And I don't even use the blasted thing!

That is perhaps why.

1. FaceBook tries too hard to get new users. When folks add an e-mail address to it, it sends out an invite. Maybe that can be shut off, but I've gotten a few invites now. It's annoying. I am sorely tempted to use the opt-out option they have though I don't know if that will be ( Read more... )

Over two years ago, on August 5, 2006 I posted a couple scans of an advertising come on as well as a transcript of the text. That post shows up on web searches and has received a few comments from other folks curious about who was behind the card. One or two claim to have been salesm...er, Marketing Directors, for the company. Of course there ( Read more... )

Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.

For most circumstances there is no need to resort to violence. But sometimes it might be the only language that gets understood. So for the unreasonable folks who just can't grasp that a polite "no" or even an impolite "no" actually means "no" there is a special educational program.

I mentioned the MG2 sleazeballs before. In the followups, it was revealed that these jokers are also Tri-Star and push Tri Star Home Care Products (vacuum cleaners).

Well, another Bingo card arrived in the mail. It's from Orion Systems in Loveland CO with a postmark from Advanced Direct Marketing, Inc. also in Loveland, CO.

This time I scanned ( Read more... )

This time it's an "Important Delivery" letter. A designation that USPS does not use. It's pink. It's a 'carbonless' envelope with black obscuring over much of it, so it looks like something that has personal information or a check. But countering that is the text "SECOND NOTICE" which is a lie. For it to be a second of anything there'd have to ( Read more... )

Jay and I have been getting calls from 515-473-60XX for a few days now. Despite the house number being on the Do Not Call list, they call and try to claim that they are rescheduling an appointment or confirming one. One call got far enough to discover it was about siding. The first time was annoying as the call is itself illegal due to the Do ( Read more... )

This past February borderpilot mentioned he had "Larry, Dell Customer advocate" stalking his LiveJournal. I don't have Larry (though that might change with this post, who knows?) but I have someone else.

Almost a year ago I posted about a couple sleazy advertising gimmicks. Since then, that has been the top Google result for people researching some of ( Read more... )

Every once in a while I get an anonymous comment that is just link spam. Nobody but me sees these as I have things such that anyone not my "friends list" can leave a comment, but those must be reviewed by me before being made public. Almost all are made public. Spammers and trolls are the exceptions, of course.

Today another spammer tried, ( Read more... )

I've mentioned this bit of scammy advertising ( here and here) that attempts to trick the recipient of a post card into calling a number so as to bypass any Do Not Call listings. Since then, I've gotten yet another card from these jokers.

This time I didn't just toss it. Instead, I've scanned it so it can be an example for me to point out a few ( Read more... )

In the Sleaze Factor post back in March I mentioned the postcardiod stunt that K-Designers pulls. Today there was a reply posted to it. The reply is reproduced here:

I work for K-Designers

It's not really a scam it's just an advertisement. Basiclly, if you call the number on that card you'll be connected to an inbound rep at our call center. ( Read more... )