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Shit. I just went through something like this yesterday.
A couple months back, I contacted an event organizer through using the (AOL) address specified on a contact form. We had a conversation back and forth regarding media credentials, whatever. No big deal.
I get a press release announcing the event is canceled. Okay. That sucks, but I can understand why I got it. Moving on. Yesterday, I get another press release. It's announcing a tire sponsor for a series of rally events on the east coast - 3,000+ miles from me; a guy without a rally car. Oh, and did I mention this press release is a .JPG with text and non-functioning hyperlinks? Yeah.
:facepalm
Me: I would appreciate being unsubscribed from future promotional emails such as this one. Thank you.
Dude: This can hardly be called a promotion. It is an announcement to the small world of US rally that a vendor goes on a limb to support this small sport and its competitors. The only way I can satisfy your request is to remove your address from our mailing list permanently. Please advise whether this is what you want us to do.
With best regards,
Me: I appreciate rally's need for support in all the various forms it can take, and would never begrudge a vendor's showing of support - especially not at this level - but I do not recall how I managed to get onto this mailing list. Did I mess up an opt-in form somewhere?
Dude: We do not send unsolicited e-mail. If you are on our e-mail list, we were in contact before. Do you wish to be removed?
bets regards,
Me: Please. Thank you.
Dude: Done, thank you. Regards,
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Seriously? Technically, CAN-SPAM pretty much prohibits this sort of thing. If you have only one email address, simply contacting you is not solicitation of future marketing communications. I tried to give this guy the benefit of the doubt (my opt-in hint), but typical AOL user, no fucking clue how the internet works.
Anyway. You are 100% correct, Sgt. Dave. Dude needs to check his shit. If he was trying to hook you up as a friend or something, he wouldn't have used the bullshit URL modifier.
Fuck it. I'm going home.
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