I signed up for a Cycling News Sweepstakes last month... you know the ones right over there--------> on the right hand side of the Cycling News Home page (and every other page for that matter)... as I hit the enter button, I had the feeling that I should not be doing this, because I will be bombarded with SPAM!...
But then I tought, nope! Not "My" Cycling News!!! The site I visit a couple of times a day, my friend, my informational buddy! It could not... would not, do that to me... Me, the one who never signs up for give aways, me who rarely, if ever buys anything on line because I don't want "THEM" to get my credit card number, me who hates "SPAM" above all else.... but, alassssss....
It happened! and it did not take long... it could not have been more than 6 hours and it was "GAME ON" or should I say "SPAM ON". Luckily, I hadn't been completely ignorant and used a secondary e-mail address, one that hardly ever gets used... but the PAIN and DISAPOINTMENT was the same non the less. For the next 6 weeks I had to delete hundreds of "Viagra and Celebrex" e-mails! What a pain in the rear end!
So alasssss.... my days of signing up for any "Sweepstakes or Giveaways are over, and to my buddy Cycling News, I'm sorry to say you are at the top of my list. I guess it's the advertisers that lose out... because I ignore the "BLINKING" ads over there-------> and simply read my news and go away!
But then I tought, nope! Not "My" Cycling News!!! The site I visit a couple of times a day, my friend, my informational buddy! It could not... would not, do that to me... Me, the one who never signs up for give aways, me who rarely, if ever buys anything on line because I don't want "THEM" to get my credit card number, me who hates "SPAM" above all else.... but, alassssss....
It happened! and it did not take long... it could not have been more than 6 hours and it was "GAME ON" or should I say "SPAM ON". Luckily, I hadn't been completely ignorant and used a secondary e-mail address, one that hardly ever gets used... but the PAIN and DISAPOINTMENT was the same non the less. For the next 6 weeks I had to delete hundreds of "Viagra and Celebrex" e-mails! What a pain in the rear end!
So alasssss.... my days of signing up for any "Sweepstakes or Giveaways are over, and to my buddy Cycling News, I'm sorry to say you are at the top of my list. I guess it's the advertisers that lose out... because I ignore the "BLINKING" ads over there-------> and simply read my news and go away!