Attention NASCAR.com/Turner Sports Interactive: Kiss My Grits
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 6:21pm EDT
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
I. Have. Had. It.
I got something better that one said NASCAR.com/Turner Sports Interactive can kiss. Allow me a second to stand from the throne which sits before the blogging desk here at the Lounge.
I shall now enter into record Exhibit 1.
Yes, I signed up for an account (back in the day), and part of this included receiving “important updates from NASCAR.com”, but not its partners or anyone else. Note, important updates. For example, I got a “breaking alert” when Jr scheduled his little conference a few weeks ago. I can handle that, although it came hours after I had already known.
In the past month, maybe a little less, I have received no less than 4 messages of this “nature”. Can someone please explain how this is an “important update”, or how it could even possibly be construed as such? It can’t.
It’s nothing but scum of the earth spam.
I now enter into record Exhibit 2.
This shows the “account” screen, when I clicked the “opt-out” link. Note, it had “my account” signed up to receive ongoing program communications such as updates or new rewards.
What in the flying F!
Never at any time did I agree to that. When I signed up, it said “important updates”. Either way, how in the flying hell is a damn “get our credit card” spam in any way shape or form a “update” or “new reward”? Again, it’s not. It’s spam.
I hate spam. It’s unfortunately a piece of the times at the moment, but I absolutely don’t need this crap from our “Sanctioning Body”.
From now on, my browser won’t ever be pointing to NASCAR.com, I’ll find historical statistics, lineups, and standings elsewhere.
I already quit reading their other crap, although they have a new staff reporter that interests me. OK, she’s pretty hot, too. 
Either way, no more traffic from this camp. And after the “lovely conversation” I had with a person with ISC back in September… Heh… I’ll leave that can of worms shut.
Filed Under: Damn Good Points, Nascar, The Soapbox
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Who’d a thunk it, Brian France is from Nigeria like all “good” spammers! When will the arrest warrant be issued and he does the frog-march like the guy that hit the wires in the last few hours?
As long as we’re bashing Brian’s “baby” we shouldn’t stop with his “off-spring,” we should drive a steak in his heart as well.
marc said this on May 31st, 2007 at 8:16 pm
I’m not a happy camper about it, obviously.
No more nascar.com accounts in this house. And if Sprint keeps wrecking what used to be a good company… they’re next on the list.