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by QualityReboot 2441 days ago
I've heard people in the political world talk about buying and selling email lists, which I thought was illegal, but seems to be common practice.
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In the early 90's I gave something like $20 to the Sierra Club or a similar group. After a deluge in physical mail asking for donations from around the political spectrum, I never did it again. I left no forwarding address after moving either. Pretty dumb on their part, they traded all their goodwill for a short-term dollar.