Eh? Ask me one time not enough?

STIjunk
Yes, this is junk mail…

So today I received an email that went:

Dear STI Reader,
We hope you have enjoyed reading The Straits Times Interactive (STI), the online version of The Straits Times – the nation’s flagship newspaper with a readership of 1.35 million daily.
STI went into a subscription model in March this year and about 10,000 readers have signed up as a subscriber for their daily feed of local & international news.
For the rest that have yet to do so, we understand that many of you are still visiting the STI home page daily to read the news headlines.
To encourage you to become a subscriber so that you can read beyond the home page to enjoy the full stories behind the headlines, we are pleased to offer you this special promotion exclusively for our STI registered members that have yet to take on our online subscription…

I am replying: “Ah, fuck you lah!”. But I am not encouraging everyone to do the same, because, you know, you might very well want to pay money to read our village newspaper online.

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23 responses to “Eh? Ask me one time not enough?”

  1. My RSSs Mr Brown Rockson Roy Ng Stylemywords Scott Adams RSSMiyagi

  2. Michael Chua Avatar

    What the hell? Who wants to pay for surfing Straits Times Interactive (STI) online when there is so much free news on the net? Apparently there are 10,000 dumbos who have fallen prey and signed up and paid to surf STI.

  3. Michael Chua Avatar

    What the hell? Who wants to pay for surfing Straits Times Interactive (STI) online when there is so much free news on the net? Apparently there are 10,000 dumbos who have fallen prey and signed up and paid to surf STI.

  4. Toh Chun Chuan Avatar
    Toh Chun Chuan

    It’s a total waste of money….

  5. Chun Chuan Avatar

    It’s a total waste of money….

  6. ymob Avatar
    ymob

    someone once mentioned that its ridiculous how STI decides to charge when so many much better international newspapers do not charge for their online published articles, like BBC?
    ah well…

  7. ymob Avatar
    ymob

    someone once mentioned that its ridiculous how STI decides to charge when so many much better international newspapers do not charge for their online published articles, like BBC?
    ah well…

  8. neyton Avatar
    neyton

    hmmm. i just got the third email today… looks like they’re desperate.

  9. neyton Avatar
    neyton

    hmmm. i just got the third email today… looks like they’re desperate.

  10. workingforthegovernment Avatar
    workingforthegovernment

    i haven’t opened any of the spam i received yet. just classified them as spam so my filter knows what to do with further messages.

  11. workingforthegovernment Avatar
    workingforthegovernment

    i haven’t opened any of the spam i received yet. just classified them as spam so my filter knows what to do with further messages.

  12. Blumiee Avatar
    Blumiee

    Ah!! I can’t agree more with that retort!!

  13. Blumiee Avatar
    Blumiee

    Ah!! I can’t agree more with that retort!!

  14. report spam Avatar
    report spam

    report spam to http://www.spamcop.net...

  15. report spam Avatar
    report spam

    report spam to http://www.spamcop.net...

  16. Singapore Press Holdings, Mark Avatar

    Would appreciate if you do not leave remarks on your blog as this could lead you to a legal suit.

  17. Singapore Press Holdings, Marketing Avatar

    Would appreciate if you do not leave remarks on your blog as this could lead you to a legal suit.

  18. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    Legal suit? Where to buy ah? Got discount? Got my size? Cos I’m damned sick of my illegal one liao.

  19. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    Legal suit? Where to buy ah? Got discount? Got my size? Cos I’m damned sick of my illegal one liao.

  20. blur Avatar
    blur

    Rather than threatening with legal suit, can SPH explain the offence? Is it okay to spam e-mails of ex-readers? Is this good marketing liaison?

  21. blur Avatar
    blur

    Rather than threatening with legal suit, can SPH explain the offence? Is it okay to spam e-mails of ex-readers? Is this good marketing liaison?

  22. Bad Publicity is better than N Avatar
    Bad Publicity is better than N

    how would it lead you to a legal suit???

    oh.
    it was from the marketing dept.

    no wonder.

  23. Bad Publicity is better than No Publicity Avatar
    Bad Publicity is better than No Publicity

    how would it lead you to a legal suit???

    oh.
    it was from the marketing dept.

    no wonder.

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