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wccrawford on May 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Honestly.com – Not acting so honestly

What he received by email was spam, plain and simple.

And the despicable way they handle signups speaks for itself. I would never have gotten as far as he did because I know that anyone who does that is scamming me. There's no other reason to do it. If people actually liked the service, they wouldn't need to twist your arm to get you to sign up.

rickmb on May 15, 2011 | [–]

Yep, 100% spam. Which also makes this business practice illegal in a large number of countries around the world.

eli on May 15, 2011 | | [–]

So long as it had an optout link and the company's street address, it's probably fine by US law.

natural219 on May 15, 2011 | | [–]

I identified it as spam immediately when I saw it; you have to have an eye for it.

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