I GET It

A CAD training company that goes by the name of I Get It (1675 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80202) has harvested a lot of emails, and so I get it -- or rather a half-dozen copies of it. Yesterday morning, the In box of my Eudora email client looked like this:

i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle
i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle
i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle
i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle
i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle
i get it - 18 Feb 2008 09:02:02 - SolidWorks Professional Training Bundle

Alright, I get it!

Why do I think the emails were harvested? Because one address is an email I never use, but is available on my Web site. In other words, i-get-it did not get it from me personally.

There is an unsubscribe link, but because the company scapes Web sites for email addresses, I don't think there's any point to taking the time to unsubscribe six times (I'd just end up on the list again); instead, I'll use that time to whine about them not getting it, and I'll let Eudora's filter dispose of it.

Comments

[matt]

Ralph,

I get the same trash from them. I have heard several complaints from people about this company, including from resellers who sell their product. I have bought one course from them (2008 Update), which was reasonably well done, but definitely a superficial treatment of the topic. Sometimes for a great product you can excuse questionable business practice, but there doesn't seem to be any offset with these guys.

[Deelip Menezes]

Dont click the unsubscribe link. They use it as a validation method to confirm that an email is active and then keep you high on their list.

[Rachael taggart]

I am happy to say that they didn't manage to get my email address...yet...unlike certain other CAD sites that seem to manage to get all 8 of mine, repeatedly!!
(This means that I don't Get It...yet)

R

[Shaan Hurley]

I got it back in December multiple times. I even received an email from a person there regarding my blog post. They said they would look into it. Luckily I have not been bombarded with the latest blast.

Between the Lines: i get it, it = email spam
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2007/12/i-get-it-it-ema.html

[Jim @ autocad software]

Maybe you could send them half a dozen responses stating that you got it the first time including all the other times!