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little shaun
Member


17 Posts
12/04
Posted - Dec 17 2004 : 5:17PM
My wife and I are eager to start ordering and renting vids online, but are skeptical because of the risk of companies selling our address and our home mailbox getting flooded with adult junk mail. To those that order online, how has your mail been affected, and what are some good places to order from that don't solicit? Thanks.
Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Dec 17 2004 : 6:30PM
Hi and welcome to the forum!

Your question has been asked before, check out this thread to learn what others have to say about this subject. Hope this helps and if you still have any further questions, don't hestitate to ask!

Recoil Therapy
Member

Deep in flyover country
194 Posts
10/04
Posted - Dec 20 2004 : 10:23PM
It sure did with a recent order from Adam & Eve .

RT

Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Dec 20 2004 : 10:45PM
I've never had junk mail sent by any ADT affiliates. The only junk mail that I've ever received has come from Excalibur. However, their site now has an "opt-out" feature, which has stopped them from sending me any more junk mail.
Empire Man
AdultDVDEmpire.com

165 Posts
12/00
Posted - Dec 21 2004 : 8:56AM
Adult DVD Empire will not send you Junk Mail.

I can verify this a the person in charge of the marketing for adult dvd empire. if you sign up for one of our email lists, we will send you EMAILS about new releases, or upcoming promotions, but thats it.

I can't speak for all the other retailers, but I know Adam and Eve send junk mail, they always have - they're a catalog copmany

Edited by - empire man on 12/21/2004 9:24:13 AM

 
Harry Joystick
Member

740 Posts
8/02
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 2:12PM
I've purchased from XRent, Adult DVD Now, and Adult DVD Empire and have never received any junk mail.
Janitor
Retired

Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service.
6409 Posts
11/99
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 5:51PM
RT - how recent? I went thru Adam and Eve's order process today and there was the option not to receive mailings. Had you selected that option?
Recoil Therapy
Member

Deep in flyover country
194 Posts
10/04
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 6:18PM
It was a month or two ago Steph. Apparently I missed clicking a box somewhere saying that I didn't want it.

Either that or it was a carefully worded double negative "By clicking here you are telling us not to not send you stuff in the mail" .

As much as I would like to think that it was a giant conspiracy to send me junk mail, I'm fairly certain that I missed something along the line. Not really a big deal as I will just edit the options the next time that I need something from them.

RT

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11/99
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 6:27PM
Thanks, RT - checking because they are interested in being listed on our site. We will not list a company that sends people unwanted mail. That's why I went thru the process today. It has probably changed. At the moment it is clear and easy to opt out during the checkout process.
Recoil Therapy
Member

Deep in flyover country
194 Posts
10/04
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 9:30PM
No problem, like I said it was probably my fault by missing something.

I can't really imagine someone/company that is kind of well known in mainstream America and has spent a long time building up a decent reputation tossing it all away over unwanted junk mail.

IIRC while shopping there I ran across a "bonus" item that was offered because I ordered something else. When I clicked on it to add it to my cart it (seemingly) erased the rest of my order . Swearing tremendously I went back & recreated my order getting the offer of the bonus at the same place which I clicked on again hoping for a better result this time. Nope . After the fourth time of this happening (there are times apparently that the claims of me not being the sharpest knife in the drawer are justified ) I said screw it & didn't choose the bonus item & went right to the checkout. After all that it turned out that everything that I had been fighting with over the last half hour was in my cart multiple times & the total order was over $500 . After reducing quantities back down to one everything went fine after that.

So in a long roundabout way , it is quite possible that I missed the checkbox the final time through .

I would have no problems ordering from them again (or at least no mental issues ordering from them again, website problems may be another thing ).

RT

Naiad
Member

13 Posts
12/04
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 9:38PM
Another way is to sign up for a free email address (yahoo.com or hotmail.com etc) and just use it for your online shopping correspondence rather than your usual email addy. They usually have strong anti-spam filters so you won't see much of the junk mail anyway.

I'm delighted to see that adultdvdtalk.com screens their affiliates, it really does make for peace of mind knowing we can trust your referrals, Steph. I'm new here but thanks for a great site, it looks like I'll be sticking around .

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Dec 30 2004 : 10:46PM
This thread is specifically about receiving actual physical mail. Leters, junkmail, etc. The kind that the postman delivers through rain, sleet, snow and other pleasant weather.
joeblow69
Member

946 Posts
2/00
Posted - Jan 2 2005 : 10:06PM
I've been getting a lot of snail mail catalogs from adam and Eve since my purchase with them too. I don't recall if I just missed the checkbox to not receive stuff, though. I also somehow got on this mailing list where I get catalogs for those cheapo 4 hour DVDs (alot of which are all straight ). Not sure how I got on that one. Maybe through some eBay dealings? Also got on the playboy mailing list of all things. They really really want me to subscribe!

I've never had any problems with the big stores affiliated with ADT, though.

Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - Jan 2 2005 : 10:52PM
Back when I ordered from A&E there was no click box not to receive junk mail. That was about a year ago though so that could definitely have changed. I received A&E catalogs for a while and stuff from Playboy. After a year, A&E is no longer sending me stuff. Playboy still is but I've also ordered from them since so their mailings may be off of their own list now. Originally their mailings did originate from A&E.
Recoil Therapy
Member

Deep in flyover country
194 Posts
10/04
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 1:06AM
It seems that they share their lists within their company/ies. I received something late last week (just going through the mail tonight) from the Sinclair Intimacy Institute. The mailing style/return address was similar to A&E so I'm assuming that they are connected.

