Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Why does it take 10 days to UNSUBSCRIBE?

After I unsubscribed to the Entertainment.com web site, here's what the web site returned:

Your e-mail preferences for "blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com" have been successfully submitted. Please note, it will take up to 10 (emphasis is mine) days for your request to become active.

Now, don't get me started on how I wound up on their mailing list to being with -- perhaps it was all the online sweepstakes/contents that I entered :-) -- but can someone please tell me why it takes up to 10 days to unsubscribe to an e-mail list? We can put a man on the moon, but you can't take me off your unsubscribe list for 10 days?

BTW, isn't the phrase "We can put a man on the moon, but we can't ..." a little outdated? What else would you use in place of that?