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Spectrum Junk Mail (image courtesy of: Cube Computer Channel)
Spectrum customers who thought Time Warner Cable sent out too much junk mail now regret criticizing their old cable company.
“I have really come accept the truth,” writes Stop the Cap! reader Dustin Hedges. “There are worst cable companies than Time Warner Cable and Charter Spectrum is one of them.”
Hedges is tired of the relentless junk mail he receives every week from the cable company, primarily to advertise cable television.
“I cut the cord with them for a reason: they cost too damn much and considering all of the mailers they are sending me, I can now see where some of my cable dollar used to go,” Hedges tells us. “Some of them look like urgent notices about a late bill or claims to contain ‘important information’ about my account, which could mean another damn rate increase, but no — it is just another advertisement for their TV service I quit last year.”
Hedged ditched cable television after Spectrum converted to an all-digital format, requiring customers to start leasing cable boxes on their extra televisions.
“I tried the Roku route and didn’t like it because it took too long to change channels and it often buffered or ran 2-3 minutes late, meaning other things I might want to watch I would miss the start of because the Roku app made me late,” Hedges complains. “What really ticked me off is that they keep raising the cost of the box rental and the boxes they are giving out now are cheap garbage. They don’t even have a clock on the front anymore. My bill would have gone up $35 a month. I cancelled.”
Today, Hedges is a Spectrum internet-only customer, and thinks Spectrum does not appreciate the business he still gives to them.
“I pay these crooks $65 a month for internet service, when I used to pay Time Warner Cable less than $50, and they are still not happy about it,” Hedges complained. “They constantly send me TV offers for 10 channels, 25 channels, or to go right back to regular cable TV where I can fall for the same trap of low prices to start and boom stick to it you with regular pricing later on. I don’t watch it, I tell them I don’t want it, and that they can save everyone’s money by not sending me this junk mail. They tell me they won’t stop the mailers.”
Indeed, Charter Spectrum’s customer mailing policy indicates they do reserve the right to market existing customers additional products and services at any time. If a customer has a triple play package, they rarely receive anything from the cable company, at least until recently when Spectrum Mobile started a big marketing campaign. If one drops TV and/or phone service, the junk mail will soon grace your mailbox. By far, most mailers concern TV service. Spectrum markets cable cord-cutters and cord-nevers slimmed down packages delivered over their Spectrum internet connection. Occasionally, the company will also remind customer landline phone service is also still available, typically for around $10 a month. When Time Warner Cable pushed its Intelligent Home security service, those mailers were a common sight to many customers. Charter Communications has no interest in the security monitoring business, so although it maintains service for existing customers, it no longer markets Intelligent Home to attract new ones.
But we have good news for Mr. Hodges and other customers looking for a possible opt out path for junk mail, sales calls, and worst of all – door knocking sales teams. Charter Spectrum maintains an online privacy preferences form that should eventually stop marketing mailers for other products and services, including cable TV. Just click on the pertinent image(s) to be taken to their respective web pages, complete and submit the forms, and your mail volume should drop.
Legacy Time Warner Cable CPNI Opt-Out Form (only for use by customers still holding on to their old Time Warner Cable packages.)
Legacy TWC customers should also fill out the Privacy Preferences form:
Charter/Spectrum and Legacy Time Warner Cable/Bright House Customers
Privacy Preferences:
A YouTuber produced this rant about endless junk mail from Spectrum. (11:46)
Please take me off your mailing list . I don’t have cable and I don’t want cable . Take me off of your mailing please .
Donald Boston
1001 Lake Tate Rd, Sylacauga Alabama 35151
please take me off of your mailing forever , forever . Thanks Mr. Boston Retired Navy.
please take me off your mailing list don’t have cave cable and don’t want it .
1110 Third Street Southpittsburg Tn 37380
You all need to call Spectrum directly for removal 855-75-SPECTRUM. Hold the line (don’t press/say anything)
Do NOT give a call back number – just hold the line
Do NOT press #3 (To hold) – just keep holding line (don’t speak)
You will hear greeting 3+ times before you are but on hold for reprensative
NOTE: Current customers have security code ready (found on your bill)
You all need to call Spectrum directly for removal 855-75-SPECTRUM. Hold the line (don’t press/say anything)
Do NOT give a call back number – just hold the line
Do NOT press #3 (To hold) – just keep holding line (don’t speak)
You will hear greeting 3+ times before you are but on hold for reprensative
NOTE: Current customers have security code ready (found on your bill)
Please take me off your relentless mailing list, I don’t want cable, tried it and it was terrible.
Awesome! Opted out. Older folks, this isn’t the place to stop the mail. You need to click on one of the two pictures under the red lettering in the article.
Thanks Don. The folks who responded earlier, we are not the cable company. You have to follow the instructions to opt out as Donald indicated.
