Help!!! I'm being spammed with snake oil by Audiogon!!

[Xulonn]

LOL - They don't seem to want me to unsubscribe from their e-mail. I'll try again to escape!

In the meantime, I'll share the mind-bending audio psychodelia with my comrades here at ASR - a bit of sad idiocy to break the monotony of Covid sequestration. This presentation requires the assistance of my feline-approved crystal ball.

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[Veri]

Urgh.

 

[bennetng]

LOL - They don't seem to want me to unsubscribe from their e-mail. I'll try again to escape!

In the meantime, I'll share the mind-bending audio psychodelia with my comrades here at ASR - a bit of sad idiocy to break the monotony of Covid sequestration. This presentation requires the assistance of my feline-approved crystal ball.

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Is it the same cat in your avatar?

 

[Aerith Gainsborough]

I never realized that strapping erotic toys to your audio cables improves the sound.
Interesting concept.

 

[Darvis]

I never realized that strapping erotic toys to your audio cables improves the sound.
Interesting concept.

I think that the rationale is that if they're in your butt you're too distracted to focus on micro-details.

 

[pavuol]

"Built for audiophiles,
By audiophiles."

double alarm!!

"the Orchestral series delivers beyond what any traditional audio cable even hints at."

almighty absolute superlative spotted.. triple alarm!

 

[pozz]

Somewhat related, has anyone here ever used their Bluebook to look up sales data, etc.?

 

[blueone]

Depending on the email app you use, you might have the capability to block specific email addresses. For example, Outlook can do it. Gmail has a mute capability. But if you'd rather be entertained by Audiogon, whatever.

 

[F1308]

I think that the rationale is that if they're in your butt you're too distracted to focus on micro-details.

It all depends on loudness, but of course.

 

[Xulonn]

Depending on the email app you use, you might have the capability to block specific email addresses. For example, Outlook can do it. Gmail has a mute capability. But if you'd rather be entertained by Audiogon, whatever.

I was being facetious - my "Unsubscribe from all" response to the email should work for ending the snake oil blather.

 

[Xulonn]

Is it the same cat in your avatar?

No clue - but I almost used my favorite dog meme:

 

[F1308]

Depending on the email app you use, you might have the capability to block specific email addresses. For example, Outlook can do it. Gmail has a mute capability. But if you'd rather be entertained by Audiogon, whatever.

First thing to do prior to subscribing is requesting a new email you will discard as soon as things get any wrong...
You will end up with as many email addresses as subscriptions you are engaged with, but it is a must.

 

[Aerith Gainsborough]

First thing to do prior to subscribing is requesting a new email you will discard as soon as things get any wrong...
You will end up with as many email addresses as subscriptions you are engaged with, but it is a must.

Way too complicated.
There is no online service you can't unsub from and ultimately, most e-mail providers have spam filter functionality.
I just block spam on the provider side, so Thunderbird never even gets to see it.

 

[PierreV]

At least, the "free with any purchase" part is probably not selling that well...

 

[Xulonn]

Way too complicated.
There is no online service you can't unsub from and ultimately, most e-mail providers have spam filter functionality.
I just block spam on the provider side, so Thunderbird never even gets to see it.

Spot on. I've used Thunderbird for many years as a Windows PC front end for my provider for the past 15 or so years - Gmail. Although I am careful with email usage, some of my correspondents over the years have not been so careful, which led to my email address being "outed" to spammers occasionally. But in spite of using the same email address for 15 years, I get very little spam these days and only check and empty my spam folder a couple of times per month.

I bought and sold audio hardware on Audiogon starting in the late 1990's and up until about 2010, but almost nothing in the past decade, and have received emails very rarely. This morning I received the ridiculous email that prompted me to start this thread - just for fun - but I'm actually confident that they will unsubscribe me as requested.

Although Audiogon caters to the silly expensive audiophiliac contingent, there is lots of good, solid gear is bought and sold via their website. I was able to buy, audition, enjoy, and then resell, many components over about a 10-year span. Buying used and reselling incurs little if any depreciation, and one can enjoy playing with audio hardware for not much more than the cost of shipping.

 

[F1308]

Way too complicated.
There is no online service you can't unsub from and ultimately, most e-mail providers have spam filter functionality.
I just block spam on the provider side, so Thunderbird never even gets to see it.

Not talking about unsubscribing, but saying farewell to the email you were using...Passing away, so to speak.