Richbaker
Blackhawk
Right..... I'd have been pissed.
Too many emails
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GrumpyOldMan
Guns? What guns?
The one that kills me is the 'check in online' scam. It tells you that you can check in online and save time, then reminds you that you still need to notify the receptionist that you're there, checking in!
gunman42782
Hunter
The emails don't bother me half as much as the spam calls!
I get very few bogus emails and don't worry too much about them anyway. I sort the good from the bad and move on. I have two email accounts, a gmail and a comcast. The wife on the other hand has two accounts also. She has the same comcast as I do and a gmail. Her gmail accumulates tons of SPAM daily, where mine has few or none. Hit 'delete' and move on.
OP
Yes. Absolutely. I’d rather give my email address than my phone number.
DGW1949
Hawkeye
I am sensing everyone's frustration, but I don't get why it's happening to you......Myself, I don't get an email from anyone whom I didn't give my e-mail address to...I don't get text messages either, because I tell everyone ahead of time that I don't text....I will however, answer a phone call when I get one because that's why I bought my little flip-phone. If I don't want to talk to ever who called, I politely tell them so and hang up. Easy-peezy, no stress, no muss, no fuss....
Seeing a cause and effect pattern here?...it ain't all that complicated...
Just sayin'.
DGW
Seeing a cause and effect pattern here?...it ain't all that complicated...
Just sayin'.
DGW
My wife is a physician. The reminders are an attempt to minimize "no shows". When her day is packed with patients and more are calling trying to get in, those who just fail to show up "no call no show" are extremely frustrating. If they do that often, they may become ex patients. One of the kickers is that many of her patients are elderly so they aren't glued to cell phones like most and she'd prefer they get an actual call; but that is much less efficient.
DGW, WE MUST BE BROVVA'S.... SAME EXACT HERE.
Almost never give out my email.
Doctors know we only use HOME phone, and NEVER sign-up for their "portal" because we pay THEM to review our "results" (otherwise I'd go to Med. School instead of retiring). We are OLD..... "if we die, we die".
EDIT TO ADD: We do NO banking or finance thingies "on line".... we go to the bank(s); and review monthly paper statements.
MOST IMPORTANT PRIVACY FEATURE: NO SMARTPHONE...!!!
RESULT: Hardly any email, almost no spam, zero spam calls on my flip-phone (I turn it on and check it once a week). Life is good when you simply 'don't give a sit'.
J.
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Unfortunately, there is zero way to conduct business online without providing an email address, those aren't the real troublemakers though. When you unsubscribe, you are unsubscribed (except for Dick's.... they seem to think that if you ever buy anything again (online or in-store) you are opting in to receive their thrice daily marketing emails. I hated Dick's before they went "woke").
The real problem stems from all of the data breaches, and if you think your data hasn't been compromised, you are lying to yourself, or worse.
Hackers aren't just looking for your banking information or credit cards. That is a lot of work for very little potential return. They are looking to sell data, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. I can buy a "curated" list of email addresses for pennies a piece, but you sell enough and suddenly you are looking at real money.
The real problem stems from all of the data breaches, and if you think your data hasn't been compromised, you are lying to yourself, or worse.
Hackers aren't just looking for your banking information or credit cards. That is a lot of work for very little potential return. They are looking to sell data, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. I can buy a "curated" list of email addresses for pennies a piece, but you sell enough and suddenly you are looking at real money.
OP
Well said. As for spam email, I have filters set up to auto delete the spam.
The problem is the doctors offices. Their need to confirm and reconfirm and confirm again.
As for not using a cell phone? I think I might understand that? But that’s not an age thing that’s a stubbornness thing.
My dad is 93 and my mom is 85. They have two cell phones. They can’t use them very well, but my dad buys and sells stocks online. So he’s pretty savvy about computers. And yesterday was a VERY GOOD day! (Today not so much…)
Between my son's surgery and all of the subsequent follow up and PT, my dentist, and my own doctors, I would say 20 percent of my text messages are confirmations, request for payments, etc. Now that he is 18, I really need to get all of his stuff switched to his phone....
yep I got 3 text messages reminding me of my eye ball appointment yesterday... then. got a follow up wanted me to fill out a survey of how they did. This whole bundoggle of communicating electronically has gotten way too much... I pretty much delete at least 95% of the emails I get... still wondering about all the women in Ukraine who wand me to check out their pictures and videos.
My wife used the VA for healthcare. She would get a text the day after she was at the VA Clinic and made a follow up appointment. Then about a month or month and a half before the appointment she would get a text about once a week then at two weeks before a couple of texts a week, the last week she got one reminder a few days before and then one the day before and the day of.
The above does beat an out of town eye doctors though, theirs was like one the month before an appointment asking to confirm and then the day of I would get a reminder call about an hour before my appointment, I am sure that was good for in town people but I had been on the road for 2.5 hours of a three hour drive --- I would look at my wife and say "Well that would not have worked if we had forgotten!!
The above does beat an out of town eye doctors though, theirs was like one the month before an appointment asking to confirm and then the day of I would get a reminder call about an hour before my appointment, I am sure that was good for in town people but I had been on the road for 2.5 hours of a three hour drive --- I would look at my wife and say "Well that would not have worked if we had forgotten!!
