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I'm not trying to pass judgement on whether Amazon has "reformed." I do know that I haven't personally seen an unsolicited advertisement from them since 1998, almost six years ago. And even back then, I only received ads on accounts which had done previous business with Amazon.
Sending of unsolicited commercial E-mail to one's business clients may be impolite (it is especially rude, in my opinion, if those clients have clearly expressed a preference not to receive it). And I've stopped doing business with other entities (Electronics Boutique for one) for a year or more as a result of it. However, in my book it is small potatoes compared to the full-blown spamming that goes on today.
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Subject: Amazon.com lowers prices
June 10, 1997
Dear Amazon.com customer,
Effective immediately, we have significantly lowered our prices and
now offer you the lowest everyday book prices anywhere -- online or
off. Now, in addition to saving 40% on Editors' Picks, you'll also
find deep discounts on more than 400,000 titles. You'll save:
-- 30% on every hardcover (typical savings: $8.00 per book)
-- 20% on every paperback (typical savings: $3.00 per book)
We've also added an exciting new feature that recommends books
purchased by other customers who share your taste. For example,
if you enjoyed Into Thin Air, just go to the book's information
page. We list the three most popular books purchased by other
Amazon.com customers who bought Into Thin Air. It's a great way
to get book suggestions from people who buy the types of books you
enjoy. Look for this feature on our top-selling books!
These are the latest steps in our commitment to providing you the best
book shopping experience around, which includes offering the largest
selection, great prices, informative reviews and fast delivery.
Thanks for being an Amazon.com customer. We hope you'll stop by for a
visit.
Sincerely,
Your friends at Amazon.com
P.S. We hope you're excited about our new discounts. If you don't want
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From chris Tue Jun 10 10:04:39 1997
To: no-news@amazon.com
Cc: feedback@amazon.com
Subject: Re: Amazon.com lowers prices
I don't recall giving Amazon.com permission to send commercial
announcements to this account.
If you are going to send E-mail spam to your customers, you
should at the very least use an "opt-in" method (one where
people have to specifically request the mail), rather than an
"opt-out" list (where we have to specifically ask that it stop).
-- Chris (XXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXX)
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Subject: Your unsubscribe request
We received your request and hope you will accept our sincere apologies
for the intrusion. You will no longer receive unsolicited email from
Amazon.com. (You will, however, still receive mail pertaining to any
specific orders which you have placed with us, or any services for which
you have registered, including Eyes and Editors. If you wish to
discontinue these services as well, please follow the directions
included on those mailings).
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From chris Wed Oct 1 16:55:06 1997
To: info@amazon.com
Subject: Re: We'd appreciate your input on Amazon.com's new features
"XXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" is an outdated E-mail address; your survey
was rejected (as other E-mail to that same address will be).
If possible, please (1) change XXXXX's E-mail address to
"XXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXX" and (2) CEASE sending junk E-mail (spam) to
ALL addresses within XXXXXXXXXXX.
XXXXX and I have spent several hundred dollars at Amazon Books, but if
we receive one more unsolicited non-order-related E-mail from you, we
will take our business elsewhere.
-- Chris (XXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXX)
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Subject: Amazon.com, re: feedback
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Greetings from Amazon.com!
We appreciate your taking time to write in to us. Incidentally, the
Email addresses for info@amazon.com, feedback..., and orders..., all
arrive in our customer service department. So in the future, you may
determine at your own discretion to send mail to whichever address you
think will suit your message's needs.
Per your request, I've made the following changes to your list of
Amazon.com Delivers requests:
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We are always happy to make these changes. If you lose track of your
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of customers who do not wish to receive news announcements from Amazon.com.
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Subject: Re: We'd appreciate your input on Amazon.com's new features
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Greetings from Amazon.com!
I've requested that both your old and new email addresses be added to
the list we keep of customers who do not wish to receive news
announcements from Amazon.com.
As a security precaution, we ask that customers enter changes to their
email addresses or passwords directly on our web site. This ensures
that the person requesting the change knows the password for the
existing customer account, preventing any uninvited changes.
If you return to our web site and follow the "Your Account" link on
our bottom navigation bar, you'll have the option to adjust your email
address or password. To change your email address, just enter your
old email address and password and click the "Account Maintenance"
button. On the next page, enter your new email address in the space
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"Your Account" link to view the status of your orders at any time.
Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any further
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Subject: Save 10% on music CDs by helping Amazon.com test our store!
Dear Amazon.com customer:
We are testing some exciting new features in our store
and we'd like your help. We're writing specifically to
ask you to help us test our newly expanded music selection
by ordering CDs--at a special 10% tester's discount--and
then answering the questions listed below.
Here's how to participate in our test--and save an additional
10% on music CDs. (Please read this entire message before
below that you must follow to participate in this test.)
a) Visit our test site at the address listed below between now and
6:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, April 22, 1998. (Our test
site will be open only during this time: YOU MUST VISIT during
this period to participate in our test.) Visit our test site
at the following temporary address (URL):
http://www.amazon.com/build-your-store
If you attempt to visit our test site but are unable
to access it for any reason, or if the test site has
any major problems during your visit, please let us know
by replying to this e-mail (i.e. send a message to
test-our-store@amazon.com)
b) You will be asked to enter a User Name and Password before
entering the test site.
