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[podling]

Okay, scenario and question for y'all. So I buy cd imports (from NZ and AU mostly) and this one company emails me whenever they have something new I might want. And I usually do want what they're offering. My roommate pointed out that that kind of email is usually considered spam, but given that I do actually want the stuff, is it really spam? Do other people get offers like that that they actually want? Or is my music addiction just a bit overdeveloped?

In related news, I'll be getting a new cd from NZ sometimes soon. heh.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Well, happiness is new CDs, right? :)

[podling]

Oh yes. Yes it is. Happiness is a new CD. Or several. Truly it is. :)

[edie22.livejournal.com]

If you've elected at some point to receive the newsletter/sales promo/whatever email, then I don't think it's spam. If someone finds your email and just starts sending you whatever they want, then it's spam.

But once? with spam? I won the porn lottery. I never did get my prize tho. I want the porn that is rightfully mine.

[podling]

I don't actually remember if it was asked, but I did buy 2 things from them, and the times they've emailed me about new stuff it's always directly related to those artists. So it's cool, and I'm happy about it anyway. :)

That's so sad... they really should have given you your porn!!!

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

We tend tons of spam here, but I don't think it's technically not spam, since it is solicited.

That is the difference: spam is unsolicited by the reciepient (I mean, does my penis really need to be bigger?), mail you receive that you signed up for might be annoying, but you did sign up for it. :)

[podling]

My penis totally needs to be bigger! I mean, it's not even visible now!

But yeah, I like getting mail from them anyway. The "Hi Andrea, Tim Finn's (or in the most recent one, Bic Runga) new cd is coming out next week, do you want it? Email us if so, John" is actually kind of amusing to get. :)

[morenasangre.livejournal.com]

Agreed, it's not spam if it's something you want. For me, it's the sci-fi book club solicitations...ooohh....

...but tertiary solicitations coming from lists you didn't sign up for or signed up for automatically through fine print are annoying as hell. Take the infamous 'Increase your penis size' or the 'regrow your hair' or 'Asian lesbian teenage cheerleaders' Those, I get really, really sick of.

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

To me, it's not spam if you can unsubscribe if you want to. :)

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[podling]

Hmmn. I don't know if I could unsubscribe. I usually want what the guy is peddling so I never tried. :)

(I'm not an addict, I can stop *any* time I want to.)