Giant Beaver Tree Service

This was my funniest experience in this quest. The first time I received a mailer from them I sent them a postcard. The second time I sent them a letter informing them of the law and again asking them to stop. The third time I threatened to file a prohibitory order and told them the nature of the prohibitory order and told them that it would contain language about erotic materials. The fourth time I file a prohibitory order and sent them a letter letting them know that I did so, and again informing them as to the nature of the prohibitory order and its reference to erotic materials. Are you getting the picture here? Well, they apparently didn't. The found my phone number and left me a message. I sent them another letter and that is the last I heard from them.

Montecito Bank & Trust

After many attempts to get them to stop sending me mortgage refinance offers and progressively threatening letters, one of their lawyers sent me a letter telling me that they could send me solicitations if they wanted to. I sent them a letter with the full analysis of the law and I didn't receive any more solicitations from them. These people initially claimed that they had no control over whether or not I got the offers.

Washington Mutual

Washington Mutual wins the all-time award for being the biggest assholes in direct mail. They have sent me more direct mail than any other company. Initially, I contacted individual mortgage agents and brokerage branches to try and get them to stop sending me mortgage solicitations. Most brokers didn't have a clue and told me there was nothing they could do about it. So I contacted their corporate customer relations department. Initially, they were helpful. Send me samples of the solicitations they said and we will get everyone to stop. They didn't stop. So I contacted them again. Again I sent them copies of what I was receiving. After the third go-around, they changed their tune and claimed that they could send me anything they wanted, it was their legal right. I sent them the full analysis of the law on direct mail, and they responded that they still believed they had the right to send me whatever they wanted. Clearly, they don't have a mechanism internally to put someone on a do-not-mail list that all brokers will adhere to, so their solution is to claim they don't have to stop. I was so frustrated with them I created an anti-tribute site to them. I found many others who are very unhappy with WaMu. They are a horrible company!

www.4-dish.com

www.satelliteservices.com

These cheesemeisters are resellers of The Dish Network. They sell and install the service and get a commission up front from The Dish Network for every sale. As my girlfriend used to work for one of these outfits, she can attest to the fact that these guys are about as bad as used car salesmen. They provide zero after-the-install support. When asking one of their customer service people for their address so I could send them a letter, he gave me a phony address. Neither their mailers nor their websites list a physical address for the company. They are second in volume only to Washington Mutual. They were also awarded an anti-tribute site.

Domain Registry of America

These guys are true bottom feeders. They steal contact information from the domain name Whois registry and send domain registration services made to look like renewal notices. Renew now or risk loosing your domain! I am sure more than a few people have been tricked into transferring their domains over to DROA this way. It is against the rules of the body that governs Internet domain names to use the domain name registration information for marketing purposes.

Coast Capital Group

This is another mortgage broker who seems to want to break the record for mortgage solicitations.

Toyota of Oxnard

I bought a new car from them. At the time I specifically told them I did not want to be added to any mailing lists. I also went over to the service department and told them I did not want to receive service reminder notices. Despite this, I started receiving direct mail from the, from other Toyota dealers in the area, from the Toyota corporation, and from their service department.

Central Coast Introductions

This was another somewhat humorous situation. I received a series of letters (first, second) from them through the BBB with which I had filed a complaint. I am particularly amused that he says "… it has always been astounding to, on occasions, be witness to the lengths to which some people will go for such relatively insignificant causes, given the state of world affairs. The huge amount of time and resources spend on this by the BBB, the Post Office, the recipient of this complaint (mainly us) and, the source, in this case, Mr. XXX have been completely wasted, and that's criminal. After all, time is all we have." Can you believe the arrogance shown here? I don't believe that millions of trees wasted are an insignificant cause. He generously offers to remove my name from the list for $50. Interestingly, this series of interactions, I never received another piece of direct mail from them.

Tiger Direct

This was the dickhead of catalog companies. Every time I bought something, I got added again to their list, as in, I started getting multiple identical catalogs every week. Despite repeated calls to their customer service, I kept getting catalogs for 9 months or so.