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Old House Spam?

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:03 pm
by Texas_Ranger
Has anyone else received any unwanted e-mails from a storm window company called magnetite? It's not classic spam as there seems to be a legit company behind the mails I've received but I never signed up for anything and didn't even know the company until today. My main suspicion is that this might have happened via OHW.

Any ideas?

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:24 pm
by heartwood
over 5 million installed!!! tremendous energy savings!!!
whether it's legit or not, i don't buy such claims...maybe it is a real company but they don't sound preservation minded rather, they sound like marketing nuts...

...jade

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:10 am
by CS in Low Hud
Yep... I just got it. Thanks OHW... Now we are getting spam even when we don't visit your site.

Chris

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:56 am
by heartwood
i contacted the sender of the marketing email and had a good conversation with ray...sounds like he is taking over the company and being more proactive in the advertising department...his type of marketing does not jive with me and i gently shared my opinion...we agreed to disagree on some topics but the conversation was civil and helpful on both sides...he said he did not know exactly where the source of the email addresses came from but i imagine OHW and maybe wavyglass may have been on his radar...

in an age when home depot claims to be your 'neighborhood hardware store', i think we will continue to be inundated with disingenuous marketing claims...

......jade

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:04 am
by SkipW
heartwood wrote:
in an age when home depot claims to be your 'neighborhood hardware store',

......jade



What?!? They're not?

what is this world coming to?

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:18 am
by CS in Low Hud
heartwood wrote: but i imagine OHW and maybe wavyglass may have been on his radar...
......jade


Yeah, but someone would have to actually sell him our email addresses. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Wavyglass, so that just leaves OHW.

Chris

Re: Old House Spam?

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:45 pm
by csnyder (WavyGlass)
The mailing list didn't come from me. Unless they're exploiting an unknown security hole in phpBB, they must have had a different source.