SPAM from LI Weddings vendors...LI Weddings question for you...

Original post by LisaT

Jan 01, 2003 12:15 PM

Ever since entering the contest , I get emails everyday from LI Weddings vendors.

LI Weddings - can you differentiate the brides from the newlyweds, so we're not getting advertising for services we no longer need?

Also, the vendors aren't using blind addressing - I can see the email address of everyone they sent it to. I don't think we all want our email addresses distributed in this way. If you're going to sell them our addresses, can you make sure they BCC everyone or create an address list. Its easier than you think it'd be to connect the screen name with the email address.

And to the vendors...I'd never book someone that sends me unsolicited email.

Happy New Year Everyone! And good luck in the contest

Samanthas Mom Posted: Jan 02, 2003 10:43 AM

Re: SPAM from LI Weddings vendors...LI Weddings question for you...

you go lisa
I agree, I am already married and get so much dumb stuff from video companies, etc.......

Duh, I dont need you now and I wouldnt use such solicitors either!! are they desperate for business, makes them seem that way!

OctBride03 Posted: Jan 02, 2003 10:47 AM

Re: SPAM from LI Weddings vendors...LI Weddings question for you...

Thanks for posting this Lisat!

I go nuts everyday deleting TONS of vendor emails, ever since I registered for this $1000

ss2002 Posted: Jan 02, 2003 03:04 PM

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Just wanted to bump this for LIWeddings!

Help!!

Valenia Posted: Jan 02, 2003 09:57 PM

Re: SPAM from LI Weddings vendors...LI Weddings question for you...

I just received a response to an email I wrote to a vendor. I informed them that displaying the email addresses of all recipients is unprofessional, and that they ought to use bcc in the future.

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This is their response:
We are sorry to have offended you, and so far you are the only person to object to their PRIVATE email addresses being shared. You might want to
notify liweddings.com for sharing such personal information or reconsider giving it out in the first place. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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I do not want to name the vendor, as in the end I am grateful for the support they give to Long Island Weddings. However, they seem to think that I am being ridiculous, and that other brides don't have a problem with the lack of blind addressing... So, ladies, as you get messages with addresses showing, can you respond asking them to BCC from now on? They have every right in the world to market to us, but they do not have the right to distribute our email addresses.