I opted out and guess what…they continue to send me junk mail! I’m not a customer nor have I ever been! I’m suing!
If you followed the opt out process EXACTLY as instructed you will then need to file a complaint with the BBB.
Basically, Google Spectrum BBB
https://www.bbb.org/us/ct/stamford/profile/cable-tv/charter-spectrum-0734-110075917
NOTE: their are several locations – select your local location. And file a complaint.
How can one stop SPECTRUM from sending filthy, immoral emails to my email address. I went to settings to set up a block on these filthy emails. Doesn’t work. I set it up to block these unwanted emails and you keep putting them through. Please stop them.
Thank you. I hope it will work !
Take me off your mailing list. I do not want to receive any mail from SPECTRUM, ever! I do not want cable tv or anything.
Please take off your mailing list I dont want your mail or your service thank you.
Here’s a link to the Privacy Policy which let’s customers and NON-Customers opt out of calls, mail, email and in person solicitation: https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-out.html
Reduce, Remove and Rethink Junk Mail
http://unsubscribe.spectrum.com
to manage your privacy preferences, including:
to be added to our “Do Not Call,” “Do Not Email,” “Do Not Mail” or “Do Not Knock” list, which will limit the marketing and advertising messages you receive about Spectrum products and services; and to limit our use of Video Usage Information, Combined Information, or our business and marketing reports to direct addressable advertisements or interest-based advertisements to you as further described in the preference center.
My story is probably the worst and much worse than any on this website. I was a Time Warner cable TWC) customer for a few years but switched to DirecTV because of the Korean Channel lineup (over 30 channels – my wife is Korean and we lived in Seoul for many years. I’ve had DTV since 2016 or so. Shortly after Spectrum took over TWC I started receiving mailings … talking about weekly and sometimes several per week. Over the ensuing period I have placed several hundred calls to the number in the mailing asking, pleading and demanding to be… Read more »
Yea, DOESNT WORK! I’ve spent years and dozens if attempts at plugging in my info, being told it could take 45-60days and continuing to get mailers. I’ve talked to no fewer than 10 phone reps and their managers who offer to put my info into the website as if not believing I had already done it, please wait 45-60 days to have mailers stop. Didnt work. So I call again and of course no record of my last call because I dont have an account. So I explain again, and again, for years people. I’ve even attempted to enter my… Read more »
Same! I’ve tried multiple times. At the beginning of the pandemic they sent door knockers to my apartment too. They’re relentless.
Spectrum REMOVE ME FROM YOUR MAILING LIST.
Frederick Henderboch
9200 Pine Tree Terrace
Bult, TN, 32103
[email protected]
I’m pretty sure they’re now selling the email addresses to third parties. I still have my legacy primary/admin email address assigned to me by Brighthouse, an account that I never used for anything other than setting up other email accounts, and other account admin actions, otherwise has been dormant with nothing in or out. This morning I noticed a flood of spam emails in that account from the last couple of days, as well as the account I use every day. In fact, the spam emails are the same.
I am not a customer. Not only do we get Spectrum ads in the mail every few days at our residence, today they mail us a Spectrum Business 5×6 card covered in some kind of plastic. Not even recyclable. Trash like this in Portland, Maine goes to waste incineration and the ash, undoubtedly all toxic is dumped into a landfill to leach out into the lakes, rivers and ocean of Maine.
I would not ever buy anything from a company that is so backward, ignorant and toxic.
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For the last two years, I have been drowning in spammy unsolicited mail from Spectrum, and have spoken to several of their unhelpful phone reps on several occasions. As you can tell by my frustration, nothing worked. Today, I’m Marie Kondo-ing my physical mailbox, trying to remove myself from all the direct mailing lists that I am on, and finally came across this:
https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-out.html
I am really hoping this is the magic bullet!
I have requested this 9 times I get dupes of everything and they kept sending mail slightly changing the format unbelievable how bad this company is for the environment I have reached out to my congress people to ask them to stop the JUNK MAIL
I get 25 mailings a month from charter they sure waste paper
I believe the only way to get this mail to stop is to file a class action suit. It used to be they had their return address on the envelopes, but people said “REFUSED-RETURN TO SENDER” so they had to take it off. I have opted out for the building with my name, the building, without my name, each individual apartment, with and without my name, the name “current resident” and the address of each apt., etc. I have also talked to their reps. who have helped me get off the list… for a month maybe…. and then it starts… Read more »
This company is the worst. I have filled out their OPT-OUT form at least 4 times now, I still get junkmail almost EVERY WEEK. There is a REASON I stopped being a customer! My $40 earthlink internet was facilitated through them and over time became $70 internet. When I canceled, they told me to wait for my final bill. I did… instead got a letter from a collections agency. What scum. I WILL NEVER GIVE THEM A DIME EVER AGAIN.