A lot.
Like, a hundred plus emails a year, but since he uses the Contact Us page, it comes from MY business email address, which real people use to contact us, so I can't exactly mark it as spam. And you have to put an email address in the contact form, but he uses fakes. And a fake phone number. The only way to respond is to go to his website and fill out his contact form, which I am not about to do.
And there are lots of things I could do to stop him, but here's the thing - he is the nicest spammer in the history of this planet, and his emails are so nice! They follow a very strict pattern:
See how polite? He always introduces himself first.Hi, my name is Eric ...
Here's where it's just a little tiny bit hinky. How can this dude "just find" my website 300 times in a row? Wouldn't you think that after only 150 times or so, he might recognize it and say "I ran across your site AGAIN"?... and I just found your website My_Business_Is_Hating_Eric.com ...
But no, every time he sees my site, it's a revelation to him.
And he likes it!
And now you know why I just can't bring myself to get rid of my buddy Eric. It's an affirmation. He looks at a lot of websites, I'm betting, but he always says mine is very good. I like it myself, but it's always nice to have a fresh pair of eyes looking at the site and giving you some honest feedback about the strengths and weaknesses.... and it's very good ...
No, I don't, Eric. We don't want new people calling us anymore. We don't even want you to call us on the phone. But thank you for your support.... but you need my product to get people to call you on the phone ...
Here's the latest one I got ...
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