Frequent fliers with Air Raincoast will remember a post from a while ago about how hard it was to get kicked off the mailing list for the glossy publication eWeek, from the fine folks at InfoWorld.
I received successive e-mails in the winter and spring of 1991 imploring, wheedling and threatening me — all in the hopes that I’d give them permission to resume mailing a huge, plastic-wrapped, not-entirely-useful magazine to our home.
It’s been a year and a half, and I was starting to think they’d actually given up, when this came into my inbox (edited prior to posting to remove my Super Secret Account Renewal Code):
**************************** RENEWAL NOTICE *******************
Account Number: (deleted)ROB COTTINGHAM
*************************************************************Receiving a free subscription to InfoWorld is a privilege offered to very few. We hope you have benefited from it.
You have received at least four previous renewal notices, but you have not replied. If a renewal is not received your free subscription will be canceled.
Renewing is as easy as answering a few questions. As a technology leader for your company, you need InfoWorld.
To renew now, go to http://renew.infoworld.com/?(deleted)
There are no strings or gimmicks attached to this notice. Very simply, submit your renewal or lose InfoWorld.
Renew today!
InfoWorld Subscriber Services
Did you know, your online renewal includes registration for InfoWorld.com? InfoWorld.com provides technology experts the information they need to make strategic and purchasing decisions and is home to CTO Zone
RENEW NOW: (url deleted)
I guess at least it’s nice to feel wanted…
