I need to move fast. On March 17, I got a $10 off (the purchase of $30 or more) postcard from Oriental Trading, but it expires on March 19. It's a good deal, but I have no need for any Oriental Trading items right now and certainly not in such short notice. I think that the piece should highlight the time sensitivity of the offer, with a phrase like, hurry, offer expires soon.
Now on to my harassing direct mail...I have requested numerous times to be taken off the Southern Poverty Law Center's mailing list. I am not interested in supporting their causes. (I contributed to SPLC about four years ago when I made a memorial gift, at the request of the family of the deceased.) SPLC calls me, e-mails me and sends me direct mail pieces often, at least once a month. With each e-mail, I unsubscribe, only to get another e-mail the following month. I think that this violates http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm CAN-SPAM. This latest piece is a 2009 renewal notice. Mind you, that I never "subscribed" to begin with, so I am not renewing. The membership acceptance form thanks me for my support since 2005. I repeat: I made one contribution in 2005 and it was not a membership payment. Perhaps, their tactic is if you keep hounding people eventually these people will just acquiesce. I don't think so...and that old, outdated ploy of sending return address labels with the recipient's name and SPLC's logo won't help any either. Just STOP bothering me....
Now on to my harassing direct mail...I have requested numerous times to be taken off the Southern Poverty Law Center's mailing list. I am not interested in supporting their causes. (I contributed to SPLC about four years ago when I made a memorial gift, at the request of the family of the deceased.) SPLC calls me, e-mails me and sends me direct mail pieces often, at least once a month. With each e-mail, I unsubscribe, only to get another e-mail the following month. I think that this violates http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm CAN-SPAM. This latest piece is a 2009 renewal notice. Mind you, that I never "subscribed" to begin with, so I am not renewing. The membership acceptance form thanks me for my support since 2005. I repeat: I made one contribution in 2005 and it was not a membership payment. Perhaps, their tactic is if you keep hounding people eventually these people will just acquiesce. I don't think so...and that old, outdated ploy of sending return address labels with the recipient's name and SPLC's logo won't help any either. Just STOP bothering me....
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