Marketing email - epic fail

[Dr Interceptor]

How not to do it!

Had an email last night in from a supplier, the usual seasonal promo. All good, except he's managed to disclose his entire email list in the CC box.

See the email below, plus a reply from one of the people on the list!

Edited by Dr Interceptor on Thursday 11th September 11:31

[Mr Overheads]

And I bet Mr UK Pool Store who is clearly protective of his details is glad you've shared his direct dial on t'interweb ;-)

[Dr Interceptor]

Mr Overheads said:

And I bet Mr UK Pool Store who is clearly protective of his details is glad you've shared his direct dial on t'interweb ;-)

I missed blanking that off! Gone now...

[StevieBee]

We get this quite often on requests for quotes or invitations to tender from local authorities. Technically and legally, it often invalidates the tender process which has to be withdrawn - although rarely is this the case.

[TurricanII]

Whilst the original sender embarrassed himself there is probably not much harm in disclosing the email list. Glan is a tit for replying to all, as not everyone wants to read his whining, and he risks encouraging everyone else to reply to all.

[Thankyou4calling]

Is anybody really bothered about things like this? I'm certainly not.

[markmullen]

We got one recently,

"Dear Sirs,

I have a rare Porsche [it wasn't] which I think is very desirable [it wasn't] and I wanted to offer it personally to you as I think you are the best company to sell it"


It was emailed to every Porsche specialist in the UK and not bcc'd.

Some of the replies were awesome.

[jonnydm]

I've experienced this at least twice. Once a Zambian car rental company which I thought was fairly amusing. Second time was some guys setting up a 'Social Media' consultancy which included offering professional email mailshots, the irony being strong with that one!

[surveyor]

Seen it occasionally.

The one's who reply all to moan are attention seeking prats imo. If you don't like it, just reply to the sender only.