In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Tim S wrote:

coughed up some electrons that declared:

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:00:24 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Tim S wrote:

coughed up some electrons that declared:

Well it gives me a "unique code" so I presume it's unique to me .
It also says down at the bottom
"You have registered to receive these offers with the following
email address: "
so that might be why you aren't getting it if you havent
registered .

Tart's tits...

That explains why I never get these mailshorts everyone speaks of -
just missed out on this one, fortunately only for a 55 quid order.

The tickboxes are under My Account / Personal Details

Just ticked both of them - let's see if that does the trick.

Thanks for the head up

Cheers

Tim

*Both* boxes? I can only see *one*, and that says:

"Data Protection Act:
From time to time we may make portions of our mailing list
available to carefully selected organisations whose products may be
of interest to you. If you would like to receive such mailings,
please tick this box."

As far as I can see, ticking that would leave me open to even more
spam from all and sundry - *not* to special offers from S/F.

Am I missing something?

I have just had a look and I too can only see one box,the one you
speak of. I have it ticked and must have had it ticked for a long
time .I can honestly say that the only stuff I get from Screwfix are
a very few mails about Special Offers and I get very little stuff
that GMail doesn't pick up so I doubt that you have anything to be
worried about. Like a lot of things nowadays the fear of spam is
worse than the actuality

There were two, until I ticked them, then after "Apply", all I see is
the one you all see.

The second is the DPA. The first one basicially said "keep me
informed of interesting things and discounts".

So I have no idea how you untick it...


Cheers

Tim

This is all very odd! I *do* get quite frequent emails from S/F - including
one today with special offers on radiators etc. - all of which say that I'm
getting it because I've registered my email address to receive such offers.

*But* I've never had one containing a code to enable me to get a discount on
*everything*.

I suppose it's just possible that this particular email could have contained
something which matched one of my Mailwasher rules - causing it to be zapped
before I saw it. Or perhaps they're only sending these emails to people
who've bought more than I have in recent months.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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