Advertising (rant)

[--Pete]

Hi,

These companies need to learn that pissing the customer off is not a good strategy.
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Amen to that. You've reminded me of a little event of a few years ago. It was shortly after the USA national 'do not call' list went into effect. As you may know, many groups were except from that list, including political candidates. I got a call from a campaign worker soliciting my vote. I listened to the spiel, and then replied to the effect that the need for a 'do not call' list showed that the American public was sick and tired of spam calls. I pointed out that any political candidate with the intelligence of a wood louse would realize that mood and attitude and avoid spam calls. And I asked for the name of their opponent, to make it easier for me to vote. For some reason, the spammer hung up without comment :)

Pissing off the customer, the voter, the contributor is indeed not a good strategy.

--Pete