Friday, March 14, 2014

Disney Spam

Disney craftily gets around unsubscribe requests for their email marketing spam.  Last year, I bought a movie that had a digital download copy included. I just signed up and got my download link. As expected, I got on the "Disney Movies" email list, but that was easily fixed by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. It took me to a page that said it would take 10 days to remove my address... which is strange because it's just a digital database... but whatever, I figured it was done with.

Then a month later I got an email from "Disney Interactive Studios". Obviously, they're passing my email address in between the different Disney divisions now. Unsubscribe.

"Disney Living". Unsubscribe.
"Disney Store". Unsubscribe.
"Disney Destinations". Unsubscribe.
"Disney Digital Books". Unsubscribe.
"Disney Baby". Unsubscribe.
"Disney Store" (again). Unsubscribe.
"Disney Destinations" (again). Unsubscribe.
"Walt Disney Records". Unsubscribe.
"Oscar.com" (via ABC Entertainment). Unsubscribe.
"Disney Vacation Club". Unsubscribe.

So, either they're creating a new company division every time they want to send me an email, or they're just passing along my unsubscribed email address hoping I tire of this endless game of whack-a-mole.  Since I had only unsubscribed from the specific Disney division other than the one sending the email now, not Disney as a whole, they're free to bother me again.

Never have I seen a company as relentless as Disney to fill my inbox.