• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I still get all that and I have Spectrum. It’s also common for the envelope to say it’s “important.” No, ads are not important.

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      2 years ago

      lol, I’ve done this, multiple times. the only thing that has changed was that my name was replaced by “Residential Consumer” for the subsequent spam.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    We’ve never had Spectrum and they relentlessly woo us as well. When we ignored the mailings, they started sending them in Spanish, as though they thought we simply couldn’t understand them. Like nobody could possibly resist them if they could read the advertisements, right? Waiting to see what they try next.

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    2 years ago

    Got fiber and never looked back, 1gb both up and download at the same time(yes full speed on 2 different tests), no throttling, advanced email notifications for maintenance that’s past midnight. it’s so much freedom, no datacaps too !

  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Spectrum still sends that much spam even if you are a customer already.

    No, i dont want your tv bundle i literally havent had any desire to watch cable tv for over a decade please stop asking!

  • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    My ex (Comcast) sends me stuff all the time. They even have the audacity to call themselves neighbor. Mr. Rogers they are not.

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    2 years ago

    They even ambush me every time I go to the grocery store. And they’ve doubled my bill since I signed up. Why bother marketing when you can raise rates whenever you want? They could save so much money by not mailing every day and hiring people to hunt me

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      They could save so much money by not mailing every day and hiring people to hunt me

      At the scale these mailings are conducted, it all averages out into a net win for Spectrum. It suggests that enough people really do suck it up with the rate hike for some reason or another. Otherwise, they wouldn’t do it. Also, from their perspective, the wasted time, energy, and paper is all someone else’s problem.

  • stewie3128@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I received these about once a week when I was a Spectrum customer. Since I dumped them when ATT fiber became available, I now receive them three times a week.

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    2 years ago

    If there was a company which charged me $1 / month to send spam mail to a company I would sign up in a heart beat.

    Imagine if a company got 10,000 spam letters via snail mail every month and they had to sift through each and every one to see if any contains actual pertinent information.

    Sure it wouldn’t be much of a hinderance to the company itself but they would probably have to pay a few people at $30-$40 thousand a year to do it.