be against the law! I hope no one […]
Archive of posts filed under the Advertising category.
Comcast
Isn’t it amazing that of the five (5!) Applications for Prohibitory Order that I’ve filed against Comcast Cable, that none of them have even been acknowledged by the USPS? I guess when I file the next one, I need to send it with a Return Receipt requested, so I will know that the Processing Center […]
AT&T and Slamming
AT&T slammed me a few months ago. I made the huge mistake of giving them my street address when I called their slamming resolution center. I am now gettings tons of junk mail addressed to me as a “former AT&T customer.” Now I know if I ever get slammed, don’t give my mailing address to […]
Junk Mail update
My old junk mail page is a bit out of date. I’ll start keeping it up to date via my journal entries.
Form 1500 records
I’ve been updating my stack of receipts from the Post Office Form 1500 applications I’ve filed. Over 25 companies are now banned from sending me mail. 🙂 Unfortunately the idiots at the local Post Office don’t believe that anyone would not want that stuff, so I am still getting the Advo Shopwise garbage. I just […]
Extra advertising from Internet.com
I really strongly dislike (not quite hate) the way that Internet.com supports their mailing lists. Dear WebReference Update Subscriber, You are receiving this e-mail from WebReference Update and internet.com as part of your subscription to WebReference Update Instead of simply putting in ads with their regular content (which they also do) they also send out […]
Spam (Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
Spam is the Internet’s equivalent of junk mail. Another term you may see is unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). Regardless of what you call it, it is wrong to send out massive numbers of e-mail in the hopes of selling something. It shifts the cost of you doing business to the recipients of your e-mail, to […]
Spam: Why is it Wrong?
Reason #1 Q: Isn’t spam the same thing as junk mail? You could just delete it. It is very tempting to think of spam and UCE as the same as junk snail mail, when really at BEST it is more like graffitti. The reason you are only getting 4 or 5 a day is determined […]