So what company sold out their customer list?

[irishfield]

 

Anyone else just get the same??

[mbac31]

I did to. Not sure from wher but starting to tick me off.

[Syn]

I'm not worried. Just got an email from a Nigerian price who promised to reward me handsomely $$$ if I forward him some money.

[irishfield]

LOL Syn... I'm not worried either.. just won't deal with the company if we find out whom !

[BillM]

I registered my graph on Humminbird a few months back, but this was the first email I've ever received from them..

 

Was yours about some Kevin Van Dame seminar or something?

[irishfield]

Yep..and my email address is in Capitals...

[Bill Shearer]

Have you filled out any ballots at any of the recent shows?

[irishfield]

Never that stupid. It's either a fishing supply house we have all ordered from... or TJ's contest entries... or Bass what ever it was magazine we got for awhile here by entering their offerings a year or more back.

[bigfish1965]

Not necessarily sold out. Could have been harvested. In either case, use GMail and don't worry about it.

[irishfield]

What is Gmail going to do Rick.. if that's the email address you use to enter a contest... or as an order contact... it's no different that the address I'm using now if someone sells out or harvest the email list.

[mbac31]

Nice. My freekin wife was filling out those dam things while I was working at the show. Great.

[irishfield]

Nice. My freekin wife was filling out those dam things while I was working at the show. Great.

 

LOL... no fear.. your email is fine! BUT.. your phone is gonna ring off the hook....

[bigfish1965]

What is Gmail going to do Rick.. if that's the email address you use to enter a contest... or as an order contact... it's no different that the address I'm using now if someone sells out or harvest the email list.

 

Google(GMail) has the largest database of spammers on earth. If something gets through once, click the spam button and never get anything from them again.

These companies do not do their own emailing,,they hire it out

[Dozer]

Discount World Vacations? Damn Toronto Star, I think.

[T Fisher]

If you ever post anything for sale on Kijiji, The Buy and Sell or Gregslist youll be bombarded with spam.

[irishfield]

If you ever post anything for sale on Kijiji, The Buy and Sell or Gregslist youll be bombarded with spam.

 

Nope.. not that.

[xeon]

Johnson Outdoors owns Humminbird.

 

[Spiel]

I feel so left out.

[Roy]

I didn't get any mail...I feel cheated.

[cram]

Did you register your humminbird with them? If so, that's likely where it came from.

 

Stores sell data all the time though. Ever get asked for your postal code at point of sale? Its for them to figure out what to put in the flyers that land on the doorsteps in your neighbourhood. Many retailers share this info with others.

 

InfoUSA is actually a pretty big company that aggregates information like this (from retailers, credit card companies, or just stuff on the web)and packages it for marketers.

[irishfield]

I didn't get any mail...I feel cheated.

 

Gee.. now it's pointing to TJ's contests... Mod's can't enter!!

Edited February 27, 2010 by irishfield

[xeon]

http://www.humminbird.com/company/media/pr...se.aspx?id=1369

 

Same crap, no graphics.

[CLofchik]

Bell is the absolute worst that I've found, they'll sell their momma's cell phone #, email & mailing address for a wooden nickel.

 

The last Bell cellphone allowed in this household hadn't even been used for it's first call before it started getting spam texts.

[Guest gbfisher]

You shouldnt have bought a Humminbird

[irishfield]

You shouldnt have bought a Humminbird

 

I didn't.. and wouldn't...