Musician's "Friend"

This isn't the posting I was planning for today, so tune in again tomorrow and we'll be back on our regularly scheduled program of technology-based art.

Today, I'm sharing a letter I sent to a company called Musician's Friend:

To: comments@musiciansfriend.com, management@musiciansfriend.com

Hi, I'm a customer of musician's friend (in fact I have an order that I placed just the other day). I had a generally good impression of your company until this morning when I found that you had spammed my blog:

http://www.ethanham.com/blog/2008/08/dennis-havlenas-musical-instruments.html

Anyone who reads spams like these will question your company's integrity... It puts you into the same category as the folks who send out email spam about Viagra, Diploma Mills, & Nigerian Bank Embezzlement opportunities.

Sincerely,

Ethan Ham

I wasn't making it up about being a customer of theirs. If they were some random sleazy company I would have simply deleted their spam & cursed them silently... but the fact they're a company I do business with made me all the more disgusted.

It's important for our sanity that we make it clear that spam is not profitable. If you're so inclined, I'd suggest sending a quick email to the management and marketing of Musician's Friend letting them know how spamming sullies their reputation. Feel free to reference this blog.