Am I A Grumpy Old Moo..?

[Tiggy]

or just a typical consumer? :D

I have been struck of late by the number of sites that I visit, offering whatever service, where the company in question want to 'have a relationship with' me.

This usually takes the form of non-stop emailing once you have given them your address in return for some free information, all of which have 'eye-catching' titles (one example being ' I was dead for 3 years but I'm alright now') to ensure that my curiosity is so piqued that I simply have to open it ( I don't), and much familiarity and overuse of my christian name.

Am I an oddball in that all I require is -

to know they are providing x service?
to know where to find them and how to contact them should I require it?

This phemomenon is particularly disturbing when the company in question professes to be an ' an internet marketing guru'. If I find their own marketing approach such a stomach churning turn off, why on earth would I seek to impose more of the same on some other poor unsuspecting person?

Tiggy :D

[Jayne]

ditto to all of the above..

It's not quite as bad a a door to door sales man though, I never ever buy anything off them. Don't trust people who have to knock on doors for trade. Leaflets are fine, don't mind them. I think it's rude to do the door knocking thing.

Just like it's rude to push services through email too much.

Jayne

[Tiggy]

ditto to all of the above..

It's not quite as bad a a door to door sales man though, I never ever buy anything off them. Don't trust people who have to knock on doors for trade. Leaflets are fine, don't mind them. I think it's rude to do the door knocking thing.

Just like it's rude to push services through email too much.

Jayne

totally agree Jayne. I had a laugh this lunch time, went into Watertones and flicked through a BTEC book on Business. It told me how the best way to do market research is over the phone rather than face to face because 'it's convenient and comfortable for both the caller and the potential customer'.

We all know that when these calls come through it NEVER seems to be convenient!!! :lol: Oh the wonderful world of theory!!!
Tiggy

[Jayne]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

So is life!

Jayne

[DarrenH]

Hi

I think we have to be careful here...

An ethical company will give you what in internet terms is known as a "double opt in" system for e-mail

This basically means you will be sent an e-mail asking you to confirm that you don't mind receiving further mailings.

I run a newsletter from my site and if someone decides to subscribe they receive an e-mail asking to confirm that they did, in fact, ask to subscribe.

My hosting service insist on this procedure as they have an extremely strict spam policy, basically a zero tollerence approach. If they receive a compaint from someone saying that one of their subscribers has been sending unsolicited emails, your account is cancelled. Obviously they find out if the alligations are well founded first lol.

Also, there should be a means of unsubscribing from any e-mails you receive, if not, they ain't a very good net guru.

Darren

[JoyDivision]

Leaflets can get a lot of business, we put our address on ours though and the phone number is a UK local land line. I would say with leaflets if its an 0800/0845 type number and there is no address on it avoid them.

Why would a company not want you to know your real address?

Some door to door salemen are just crooks, we have a big sign saying no sales men but they just ignore it.

"Do you want double glazing"

"No we already know a perfectly good company that dosn't have to knock on doors for business and they don't employ salemen"