• Bart (unregistered)

    Frist!

  • {author} (unregistered)

    That mail merge letter looks distinctly legally questionable, as presumably for most of the recipients it isn't true that 'we have been working with a neighbour on your street'.

  • dlo (unregistered)

    I think the real WTF today is Malhar doing a poor job of trying to obscure his name on the letter, and then having it published as part of the intro.

  • Cheats Never Prosper (unregistered) in reply to dlo

    And we all know where s/he lives; on {street name}!

  • Brian (unregistered)

    Nah, I'd say today's WTF is the author's amazingly awkward attempts at alliteration.

  • (nodebb)

    They're offering an assessment for $49, and the card gives you $50 off any of their services. Presumably assessment is a service. Does that mean they'll pay you $1 to assess your system?

  • [FILL IN YOUR NAME] (unregistered)

    Trying to black out a name in a letter is not really working if it is also stated right above...

  • Llarry Amrose (unregistered)

    Hey Spectrum, I got your Auto Pay right here! So go {{action}} yourselves. (/joisey)

  • Malhar (unregistered)

    Brillant :-)

  • ooOOooGa (unregistered)

    Reading through the ink blot, I am fairly sure that Malhar is an alias. The person's real name is 'Mother' :-P

  • Brian Boorman (google)

    Not sure what's worse, the plumber's letter or the lighting and angle of Malhar's picture of it.

  • WTFGuy (unregistered)

    A**{author}** ref:

    That mail merge letter looks distinctly legally questionable, as presumably for most of the recipients it isn't true that 'we have been working with a neighbour on your street'.

    Not sure what you think might be a legal issue. At least in the USA, claiming they're working on your street when they aren't is in the same perfectly legal boat as "local Moms discover one weird trick that ..." Good bet that Mom isn't local to both you and me, much less the other million folks seeing that page.

    Further, with the magic of modern mailing lists, they actually can print and mail just to neighbors on the same street or in the same tract or zip code or town/city or ... Clearly this is a local company whose catchment area is a dozen miles on a side at best. Tight targeting isn't required, but it's certainly plausible, especially since paper snail-mail costs real money to send.

  • Colin (unregistered)

    Still waiting for the writers profile pic to download. viking.jpg (JPEG Image, 2448 × 3264 pixels) – Scaled (22%)

  • J.G.Harston (unregistered)

    Next to our printer we have a whole pile of scrap paper that has: Dear NAME, Enclosed is your smartcard registered for NAME registered for BUILDING.....

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