isaacsapphire:

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bambamramfan:

kontextmaschine:

I have never once given, subscribed to the alumni gazette, or notified them of a change in address, but since I graduated these guys have been 3 months behind on my moves AT MOST

You do realize that magazine you have there sold them your address, right?

All giant orgs share mailing databases. I should know, I work with them.

yeah I know a few things about direct mail, and if they’re spending enough to keep that close track of me I can only imagine how much they value me (or, realistically, some subset of any given Cornell class) at

I’m pretty sure that alumni donations can be pretty fat sacks of cash.

Also, I’ve been warned to never give my phone number to the NRA because they call constantly begging for money. Obviously they sell their mailing list. Eugh. Something to look forward to I guess.

the NRA has called me for money maybe 2-3 times a year, often it’s pegged to trying to sell you Life membership

(I bought it for $250 in one of those discount drives where they’re trying to boost numbers ahead of an election or after a massacre, which is a deal well worth it for the discounts.

then they try and sell you additional tiers of Life membership like the fucking Shriners or something but that‘s worthless)

aside from that I think they only sell your name to the NRA-ILA, their separate-for-tax-purposes lobbying arm, I really do recommend membership)