Call the number and ask for a pre paid return envelope to send a signed contract with.
Then fill the return envelope with all this crap.
Now they have paid 4 times for junk mailing you and they pay to toss out their own trash.
My ex wants me back
Submitted 9 months ago by Emerald@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 months ago
hswolf@lemmy.world 9 months ago
chaotic good, nice
soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
“We don’t need your signature, it can be one over the phone. Let’s do it now”
slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The house is held in a trust so I need a physical document to sign for accounting reasons.
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Spectrum still sends that much spam even if you are a customer already.
No, i dont want your tv bundle i literally havent had any desire to watch cable tv for over a decade please stop asking!
swarmingnarwhal@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fiber internet gang rise up! I would very much enjoy the death of spectrum
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah i went from a speed of 10 mbps upload to a speed of 300 mbps upload thanks to fiber
Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There is an actual technical reason for coax networks not being able to provide symmetrical speeds. It has to do with what frequencies (channels) are dedicated to data uplink, data downlink, and cable TV. Cable TV is still the cash cow for coax providers, and installing appropriate channel splitters network-wide to reallocate higher-bandwidth channels to data uplink would result in days or weeks of downtime for cable subscribers, not to mention the crippling amount of money in new hardware. It is a consequence of how the networks were physically built when providers thought that cable and download speeds were all anyone needed; it’s not just a software switch they can flip if they wanted to.
Spectrum still sucks, but asymmetrical Internet speeds are not one of the things they suck at on purpose.
TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve seen advertisements fiber internet is in my area (Frontier), starting price is $59, guessing the price goes up eventually?
PlasmaDistortion@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I have gigabit fiber and am locked in with a price of $59 a month for at least 5 years.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Doesn’t Spectrum offer fiber.
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Only to business/enterprise customers AFAIK. Even their residential coax connections are fiber-uplinked from the nearest switch, though.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
it’s so wild to me that america still views fiber as a new thing, it’s been standard in the nordics for like… 10 years maybe?
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 9 months ago
This is why marketing is a bullshit job.
AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 9 months ago
As are sales.
There should be a different name for people at a store that answer questions about a product on request.
No one should be trying to convince anyone to buy anything as a job. What the hell is that? If you make a cool thing, people will come to you. If you don’t, stop trying to pressure people into it.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There’s different types of marketing.
One type is awareness marketing, which is exactly the type that’s the furthest from “forcing shit down your throat”.
Then later, when you’re searching for something and see their name, your monkey brain will prefer the “familiar” option.
And tbh I do have to disagree with “people will come to you”, it’s really hard to grow if people don’t know you exist.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Well in more technologically advanced sales, there are reps who understand the technology deeply and try to explain it to execs and other engineering folk who might be interested. This is a role I find pretty valuable, since some engineers don’t have good communication skills.
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They aren’t even getting their target market right, sending me “move-in” offers when I haven’t moved.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I still get all that and I have Spectrum. It’s also common for the envelope to say it’s “important.” No, ads are not important.
magicalzfmk@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Damn blurring out all the numbers must be more infuriating right?
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes thank you for noticing my effort
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Rip it up and mail the shreds back to them, no note or explanation. Usually that makes them stop.
Nfamwap@lemmy.world 9 months ago
But how will they know it’s from OP?
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You leave the part with your name and address on it intact.
Ohi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Words can’t describe the inner joy I felt making that call to cancel after I had Google Fiber installed. “No sir, there is no package or temporary deal you can offer me that’s going to change the outcome of this conversation.”
