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Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:02 am  |
I registered with them in case I decided to take part in a live auction on the spur of the moment. But they sent so many newsletters it was annoying. I unsubscribed, but the emails kept coming. I called and a CS person said he would take care of it, but the emails kept coming. I emailed the president and the tech support person 3X in total, stating my annoyance more forcefully each time, but the emails keep coming. In fact, I strongly believe they have retaliated by using my email address to sign up on miscellaneous websites! I'm not kidding -- it's too much of a coincidence, timing and all.
I know -- I should have used an email address just for web sign-ups. I was in a hurry, or wasn't thinking at the time, I guess  I'm usually more careful...
So now I have reported them to the US FTC.
"If you wish to report unsolicited commercial email to the FTC, you should forward that spam to spam@uce.gov"
Got that info from this site:
http://cc.uoregon.edu/cnews/fall2002/spamreport.html
The site also has info on how to report certain kinds of spam directly to the appropriate government agency.
I have also reported it to my ISP and hopefully future emails from Bidz.com will be blocked.
Hope this saves others from the same hassle!
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:12 am |
EWW!! I hate SPAM!  This is one of the reasons why I abandoned my yahoo and hotmail accounts. Thanks for the warning!  |
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:08 am |
| In the past I've bought heaps of things from bidz (back when there was lots of jewellery to choose from) and I have never received emails from them other than the usual payment confirmations. I haven't bought anything for 12 or so months from that site and didnt even know they newsletters - not that I want any either! |
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:49 pm |
| Thanks for the warning. |
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:21 pm |
You're all welcome!
kalegr, you really don't want them. I have a few I saved because I forwarded them to the president and tech guy at the company. I just went and counted - in 6 days I received 3 *newsletters* from them! Yes, this was all after unsubscribing and calling customer service.
I told the president that if he cared about reputation of the company, he would make sure I was removed from the mailing list. Emailed him 3x in 3 weeks. Still getting the emails from the company, so obviously he doesn't care.
And as I said, I started receiving suspicious spam from other sources out of the blue and all at once.
poohlisey - I don't know about yahoo.com, but yahoo.ca (for Canada) is pretty good about dealing with spam.
Thanks everyone, for your support. I believe in having a big mouth when it comes to stuff like this! 
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