I'm complaining about all those drop down computer ads that darken your screen and dare you to delete the page. If you do, the advertising culperts have your "cookies." Not the ones in the toilet. On second thought maybe they do. Because you suddenly hear: "I know you like sports. Have you read this book about the great Babe Ruth?" Then you see a photo of the book and a notice: ADD TO YOUR CART. And, against your better judgment, you are suddenly spirited to amazon.com for the purchase of a book you didn't want.
This sort of selling is the bane of the Internet. I hate it and so do you. Here are some ideas for ridding your home and sanity of these greedy invaders.
1. Call the phone number listed and poke zero for a living person. When he or she answers, just say: "Sprecken Ze Deutch? (sp) Nine times out of ten the person on the other end will simply say: "You're off the list" and hang up on you. I have had this happen many times. BTW I've also used this German trick with panhandlers who run after you on the street and beg for money. Only once did a panhandler reply in fluent German. I gave him a dollar.
2. Send an email back requesting that the company advertise in French, Italian and Hebrew
3. Delete the message as SPAM
4. Locate the company headquarters and email the CEO that you will be paying him a visit soon and to look for your RV in their parking lot
5. Write a letter to the Chief of Police in the city where company is located and request the guide lines for a peaceful picketing of their home office with 20 vets from Vietnam
Any or all of these suggestions will cause alarm with the CEO and Board of Directors; now you are in the driver's seat and can control your destiny, not theirs! So, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
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