So, I got spammed by this UK consumer-electronics vendor. They had an unsubscribe reply address, and there was also this marvellous little gem in the midst of their boilerplate:
*ANY QUESTIONS?* _*/IMPORTANT/!*_ Feel free to use email to contact us sales@edisonwatt.co.uk <mailto:sales@edisonwatt.co.uk> . The only person authorized to read and send email is one of the managers and will be dealt with promptly and efficiently.
(And severely, too, I hope? Oh, I so wish they meant that. But I'm sure it's just bad grammar.)
So anyway, I did, as a cc: to my unsubscribe message. Here's what I got back in response:
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:29:38 +0100 Subject: Re: Vision Electronika IPOD specials for April From: Sales Department <sales@visionelectronika.co.uk> To: [elided] Message-ID: <c433a6d2.12972%sales@visionelectronika.co.uk> Thread-Topic: Vision Electronika IPOD specials for April Thread-Index: AcikfOl5KCRI/BBwEd29CQAX8thZXg== In-Reply-To: <480DD289.6000401@metrocast.net> NO, I JUST DON'T CARE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT YOU. HIT THE DELETE BUTTON IT IS A LOT LESS TIME AND EFFORT.
"... Free bad publicity: PRICELESS!" Yup, you heard it here first, folks. Not only are these wankers asshats and spammers, they are RUDE asshat spammers. Remember that domain and company name, now — that's visionelectronika.co.uk, aka edisonwatt.co.uk. Be sure and pass it around. Hey, here's their mailing address too: Vision Electronika, Ltd., 85 Seaward Street, Glasgow G41 1HJ, Scotland, UK. You could stop by and jeer at them if you happen to find yourself passing nearby.