Photobox Spam - Welcome to the dark side
Photobox is a digital photo company based in the UK that just teamed up with a digital greeting card company. Coincidentally, what had been a single 'Welcome to Photobox' spam which I ignored, has turned into a nearly daily deluge of offers for a service based in Europe that I wouldn't use even if I did live there.
Tried getting the attention of their Twit-bot on Twitter @Photobox (the avatar is a blonde with big hair - the humans behind it could be anything). After much back and forth ('just drop what you're doing and call when it suits us') it said that 'Andy' was anxious to sort this out and was waiting for my call today (Sept 15/2011).
I called. Didn't get Andy, but got Kash who goes by just the one name: "Andy's not in today."
Thanks for nothing, blonde avatar lady. Are you clueless or did you flat out lie?
Kash did make the request I get from every spammer I've ever called: Give me your email address and we can fix it.
No.
You bought a bad list, or let people sign up others without their permission, and have clearly stepped into opt-out territory: That's where the spammer keeps hammering you until you say stop, rather than requiring an okay from you before they even start.
I want to know how you got my personal email address in the first place - I'm guessing it was through what you call the 'Refer a Friend' page and what should be renamed 'Annoy your friends and enemies' page. And why you started battering away at me after more than a year of silence.
One email in March, 2010, then silence until July 5, 2011, when Photobox apparently changed policies and the near-daily barrage began.
I doubt it's just me: this smells like policy. The kind that spammers adopt.
-g
