But as soon as you deal with the piece of advertising you received, the company that sent you it has achieved part of their goal.
EVERYBODY who's heard of AOL knows that they are known for their CDs. If you get a computer magazine once in a while you can not not have heard of AOL.
You then proceed to attache a brick to the CD and post it back.
Next time you see an AOL add you think:
HA! Those suckers! They're the people I sent that brick.
What have we here? Brand recognition. You know they exist, and chances are you know a little about them.
The only way to really hurt (aka stop) people who spam is to stop them from achieving their objectives - so that they are wasting their time and money.
Get them where it hurts: take them spam and dump it straight away. Don't read it, don't think about it. Just ignore it as much as possible.
Next time you go shopping you will not know about the great deal that they have, you will not know where the new shop opened.
Never respond in anyway to anything you received that was unsolicited. You want a product, go out and inform yourself and based on that buy.
Example: you get a magazine with a great deal on subscription. First of all, you shouldn't know about it. Second, if you react to it, the company who sent it knows their spam is working.
What I recommend: go to a well sorted news agent, browse the magazines, compare, and buy a copy of the magazine. Then call the subscription hotline number in the impressum. When they ask where yu found out about them: don't say - I read your flyer.
Bottom line: You must never react in a manner that the busines, who has an interst in reaching you , is able to perceive.
Problem: Most people are too (sorry about this) stupid to pull through with this. They are to comfortable in their life. They sit at home and wait to be innundated with information and do nothing about it except preach to the converted.
Why it'll never go away: The broad public, i.e. all the people who are not reading this, will never take action, nevermind inconveniance themselves.
There you have it - my 2 x for today (replace x with the smallest unit of your local currency).
Slashdot Mirror
You hate junk mail. Fine.
But as soon as you deal with the piece of advertising you received, the company that sent you it has achieved part of their goal.
EVERYBODY who's heard of AOL knows that they are known for their CDs. If you get a computer magazine once in a while you can not not have heard of AOL.
You then proceed to attache a brick to the CD and post it back.
Next time you see an AOL add you think:
HA! Those suckers! They're the people I sent that brick.
What have we here? Brand recognition. You know they exist, and chances are you know a little about them.
The only way to really hurt (aka stop) people who spam is to stop them from achieving their objectives - so that they are wasting their time and money.
Get them where it hurts: take them spam and dump it straight away. Don't read it, don't think about it. Just ignore it as much as possible.
Next time you go shopping you will not know about the great deal that they have, you will not know where the new shop opened.
Never respond in anyway to anything you received that was unsolicited. You want a product, go out and inform yourself and based on that buy.
Example: you get a magazine with a great deal on subscription. First of all, you shouldn't know about it. Second, if you react to it, the company who sent it knows their spam is working.
What I recommend: go to a well sorted news agent, browse the magazines, compare, and buy a copy of the magazine. Then call the subscription hotline number in the impressum. When they ask where yu found out about them: don't say - I read your flyer.
Bottom line: You must never react in a manner that the busines, who has an interst in reaching you , is able to perceive.
Problem: Most people are too (sorry about this) stupid to pull through with this. They are to comfortable in their life. They sit at home and wait to be innundated with information and do nothing about it except preach to the converted.
Why it'll never go away: The broad public, i.e. all the people who are not reading this, will never take action, nevermind inconveniance themselves.
There you have it - my 2 x for today (replace x with the smallest unit of your local currency).