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 9 months ago
wait til you realize the largest ad-tech company in the world is now your ISP tho
Ohi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Somehow that still seems better than being Spectrum’s bitch
fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Look at the amounts of wasted paper! 😡
Lafari@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Free toilet paper
RBWells@lemmy.world 9 months ago
We’ve never had Spectrum and they relentlessly woo us as well. When we ignored the mailings, they started sending them in Spanish, as though they thought we simply couldn’t understand them. Like nobody could possibly resist them if they could read the advertisements, right? Waiting to see what they try next.
arin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Got fiber and never looked back, 1gb both up and download at the same time(yes full speed on 2 different tests), no throttling, advanced email notifications for maintenance that’s past midnight. it’s so much freedom, no datacaps too !
rxin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
lmaoo they remotely update router software whenever they feel like it here. that means losing internet for half an hour without any warning :)
arin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yes i had that same exact issue with my local coaxial cable Internet provider before switching
castlepeak@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lucky mate. Which service do you have and where? My apartment complex sadly has coaxial hardwired so no recourse other than xfinity :/
arin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Small local fiber and wireless provider that worked with the large multi unit condo building I’m in
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“Return to sender”
Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I actually bought a stamp that prints that specifically to return Soectrum’s trash.
doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Most people don’t know this but the USPS has their own official stamp for that purpose and any marked or drawn on letters they receive likely go to the trash. Try attaching a sticky note and putting it in the outgoing mail, or talking to the post office directly (although many offices go to great lengths not to give you time).
TLDR: Don’t write on the envelope or it won’t be returned.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I switched to Fiber from Spectrum a few months ago. When I took the equipment back to the store, I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t need to jump through any hoops at all to cancel; they just got my name, checked my ID, looked at the router serial number, had me sign a thing, and handed me a receipt. I was shocked. I had put an hour on the meter, and I only needed four minutes.
But less than a week later, I got my first “move in offer.” It’s honestly hilarious to begin with—“oh, ha ha, they honestly think their choke hold on the market is so strong that the only reason anyone would ever cancel is if they move out of the area”—but quickly got sad when I realized, actually, given the government-enforced monopoly they enjoy in my city, that’s probably true for most people.
grayman@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The employee was gaming the system. If you’re canceling, they’re required to hound you. If you’re moving, it’s just a few clicks with no rebuttal from the system. The employee just didn’t want to hound you because they’re as tired of charter’s crap as you.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Unless you have some insider information, I think that might just be what they do anytime sometime comes in to the store instead of calling. There was a manager nearby, who seemed to know what she was doing the whole time.
I dunno. It seemed like a standard procedure to me.
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m a current customer and still get shit like the frequently, usually they want me to add cable TV and/or phone to my internet-only package. It’s really obnoxious. You’d think after me ignoring it for 8 years they would give up but nope, still at least once a month one pops up in my mailbox.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Just sleep well at night knowing that part of the reason your cable/phone/internet bills are so high is because your rates are subsidizing these morons to mail you full color glossy double sided bullshit advertising services at you that you already have.
Aviandelight@mander.xyz 9 months ago
I kind of like all the unsolicited junk mail. I use it weekly to line the bottom of all my parrot cages.
eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They even ambush me every time I go to the grocery store. And they’ve doubled my bill since I signed up. Why bother marketing when you can raise rates whenever you want? They could save so much money by not mailing every day and hiring people to hunt me
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They could save so much money by not mailing every day and hiring people to hunt me
At the scale these mailings are conducted, it all averages out into a net win for Spectrum. It suggests that enough people really do suck it up with the rate hike for some reason or another. Otherwise, they wouldn’t do it. Also, from their perspective, the wasted time, energy, and paper is all someone else’s problem.
eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
That’s the worst part. The fact they keep doing it means it probably works. I just don’t understand how.
cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ooooo aren’t you popular.
JCreazy@midwest.social 9 months ago
Do any of these have return labels?
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 9 months ago
My ex (Comcast) sends me stuff all the time. They even have the audacity to call themselves neighbor. Mr. Rogers they are not.
qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
My ex is ATT fiber which, despite having zero love for ATT, was pretty great.
They are trying to get me back…but they don’t offer fiber (or any service!) at my new address.
