redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
( May. 21st, 2019 10:05 pm)
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the idonethis site having told me my free account was going away.

Somehow, I now have two free email-only accounts, which are emailing me at different times of day to ask that I reply with what I've done that day, and list past accomplishment. They each have a link to click to turn the emails off, but when I clicked on that, for the more recently created one, the web page told me my free trial had expired.

This is annoying; I would like to keep getting the emails that connect to/draw on the account I've had there for years, but not the other, and I suspect that's impossible without paying them (at least) $5/month. They're both being sent to the same email address, and from the same address, so I don't think I can use email filters here, and I suspect that if I do figure out how to contact someone there, they'll turn off the emails/account I'd like to keep, too.
redbird: "Road Not Maintained: Travel at Own Risk" (roadsign)
( Dec. 4th, 2012 04:32 pm)
I don't care how good your cause is, if you cold-call me and start by telling me that "as always, this call may be monitored or recorded," I'm going to interrupt, tell you this isn't acceptable, and hang up.

If I am calling you on business, not only may your organization have a legitimate reason for this, I have less of a choice. I need to talk to my health insurance company, credit card, etc. I don't need to talk to someone who is calling to ask me for a political contribution.

That's aside from the implication that the organization doesn't think its own staff can be trusted to do their jobs without someone listening in on the calls. If you can't trust them to ask for money, I can't trust them not to misuse my credit card information if I say yes. (I normally explain to such solicitors, politely, that I don't make contributions over the phone, and they are welcome to send a letter.)
I have the "zap cheap effects" Firefox plug-in, but it has to be clicked every time, which means if I leave a page with something annoying like blinking text, and go back, I have to click on "zap cheap effects" again.
I have the "zap cheap effects" Firefox plug-in, but it has to be clicked every time, which means if I leave a page with something annoying like blinking text, and go back, I have to click on "zap cheap effects" again.
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