Date:         Thu, 1 Feb 1996 16:55:05 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Richard Alexand Palmer" <rapalmer@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject:      Re: where did J.C.whitney get my address?

On Feb 1,  2:05pm, Edward Claiborne Gould wrote:
> Subject: where did J.C.whitney get my address?
> yesterday i recieved the new j.c.whitney catalog.  thats fine and all
> 'cause i've been meening to subscribe but how did they know i even
> owned a v.w.?  as i see it, only some one who knows my address and
> knows i own a v.w. could have let them know.  my friends and family
> meet these criteria but none of em would have a reason to talk to
> whitney.  then there's the mechanic that fixed my ball joints but i
> can't see why he would give them the information.  the only
> reasonable idea i came up with is that maybe the secretary of state
> sells them a list of the names and addresses of people that buy v.w's
> each year since i just bought it in august and recieved the first
> catalog yesterday.  if so, it's a little disturbing how easily
> personal information becomes public.  and probably at a nice profit
> to the person gathering the info.  hmmmm, i suppose it could have
> also been the insurance company.
>     any ideas as to where whitney gets their mailing lists?  i'd
> really like to know cause anyone that actively researches what kind
> of vehicle i drive and where i live,  and then sells the information
> deserves a serious reaming.
That is curious indeed, because I received *my* unsolicited Volkswagen catalog
from them yesterday as well...
Hmmmmmmmmm.

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