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Buying on Ebay is NOT a Mailing List Request
TigersFan2
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Ugh! Yesterday I won an Ebay auction for a coin from a major seller with a well known national presence in the coin market. Of course when I paid for the coin with Paypal, the seller gets my email address. So this morning I get an email thanking me for registering for their website mailings and announcements. I've had this happen a couple of previous times with other Ebay purchases also.
Note to Ebay sellers... When I purchase a coin from you on Ebay, my intent is to ONLY purchase a coin from you on Ebay. I'm not asking to be registered to your business' email list. You CAN send me a single email asking if I'd like to join your email list. Please don't take it upon yourself to add me. Please respect my privacy. I don't want your SPAM!
Note to Ebay sellers... When I purchase a coin from you on Ebay, my intent is to ONLY purchase a coin from you on Ebay. I'm not asking to be registered to your business' email list. You CAN send me a single email asking if I'd like to join your email list. Please don't take it upon yourself to add me. Please respect my privacy. I don't want your SPAM!
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nice to see someone other than me that despises being spammed!
i've unsubbed to oodles of various businesses, some that i continually do business with, some i've stopped because of spam.
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I've been spammed from there before so not on mine.
On the email I got this morning, the opt out link sent me to their webpage to change my communication settings and was asking me for my userid/password. What??? I sent the seller a message on Ebay to please remove me.
Some people may actually want those e-mails.
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Some people may actually want those e-mails.
1. But sometimes there aren't "unsubscribe" links like the one I got this morning.
2. But people who want those emails should be asked, not assumed that they want to be added. It's just a way a seller can be polite.
Wondercoin
I won't say. No need to besmirch specific sellers on here. But I've had it happen with several different very large sellers.
I usually check to see if there isn't a pre-selected tickbox that needs to be unchecked. Obviously not at eBay but elsewhere.
In my business I made sure customers knew our mailing list was opt-in only. I'm sure it kept our list smaller than it would have been had we simply added everyone and then deleted those who wanted out. But I dislike being added automatically to email lists and refused to do it to customers.
Lance.
It might be a spectacular business strategy to gain customers. I can only comment further if I knew who it was?
Wondercoin
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How would anyone send e-mail to prospective clients if they don't use folks who actually purchased coins directly from them. It's not even a fishing game, you are talking about actual customers.
Sorry, but I'll view this differently.
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not to pile-on but lets flip the script.
sellers get buyers info from a papay/ebay purchase, even non-gift gets an email.
SO. the buyer should already have the requisite info, no? sellers can also put a card, flyer etc in a purchase package, yes? i really havent minded these too much, other than them cluttering up my trash can. a packing slip is all that is needed. ive seen thousands of my own and they give out FAR more info than i would like. if it bothered me enough, i simply wouldnt include the slip though.
any unsolicited contact from there regarding purchases usually loses them my business or at least delays/minimizes it and some minor negative comments to other numismatists if the subject comes up, like now or in-person.
amazing how some capitalists justify spam. im not saying ban anyone though but justification of aggressive business practices impresses me not a bit.
i concur that a non-fancy email with no sales links asking if i would like ads would garner my interest more than some impersonal, uncreative mass dartboard methodology-type solicitation(s). although again, the packing slip is enough imo.
what say you.
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<< <i>Note to Ebay sellers... When I purchase a coin from you on Ebay, my intent is to ONLY purchase a coin from you on Ebay. I'm not asking to be registered to your business' email list. You CAN send me a single email asking if I'd like to join your email list. Please don't take it upon yourself to add me. Please respect my privacy. I don't want your SPAM! >>
Nice rant, wrong crowd. Ranting here to "eBay sellers" does little to reach "eBay sellers." A rant on eBay may reach more of your target audience.
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<< <i>A rant on eBay may reach more of your target audience. >>
lmao and +1
in defense of the op, many larger inventoried sellers are members of rhis forum or have employees/family/representatives here.
your point is still well-made.
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Whereas I dislike being added to a seller's email list without opting in, I do like it a lot when a seller includes his/her business card with the coin. 100% of the time I'll check out the seller's webpage and I have bought a coin via a seller's webpage in this manner.
<< <i>I ranted on here because I expect that most on here do business on Ebay and have similar experiences. >>
Uhmmm nope ... not I
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That's the Federal Government rules, but I think eBay prohibits it?
<< <i>Because you have a pre-existing business relationship sellers are allowed to send you email under the current regulations, but it must include a way to opt-out.
That's the Federal Government rules, but I think eBay prohibits it? >>
I have never heard that...it sounds like the "do not call" list (which is a joke). But I tolerate one spam message that gives me a way to kill future ones.
Seems like a lot of us tolerate this practice. I get more than 200 spam messages a day so my opinions are a little strong.
Lance.
<< <i>So spend 15 seconds and click the "Unsubscribe" link. They can't read your mind.
Some people may actually want those e-mails.
1. But sometimes there aren't "unsubscribe" links like the one I got this morning.
2. But people who want those emails should be asked, not assumed that they want to be added. It's just a way a seller can be polite. >>
Not having an unsubscribe link is illegal. In that case, I would contact the seller with
a request to be deleted and, at the same time, I would alert them that they are in
violation of a law.
What you are suggesting in #2 is that they contact you asking you if you wish to
be contacted. The net result is you are going to be "bothered" at least once in
either case.