Mayonnaise@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I have zero love for ATT but love my fiber plan. I’d like to switch, since they don’t let me change the DNS server, but the plan I had before was awful and my internet dropped all the time.
whosdadog@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Are you sure about that? I’m using the official AT&T fiber modem (Nokia white oval) and a pi.hole for DNS. I do remember needing to change a number of settings to get it to work though.
tabularasa@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is me with SiriusXM. Fuck them
sebinspace@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Imagine paying to not be able to control anything and still getting ads.
Oh, that’s just cable…
criticon@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
SiriusXM is the only one I went to the process to opt-out. I received 2-3 letters every week and at least an email per day. Their service would be cheaper if they didn’t spend all their budget on marketing
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The desire to recreate this posts image with siriusxm letters, would need a bigger table though it seems
tabularasa@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I didn’t realize there was a process, I’m going to look that up. Thank you
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Ask if you can stack the offers. That could be an incredible offer.
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They are expired lol but that would be funny if I called them up to ask
hperrin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve never even had them, just went on their website and put in my address to see what’s available, and I get tons of these too. Frontier is cheaper and waaaaaay faster, so fuck Spectrum.
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So if I really hate someone, I can just put their address into the Charter Spectrum website?
ratman150@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Generally you can sign up this person for many types of annoying mail by doing essentially just that
its_the_new_style@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I had been a Verizon customer before the Frontier switch. I still had a 100/100 plan with them and they had jacked the price up to over $100 a month. Since I was an exiting customer they would not negotiate on the price. I’m with Spectrum now for $40 300/20 (meh). Might go back to Frontier when my rate ends if they are more accommodating.
Sendbeer@lemm.ee 9 months ago
This is me and Dish. Been over five years and I still get at least one a month. Post office was kind enough to notify them of my new address twice.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Fun fact you can mail something by name only sometimes.
The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m getting fiber in the spring, and I can’t wait to make spectrum my ex as well.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 months ago
These are extra ignorable because there’s no way you’re going to end up paying the rate on the card. They are actually trash.
its_the_new_style@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I don’t love spectrum but I’m currently paying less than the rate on some of these cards for 300mbps. I was with Frontier (fiber) but those MFers were charging me over $100 a month for 100/100. I called several times to try and get a better rate and they just essentially told me to fuck off. When I finally cancelled they just said, ok service will be off on x date. No attempt for retention at all.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
If there was a company which charged me $1 / month to send spam mail to a company I would sign up in a heart beat.
Imagine if a company got 10,000 spam letters via snail mail every month and they had to sift through each and every one to see if any contains actual pertinent information.
Sure it wouldn’t be much of a hinderance to the company itself but they would probably have to pay a few people at $30-$40 thousand a year to do it.
Cheskaz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Could someone explain this to me? Are these gift cards?
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
No. These are printed plastic advertisements delivered via the postal service. (Other companies might purchase small mini catalogs/coupon books, colorful envelopes, or eye-catching postcards for their mail-based advertisements.) These mailers are sent to many people. Most people refer to these mailers as “junk mail.”
Spectrum is very bad about sending lots of these, as OP has shared.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 9 months ago
No they’re just ads for whatever starter bundle they have right now.
Cheskaz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
But how does the ex come in to it? Did they sign them up spam?
TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@midwest.social 9 months ago
You can attempt to opt-out, but this kind of thing should be illegal in the first place. www.spectrum.com/…/your-privacy-rights-opt-out
Emerald@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I could opt out but i’m building a collection at this point
name_NULL111653@pawb.social 9 months ago
This is the best thing to do. Let them waste their money on printed, mailed ads, and use it to taunt them on the internet and expose how they badger and milk their
cattlecustomers.Vilian@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
chad
moup@lemm.ee 9 months ago
lol, I’ve done this, multiple times. the only thing that has changed was that my name was replaced by “Residential Consumer” for the subsequent spam.
DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yup, and in my case they started sending door-to-door salespeople. They’re spending all the money to kill Google Fiber where I’m at.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
This shouldn’t have made me laugh so much.