Vodafone spammed me again
Vodafone spammed me again on the cellphone. Scotty, when you get to New Zealand, do not sign up with these idiots. They never do anything right. To wit:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please see the thread below for the dialogue that has got us to this point.
I vehemently dislike cellphones and consider them a necessary evil now that hotels and telcos (with calling cards) make it so expensive to use a normal telephone. They are, for me, strictly an out-of-town tool.
But even with that limited usage, I am annoyed.
My problems with Vodafone have related to everything from overcharging to spammingand your latest spam, quoted below, has not helped one bit with my already overwhelmingly negative attitude to cellphones and cellphone service providers.
I have complained at least three times in writing about promotional messages from Vodafone. In November 2007, your company finally explained to me that I would no longer receive promotional messages, but that there would still be some necessary ones relating to the Vodafone service from a legal standpoint, specifically, ‘important information on solutions to outages etc that have effected [sic] Vodafone customers, will still be sent to all Vodafone customers.’ I can tolerate that status.
Can you please, then, explain how the following text message from you is a legal requirement or something relating to an outage? Do not even get me started on the absymal English:
Tell us what u think & u could win $500 airtime! Free call 480 now 2 find out more or go to www.VodafoneVoice.co.nz to join our online panel
2008 Sep. 18 16:01
From : Vodafone
If it weren’t for the plan I was forced into, I’d throw the bloody thing away and go back to being blissfully cellphone-free and put up with hotel overcharging, because that surely is better than getting aggro every time I have to write to you. But for now, please indulge me while the plan runs out by honouring your own promise.
Sincerely,
Jack Yan
The remainder of the message, containing older threads dating back to May 2007, has been omitted.
Not many things piss me off, but cellphones do.
And I am a tolerant guy. I even hired a cabbie driving a Toyota one time in Auckland. I also recently spoke to some communists.
Strangely enough, I would like to hold on to my number post-plan for emergencies for the very small group of people who know it, but I can tell you now that Vodafone will not be my provider of choice.
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