I do hope that they don't consider my missing checking a box permission to sell my name/address to whoever they feel might want it (who in turn will sell it to others, etc, etc ....).

RT

 
TheCaptain
New Member

5 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 8:51AM
Hey, Asmodeus, or anybody else that might know, I recall somewhere you said that Laser's Edge is a good place to buy DVDS from? Reliable, no snail mail, etc? I ask because the place I do my normal business doesn't carry a certain title I want. Sorry if it wasn't you.
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Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 1:48PM
Thanks, guys. I agree that you shouldn't have to jump through hoops in order not to receive junk mail. And I am particularly annoyed with companies/organizations that sell or give out personal information.

Naiad, great to have you here. We do our best as far as screening stores we list and remove any that have poor customer service. I can't say we haven't made a few mistakes along the way but the aim is to only list stores that are committed to good service.

TheCapt - if you search the forums (both shopping and international shopping) you will find lots of feedback on lasersedge. They do not send snail mail.

vincevega
Member

131 Posts
11/02
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 3:30PM
I stopped ordering from A&E because I was getting bombarded with junk snail mail. I had to call them more than once to get them to stop sending it. I'll vouch for ADE, Action DVD and 5 Star. No junk mail from any of them.

Edited by - vincevega on 1/3/2005 3:31:37 PM

Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Jan 3 2005 : 3:33PM
Captain, yes I've recommended Laser's Edge before. As Steph mentioned, if you order from them they won't send you any kind of junk mail. I know that others have had issues with them but I've never encountered any problems and I like that they ship to P.O. Boxes via First Class Mail. If they are listing a certain title you're interested in, you may want to contact them first and ask if the title really is in stock and ready to be shipped before you order. Hope this helps and best of luck!
TheCaptain
New Member

5 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 4 2005 : 2:59AM
Thanks for the replies!
Myload
Senior Member

A rose is what you are to me
2069 Posts
6/03
Posted - Jan 6 2005 : 1:27AM
So far I haven't received any junk mail from Action DVD.
fivestardvd
FiveStarDVD.com

Tempe, AZ
49 Posts
3/03
Posted - Jan 6 2005 : 11:40AM
I can't speak for other retailers, but we at Five Star DVD take privacy and your personal information very seriously. We understand the importance of discreetness when dealing with adult products and content. We do not sell any of our customer's information to anyone. We do not send any solicitation through regular mail. We do have opt-in lists for promotional material that is sent via email, but that is it.

Michael Crofut
FiveStarDVD.com Web Developer
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coolasafanman
WantedList.com

29 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 16 2005 : 7:47PM
WantedList.com will not put you on any spam lists.

Besides the free accounts that are available (yahoo mail, gmail, hotmail etc), if spam is a serious problem for you, consider getting a cheap hosting account and a domain name from any number of web hosting providers that offer unlimited email addresses. You can register a domain name for about $9 per year, and get hosting for as little as $5/month - shop around. Then, each time you sign up for a site, give them a unique email address off your domain, such as wantedlist@yourdomainname.com. You can even set up a 'catch-all' address, which means that all these emails get forwarded to a single location, such as yourname@yourname.com. This should help you figure out at least partially where the bulk of your spam is coming from.

Note: often when people have viruses on their computers that harvest email addresses, you might get sent emails supposedly from any given party. Therefore it's important to also look at the header information in an email message during this process, as some very legitimate services might otherwise get blamed for spam they have not actually sent.

There are some new policies regarding spam, have a look:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6812812/

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - Jan 17 2005 : 9:28AM
This thread isn't realy about getting spam/email. It's about good old fashioned style mail, the type the postman delivers.

coolasafanman
WantedList.com

29 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 17 2005 : 10:05AM
Just reread the first post and you're right, my apologies. You won't get any junk mail from us or get put on any mailing lists. I think you can even take steps at the post office to reduce the amount of junk mail that gets delivered to you from various sources...

WantedList.com - Director of Affiliate Marketing

 
BiscuitsandGravy
New Member

5 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 10:24PM
When I was younger, maybe like 12, I used to enjoy calling the 1-800 sex lines to hear the recorded messages of women moaning, etc. I would hang up after that. Anyway, the companies were able to trace the name on the telephone account and a few weeks later we started receiving stuff in the mail... Lucky for me I usually would get the mail. It would be catalogs and brochures for different XXX products (mostly sex lines) and the best part (to a 12 year old anyway) was that it was pretty explicit. The envelopes used to be pink or green with bold writing on the outside, stating "XXX material inside, adults only" or something to that effect... LOL...
spoofer
Deactivated User

2 Posts
1/05
Posted - Jan 31 2005 : 11:12PM
Spam Removed

Edited by - flash on 1/31/2005 11:25:22 PM

McX
Maxstretch.com

135 Posts
1/05
Posted - Feb 1 2005 : 12:57AM
I've placed online orders from both Jaded Video or Adult DVD Empire. Neither one has sent junk snail mail. Both are very respectful of client privacy as is the strict policy at Maxstretch.com.

Peace out...

McX

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