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If someone sends me an email about a product without any prior contact, I immediately blacklist that product; it's got to be pretty amazing and unique to make i

If someone sends me an email about a product without any prior contact, I immediately blacklist that product; it's got to be pretty amazing and unique to make it off that blacklist. Space in my email inbox is space in my brain, and that's precious to me.

bena 4y ago
I had some asshole from DataDog not only do that, but also fucking call me unsolicited in the middle of the goddamn workday. Non-response is a fucking response. Is that data that DataDog doesn't have? Because DataDog seems to think it's fine to harass people relentlessly and call their personal cell phones. Why would a company like DataDog act like such an asshole to someone they want money from?
- lbriner 4y ago
  > Why would a company like DataDog act like such an asshole to someone they want money from? Because it's a numbers game. These companies scale their cost base and need to make up the difference in more sales. From the sales-person point-of-view, it seems reasonable to reach out to someone and ask if they need X/Y/Z but, of course, it is only reasonable when you don't have 100 other people doing the same thing every day. As others have said, actually sometimes I am looking for X and someone happens to cold call and offer it so I buy it (not me, but some people do). So it works. I do think that there should be some way of opting out though like using the UK's TPS system.
  - bena 4y ago
    I'm sorry, that wasn't a real question. I just wanted to reiterate the name of the company, Data Dog, and emphasize that I think that the company, Data Dog, are assholes. Because they think it's ok to solicit me on my personal phone in the middle of the workday. They've emailed several times. I've not responded. In what universe does that mean, "I just need to call him, he's clearly lonely and wants to hear a voice."
    - aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
      Yeah, but that stock! /s
- NoraCodes 4y ago
  This has happened to me many times. I generally start by making it clear that I don't make purchasing decisions and asking not to be contacted again; if I am called a second time, I use the same techniques I do with tech support scammers, including giving fake or "insult hotline" callback numbers and asking them to hold for indefinite periods of time.

bena 4y ago

I had some asshole from DataDog not only do that, but also fucking call me unsolicited in the middle of the goddamn workday. Non-response is a fucking response. Is that data that DataDog doesn't have? Because DataDog seems to think it's fine to harass people relentlessly and call their personal cell phones. Why would a company like DataDog act like such an asshole to someone they want money from?

lbriner 4y ago
> Why would a company like DataDog act like such an asshole to someone they want money from? Because it's a numbers game. These companies scale their cost base and need to make up the difference in more sales. From the sales-person point-of-view, it seems reasonable to reach out to someone and ask if they need X/Y/Z but, of course, it is only reasonable when you don't have 100 other people doing the same thing every day. As others have said, actually sometimes I am looking for X and someone happens to cold call and offer it so I buy it (not me, but some people do). So it works. I do think that there should be some way of opting out though like using the UK's TPS system.
- bena 4y ago
  I'm sorry, that wasn't a real question. I just wanted to reiterate the name of the company, Data Dog, and emphasize that I think that the company, Data Dog, are assholes. Because they think it's ok to solicit me on my personal phone in the middle of the workday. They've emailed several times. I've not responded. In what universe does that mean, "I just need to call him, he's clearly lonely and wants to hear a voice."
  - aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
    Yeah, but that stock! /s
NoraCodes 4y ago
This has happened to me many times. I generally start by making it clear that I don't make purchasing decisions and asking not to be contacted again; if I am called a second time, I use the same techniques I do with tech support scammers, including giving fake or "insult hotline" callback numbers and asking them to hold for indefinite periods of time.