Spamming by ' reputable' sellers - New Trend?

is online business THAT bad?

[jsinger]

We often sign up to receive ad emails from online competitors. Used to be we got about one email a month maximum from each. Anything more was considered (by me at least) spamming.

This year several went to twice a month, and now some very large sellers are sending email every day or two! We have never bought from any of them.

Seems some e-tailers are struggling to make figures and are willing to ruin their 'email future' to bring in a good month/quarter, ala the dot-com bubble.

Have you noticed this trend?

[Matt Probert]

You sign up to receive email announcements from companies, but then consider them to be spamming you when they send you the very email announcements you asked them to send you!

Perhaps the problem is one of perception? I though email spam was unsolicited emails?

Matt

[jsinger]

"I thought email spam was unsolicited emails"
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Getting an email every day *is* unsolicited. No one on Earth wants or anticipates that when they sign up.

Heck, we only get direct mail credit card solicitations every other day from Capital One.

[LifeinAsia]

Heck, we only get direct mail credit card solicitations every other day from Capital One.

Wow, your post office must be losing some of them. :)

[sniffer]

Sounds excessive to me. Who shops at the same place every other day for retail stuff?