Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:56:23 +0100 From: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: when are unsolicited sales okay? Message-ID: <20030225235623.GC579@juno.home.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0302241244360.31149-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0302241244360.31149-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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On 2003-02-24 12:52:06 (-0800), Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote: > Can an unsolicited sales pitch ever be appropriate? No. > Some people and businesses don't like door-to-door sales. (I don't mind the > very infrequent religious, chiropractic or vote-seeker coming to my door.) I do mind them, very much. I didn't mind the very infrequent religion salesmen until a few years ago when a pair of them decided to show up at an indecent hour of the morning (before noon) to Bring Me The Light. I told them quite frankly that my house was Blessed with electric lighting and to push off. Since then, I've not had problems with religious groups anymore. What I also mind _very_ much are street-salesmen clamping on to me when I'm walking through town. I particularly dislike the kind that can't take 'shove off' for an answer, and try to sell me something for the better part of the way to my car or office or home (whichever is applicable). > All of us (I assume) are against unsolicited email sales letters. Definitely. > I dislike getting phone calls to my home trying to sell me new roofs, better > security systems, windshields, vacation packages, etc. So do I. Unless someone has been on my roof or inside my building, they really shouldn't be forming opinions on the roofs or the security systems. When I want to go on vacation, I'll make my own arrangements. > I don't mind receiving a few sales pitches to my business telephone line if > they are related to my work. (I only receive about one per week.) Oh I _loathe_ those... They always tend to call when I'm in the middle of something, and short of ripping the cord out, or tossing the phone out the window, there's no way of getting rid of the twits at the other end. Luckily, they don't occur too frequently. Perhaps salesmen keep 'black lists' of people not to call because they treat them rudely? I hope they do :-) > But I dislike receiving offers for windshield crack repairs to my business > phone. Don't think I ever got that offer, but I see your point, and agree completely! > I usually don't care about the tens of sales letters I receive each week; > sometimes I receive something interesting. I do care that I waste some time > recycling. And I do mind that natural resources are probably being wasted. I now have a sticker on my mailbox discouraging junk mail. The town hall 'issues' these stickers to citizens wanting them. The few pieces that come through, I'm mailing back to the sender, void of stamp. The 'addressed' junk mail I receive with the 'postage paid by recipient' envelopes inside, I mail back in the provided envelope. I hope they recycle it for me, and get the hint that I'm not interested. Perhaps I should forge the 'recipient is deceased' stickers the post puts on letters when they can't be delivered to people who've expired? > I don't receive unsolicited faxes anymore. But a few years ago, I used to > receive sales pitches by fax, but it was because my number was similar or > used to be some other companies. (So this hasn't been an issue.) I don't own a fax, so I'm okay there. Anyone still 'actively' using a fax should evolve, imo... > Anyways, when are unsolicited sales okay? Never. - Philip [difficult customer] -- Philip Paeps Please don't CC me, I am philip@paeps.cx subscribed to the list. A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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