Has anyone been inundated with Spam from a company calling itself The Trading Floor? Ordinarily, I rely on my Spam filters to get rid of junk and don’t bother to unsubscribe – unless, of course, I know that it is a reliable company. I know exactly how this company got hold of my details; I asked for a credit report from Experian a year or so back. Since then, the Trading Floor and the suckers who bought into their mailing list have flooded me with unwanted junk on pretty much a daily basis. As others have discovered, unsubscribing from these people simply doesn’t work.
Looking at their website, they try to present an appearance of a legitimate company. The underlying message though is that they harvest people’s details in order to sell them on:
The Trading Floor is a revolutionary means of buying and selling risk-based customer/enquirer information through a centrally managed data pool containing millions of detailed customer records. It has been created specifically for the insurance and financial services sectors in response to rising costs of traditional routes to market and decreasing response rates.
In other words, no matter how they seek to dress it up, they are Spammers. If you run a company that is thinking of getting into bed with these people, I suggest that you bear in mind that this is by far the quickest way to get your email details onto Spam blacklists. Bombarding people with unwanted junk emails – despite them making you aware that they do not want them, is unethical business practice. Is that what you want?
The owner of the company is sponsoring his son, Myles in his karting endeavours:
Hi – my name is Myles Collins. I am 13 years old and my passion is Karting. I race in Juniormax and drive a Maranello Kart with a 125cc Rotax engine which is capable of nearly 75mph. I am currently sponsored by www.thecomparisons.com and www.thetradingfloor.co.uk .
yes, my dad owns the two business’ of http://www.thetradingfloor.co.uk and http://www.thecomparisons.com . without those sponsors i couldn’t of got to where i am now (racing professionly)
thanks,
Myles .
Well, that’s very nice for you Myles. However, could you please remind your dad that spamming is not legitimate business practice. There are no circumstances where I will buy anything as a consequence of unsolicited emails. So, please, tell him to stop. He certainly hasn’t taken any notice of me asking politely.