The USER NAME you must enter is: backstage-pass
The PASSWORD you must enter is: now-playing
(You will also be asked to re-enter the User Name and
Password when accessing the secure server before ordering.)
c) You will then enter our music test site. Click on
the 'Search and buy CDs' link at the top of the
Amazon.com home page. This is important--you need to
use our music search engine to find CDs, not our book
search engine.
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d) What to do: search for and order the CDs you've been
meaning to buy. Order as many as you like, at the special
10% additional discount (this discount will be applied
automatically once you enter the test site, and will appear
next to every CD). We've included a list CDs below to
aid you in your shopping; of course, you'll find many,
many more in our music catalog.
e) If you're willing, please answer the questions listed
at the bottom of this e-mail to help us identify and
solve any problems you encountered during this test.
f) Please do not forward this questionnaire to anyone else;
only you are eligible to participate in our test and use
the 10% tester's discount.
MUSIC TEST QUESTIONNAIRE
1) Did you have any problems finding
a particular artist or CD?
2) If you submitted your ideas in the 'Help Us Build
Your Dream Music Store' questionnaire, did you
have any problems while submitting the form?
3) While visiting the test site or purchasing CDs,
did you find anything that didn't seem to work
detail in the space below:
4) We are working to make our music catalog more
accurate, however there are still inaccuracies
and misspellings on album and artist entries.
If you're willing, we'd appreciate hearing about
any errors you found while searching for CDs
during this test. Please list the name of the
album and artist; tell us what is incorrect and
how to fix it. For example:
Artist: Loudon Wainwright
Album: Career Moves (and all his other albums)
Error: Loudon Iii Wainwright is listed as the artist
Fix: Artist should be listed as Loudon Wainwright III
Artist:
Album:
Error:
Fix:
Thank you in advance for participating in our test. We hope
you enjoy your CDs!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Cast
Amazon.com
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Here's a list to refresh your memory about some of the
great music out there right now:
Artist Title
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Good Will Hunting Soundtrack
Space Jam Soundtrack
Titanic Soundtrack
Wedding Singer Soundtrack
Anthology of American Folk Music
Grammy Nominees '98
Alison Krauss & Union Station So Long So Wrong
Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle
Ani DiFranco Dilate
Aretha Franklin A Rose is Still a Rose
Babyface The Day
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys
Ben Folds Five Whatever & Ever Amen
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Billy Joel 1973 - 97 Complete Hits
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind
Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love
Celine Dion Falling Into You
Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole
Cherry Poppin' Daddies Suit Riot
Clannad Landmarks
Creed My Own Prison
Dee Dee Bridgewater Dear Ella
Deep Forest Comparsa
Diana Krall Love Scenes
Elliott Smith Either/Or
Enya Paint the Sky with Stars:
The Best of Enya
Eric Clapton The Cream of Clapton
Eric Clapton Journeyman
Erykah Badu Baduizm
Everclear So Much for the Afterglow
Fastball All the Pain Money Can Buy
Fiona Apple Tidal
Fleetwood Mac Dance
Foo Fighters Colour and the Shape
Garth Brooks Sevens
James Taylor Best Live
James Taylor Flag
James Taylor Hour Glass
Jamiroquai Traveling without Moving
Janet Jackson Velvet Rope
Jewel Pieces of You
Joe Satriani Crystal Planet
John Fogerty Blue Moon Swamp
John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back
John Lennon Lennon Legend
Journey Greatest Hits Live
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Trouble Is...
Leann Rimes You Light Up My Life...
Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment
Loreena McKennitt Mask & Mirror
Loreena McKennitt The Visit
Loreena McKennitt Book of Secrets
Madonna Ray of Light
Marc Cohn Burning the Daze
Marcy Playground Marcy Playground
Matchbox 20 Yourself or Someone Like You
Mavericks Trampoline
Metallica ReLoad
Michael Crawford On Eagle's Wings
Michael Hedges Oracle
Miles Davis Kind of Blue
Mono Formica Blues
Natalie Imbruglia Left of Middle
Pat Metheny Bright Size Life
Pat Metheny Imaginary Day
Pat Metheny Offramp
Pat Metheny/Charlie Haden Beyond the Missouri Sky
Paula Cole This Fire
Pearl Jam Yield
Pink Floyd The Wall
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Portishead Portishead
Propellerheads Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Puff Daddy No Way Out
Radiohead O.K. Computer
Randy Brecker Into the Sun
Robbie Robertson Contact From The Underworld
Of Redboy
Ry Cooder Buena Vista Social Club
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
Savage Garden Savage Garden
Shania Twain Come on Over
Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs
Spice Girls Spiceworld
Taj Mahal Senor Blues
The Beatles Abbey Road
Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind
Tool Aenima
Trisha Yearwood Songbook - A Collection of Hits
Van Halen Van Halen 3
Verve Urban Hymns
Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse
Will Smith Big Willie Style
Xena Warrior Princess Bitter Suite - A Musical Odyssey