[Evbn]

It is still abusive, to represent that they need it for transactional purposes and then to spam you with it instead.

[lhnn]

Flightfox just posted an article about how they more aggressively pursue potential customers with email, and it's doubled their conversion rate.

How is this isolated example of snail-mail marketing at all creepy? As long as it's Verizon and not a third party, it isn't strange at all.

[angelbob]

There's a difference between "strange" and "creepy".

Something can be really common and still really creepy.