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They are definitely not managing their mailing lists efficiently. My case is somewhat different, not that I want to unsubscribe but at one point they started a
by pilsetnieks 6y ago
They are definitely not managing their mailing lists efficiently.
My case is somewhat different, not that I want to unsubscribe but at one point they started addressing me as Dick in all their mass marketing emails. That's despite the fact that my name is not Richard or any variation thereof, nor have I used that name to sign up for anything at Cloudflare. It began immediately after I shot down one pushy salesperson's "invitation to arrange a call or videoconference" for a product that I already told them would not work for me. Could be just a coincidence, though.
- christophilus 6y agoWow. That’s some serious passive aggressive BS, if that really is the reason. Their sales team is really obnoxious and pushy from my limited experience. But that’s pretty true of most sales teams I’ve interacted with.
- nerdponx 6y agoSounds more like said pushy salesperson didn't realize the OP would actually get email with that name attached.
- sosodev 6y agoI’ve also had a bad experience with Cloudflare’s sales team. I was testing out their workers platform very shortly after its initial release when I got an email from a guy at Cloudflare claiming to be looking for user feedback on workers. I agreed to talk to him and he continued to pretend it wasn’t a sales call. The minute the call started it was clear he didn’t want to hear anything I had to say about workers and began pressing me to tell him where I worked. I told him and the conversation immediately turned into “what can I do to get you guys a contract for workers?” The whole interaction was unsettling for me. Seems like a pretty sleezy sales tactic.
- CraftThatBlock 6y agoI can also echo this. I was interesting in one of there products (can't remember which) and after a call where I said I was interested, and they never emailed me back, even after I sent a follow up. The self-serve platform is great and I wish all products were self-serve, because dealing with sale teams is very annoying when you're just trying to evaluate a product.
- Wouter33 6y agoSame experience here. He didn't listen to my feedback and didn't answer any of the Workers-related question i emailed him on his request.
- 0xy 6y agoSame interaction for me too. I think this is a widespread tactic on their sales team.
- miyuru 6y agoyes. do not register for any of their webinars with your work email.
- ganoushoreilly 6y agoWe've got tons of non associated domains that we've single spam inboxes on. We then put aliases on them as needed. That way when some demos / trials require a valid domain we have it but we can also get away. Life Pro tip, do this for conference registrations otherwise you'll be crushed.
- freeone3000 6y agoIf not for tons of useless business spam, what are work emails for?
- mlvljr 6y agoHave you tried responding with "Thank you, but I am not interested, Dick!"?