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- From: meltsner@crd.ge.com (Kenneth J Meltsner)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Junk mail warning - "Exposures" catalog
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.143524.1206@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 14:35:24 GMT
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- Don't take out your frustrations on Exposures.
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- Most mail order places resell your name. Magazine publishers love to,
- especially specialty zines. So do many manufacturers (ever wondered
- why your VCR warranty card asks about your hobbies?). You can usually
- prevent this by looking for the box on the order form that says "Don't
- sell my name," or by telling the phone person that you'll never order
- from them again if they resell your name.
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- [The worst has been the Williams-Sonoma empire of mail order
- companies. One food order and we have received catalogs from about a
- dozen companies in the W-S conglomerate.]
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- In the case of magazines, I always let them resell my name -- the kind
- of mags I get need all the income they can find since they don't get
- rich from cigarette and liquor ads. And since we're going to be
- decorating a house, I've actually appreciated all the home-stuff
- catalogs, although I still wonder how we got on the mailing lists for
- Frederick's and Victoria's Secret.
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