Comments on: Dear Sarah Miller / Axis PR – Pretty please, stop spamming me. Please?

By: bikinginla

bikinginla — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:51:47 +0000

One other thought, if you really want to play hardball. Just contact the client Axis is representing, and remind them that they are ultimately responsible for any actions their PR agency carries out on their behalf. And that they can be held responsible for any violations, as well as suffer from any negative publicity that may result.

Once Axis starts getting calls from angry clients — or loses an account — I guarantee you’ll be taken off their lists permanently.

By: joann

joann — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:05:41 +0000

Sadly, Axis PR gives the profession of Public Relations a BAD name. But, in checking the credentials of the three folk involved with the company, not one has a degree in PR or journalism. SO, it’s obvious that they never learned about the ethics involved in the profession. I’d follow the advice of others above — report them and block them. Further communiques will do no good! (IMHO)

By: WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL

WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:54:37 +0000

I finally got around to unsubscribing from the email list put out by Materials & Applications (the folks that build those art projects on Silver Lake Boulevard), and as a fucking reward, now I get on average an email a day telling me “You have been unsubscribed from the Emanate1 mailing list.” Fuckerz.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:10:49 +0000

I like those tips from bikingla. I think those insidious Grouply messages from so-called “enthusiastic members” that Yahoo! and other group members keep receiving are clearly spam as well (repeated messages based on a template). I’m dubious that the FTC would do much about stopping emails based on an individual complaint, but I’m all for making the threat of filing an FTC complaint as a deterrent at least, and following through with the complaint if necessary.

By: bikinginla

bikinginla — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:39:02 +0000

Seems to me that you could make a reasonable argument that a paid press release constitutes a commercial email, and may be illegal under the terms of the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. CAN-SPAN requires that commercial emails include a viable opt-out mechanism, and provides for a fine of up to $11,000 for each violation.

Whether or not this is actually a violation in debatable; however, if it were me, I’d file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and let them sort it out — the mere threat of an FTC investigation should be enough to get you off the list forever.

Learn more at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm

By: cybele

cybele — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:21:48 +0000

Well, if we’re keeping lists, I can’t get Adriana at ID Public Relations to stop emailing me about Crumbs. Seriously, I don’t like cupcakes, I don’t buy cupcakes and I don’t write about cupcakes. I certainly don’t need four press releases in five months about frelling cupcakes.

By: frazgo

frazgo — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:10:46 +0000

How about you give us Sara’s email address and we all write her filling her mail box?
Or…if you have norton or other virus protection with anti-spam properties everytime you “spam” her mail that ISP and domain go into a data base of known spammers.