Reto,
lots of places ask me to write down the email,
especially these loyality cards, e.g. petrol
stations give you a small discount if your fill
in a form and you get a chip card with your name
on. On such forms there is usually a question for
your email and sometimes for your keitai-email.
Guess what happens if you put your email address
on such loyality forms for 20 or 30 hair saloons,
gas filling stations, video stores etc.... :)
Gerhard
Reto Grob wrote:
> Hello Gerhard,
>
>
>>I think your friend made a mistake in giving his email
>>address to the shop: don't forget: you have the right to say
>>no to unreasonable requests.
>
>
> Thanks for your answer. I think you are totally right and people should
> say no. Now, the question is, does the average user think this is an
> unreasonable request to provide the email?
>
> Especially if a user is upgrading a phone, she/he thinks it is necessary
> to provide the address for a smooth transition of the service.
>
> Cheers,
> Reto
>
>
>
> On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 18:58:50 +0900
> Gerhard Fasol <fasol@eurotechnology.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Reto Grob wrote:
>>
>>>Hi David,
>>>
>>>A friend of mine had a 504 bought a new 505 phone at a small shop in
>>>Akihabara. He used the same email address before and after.. after he
>>>got lots of spams (30 times a day..) .. so it looks very likely that the
>>>shop sold his address :-0!
>>
>>Normally the shop has no access to his email address:
>>there is an imode password, and this has nothing to do
>>with the phone, and the shop does not need this password.
>>I think your friend made a mistake in giving his email
>>address to the shop: don't forget: you have the right to say
>>no to unreasonable requests.
>>
>>
>>>Essence: -> Only buy from trusted stores, such as official ones or the
>>>big chains.
>>
>>No: Essence: don't give passwords and emails to people who
>>don't need them unless you want to get spammed
>>
>>Gerhard
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