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What are some marketing tactics that you dislike ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it is when companies/services market themselves as donating to XYZ cause if I buy their product. If they want to donate, they should have already done that with the money they have. Asking me to give them profit so that they can donate is so obviously pretentious.

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 61 points 5 months ago (5 children)

To me it's sending me e-mails I have not explicitly signed up for. I have had once or twice, when I had filled out a form to order something and without pressing submit, they had already registered my e-mail address and signed me up for all kinds of spam, starting with 'weren't you about to order something'.

[–] WeeSheep@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Especially when they sign me up for a bunch of different emails lists I need to unsubscribe from each one individually and eventually just spam everything from them. Then they sell my email.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Use a different email alias for each site. Duckduckgo with their duck.com, or Apple’s Hide My Email makes that easy; let your password manager keep track of the alias. If they start to spam me, I know not to use that site again, and I can delete the alias so that the spam goes into a black hole.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I use my pets names. They frequently get special invitations for credit cards.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Aheeem excuse me buddy, where the hell do you think you're going? You left some ITEMS in your CART. You get back here right now and complete your purchase. Don't make me tell you twice!

[–] Today@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

But sometimes there's a good coupon in that email. The weed companies are good at that!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's very illegal in the UK and EU, oh my.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yep this was Canal Digital in the Netherlands. I sent them an e-mail that they should really stop doing this or I would mention it to the AP (Dutch privacy guard dog).

I mentioned it to the AP regardless.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

GDPR. Honestly, one of the greatest laws ever passed by anyone, anywhere. No hyperbole, it's so simple and pro-dignity. It also offers a simple litmus test: if you oppose GDPR, I oppose you.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve started signing them all up for each other’s mailing lists.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You sound like someone who would enjoy that adblocker that clicks on every ad in the background.

Edit: called adnauseam.io

[–] Today@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The ones that say re: your order