I've been spammed by a member

[FlySim]

Got a spam email from:

ManuelMarino of marinosounds.com

It was to a very old, little used address that has ended up on some spammer lists. I did NOT sign up for anything from marinosounds.

Finally, I get to do something about a spam, boycott marinosounds and hope that others don't do business with them.

-J.R.

[Tom Gilleland]

I got a private message spam on this board to fiteye.com from "kristina". :mad: Did everyone get that? I saw she was banned. Thanks to the moderator or whoever that banned that person. I'll be sure not to do anything with fiteye.com

Tom

[Shaz]

I got a PM to fiteye.com as well, and I think others did too.

[ggambett]

Different cases. Kristina is a spammer and yes, I banned her. Marino on the other hand is an actual musician (and a good one at that - he made the music of our latest game) who apparently uses questionable marketing tactics.

I'm not justifying his methods, I'm just pointing out that the spam cases you're reporting are different, and Marino doesn't have anything to do with the recent wave of PM spam we've been suffering.

[steve bisson]

Got a spam email from:

ManuelMarino of marinosounds.com

It was to a very old, little used address that has ended up on some spammer lists. I did NOT sign up for anything from marinosounds.

Finally, I get to do something about a spam, boycott marinosounds and hope that others don't do business with them.

-J.R.

ouch !... thats a little harsh , some email marketing is ok... dont you get unsolicited mail in your real life mailbox everynow and then ?

in case its repeated frequently and gets really annoying i dont think anyone should boycott marinosounds.com

EDIT : i just received one too :)

[Fabio]

I got a spam too, from test123, started a thread asking to ban him, and what did the administrator do? He/they deleted my thread, not ban the lamer, and didn't even explain me why! Sometimes I really think I should quit myself..

I already wonder.. Will this post be deleted too without any explanation?

[soniCron]

I got a spam too, from test123, started a thread asking to ban him, and what did the administrator do? He/they deleted my thread, not ban the lamer, and didn't even explain me why! That user was banned, and you should have contacted an administrator privately, not start a thread which only serves to clutter the forum.

[FlySim]

some email marketing is ok...
I disagree - if every business sent 1 unsolicited email you could never delete the spam fast enough. I spend too much time deleting all the offers for viagra, oem software and web marketing.

dont you get unsolicited mail in your real life mailbox
Yep, don't enjoy that much either - but at least they have to spend real money to send it - so I doubt it will get out of hand.

I guess I was just suprised that a small legit business would want to spam.

-J.R.

[Grey Alien]

I got the kristina one and forwarded it James C. as he was the only moderator I could think of.

[Bmc]

I'm willing the bet that you did enter your email along time ago, since it's old, and you just don't remember...

people are morons like that, especially when it comes to spam. so yeh, let's all boycott marino sounds because some guy says he got 1 unsolicated email.

[Savant]

Yeah, I had a lady unsubscribe from my mailing list last month and she sent me a nasty email saying, "I didn't sign up for this mailing list! Take me off immediately!". Yeah.

[Andy]

I disagree - if every business sent 1 unsolicited email you could never delete the spam fast enough. I spend too much time deleting all the offers for viagra, oem software and web marketing.
-J.R.

Well. We've got one email from Manuel as well. But I wouldn call it just collaboration proposal - nothing more.

Don't be so harsh J.R.! We always should make the difference between that stupid Viagra spams (We get them more than 300 per day if you wonder) and proposals from another indie guys. Otherwise how would you find the good partners?

REM: To help you with the definition of this - let we imagine that you've got email from MSN on publishing of your games. Would you consider this as a spam?
REM1: I'm not anyway releated to that marino guys. And we have no any common business. ;)

[Fabio]

That user was banned, and you should have contacted an administrator privately, not start a thread which only serves to clutter the forum. Why do you bother me and not the original poster of this thread then? Just curious..

[ggambett:removed pointless agression]

[Anthony Flack]

We always should make the difference between that stupid Viagra spams (We get them more than 300 per day if you wonder) and proposals from another indie guys. Otherwise how would you find the good partners?

Indeed. Other developers often contact me. I guess it really depends whether or not he sent out an email to YOU, or if he sent out copies of the same mail to everyone he could think of?

[AnthemAudio]

Well, I JUST got one a few seconds ago...

As tempting as it is to get a free song by responding RIGHT AWAY I think I'll pass (though it could help with some of upcoming deadlines...heh)

Are we sure this is not a joke being played on the guy? It's a freaking hotmail address (though it is based in Italy..."musicproduction@hotmail.it"). I tried looking his email up through this site and it's blocked... Can anyone verify if that's an email of his?

Who knows. I PM'd him but no response yet...

[Sharpfish]

I also got one in the last hour - so it is "spam" albeit not the annoying kind, I certainly never entered an email anyway so BMCs post doesn't make sense - he has obviously harvested them from this forum (because it wasn't my company email but my forum/private one).

I'm too busy to worry about this, I would cut him some slack as he seems to be trying to drum up business in a semi-targetted fashion at least. However I won't be replying as I do my own music and always will ;)

[FlySim]

imagine that you've got email from MSN on publishing of your games. Would you consider this as a spam?
Nope, because it would addressed to me and mention my game.
This email was a generic pitch:

Need music? First is free!
Hello from Italy! First of all, excuse us for this long message.

My name is Manuel Marino, I'm the Managing Director of Marino Sounds,
an Italian Studio for multimedia recording, film music and sound effects
productions.
Our website is http://www.marinosounds.com

We are trying to spread the word about the quality of our works, so we
are making a special proposal for the first 10 customers that will answer
to this email (through our website, if possible).

We offer a free track (the theme) for the project and the other tracks
for 100 euros per minute only!

I'm willing the bet that you did enter your email along time ago
I've never had contact with them before. They got the email from a third party.

not a joke being played on the guy?
Never thought of that and if so I am very sorry to bring this up.

I guess this got on my nerves because I delete so much spam and hated to find one from a fellow indie.

[Artinum]

I got a private message spam on this board to fiteye.com from "kristina". :mad: Did everyone get that?

Yes, I got her spam too. Rather confused me at the time but I soon twigged.

Shame, that was my first ever PM on this board. I was hoping it was someone telling me I was wonderful... :)

[Stu]

I got a PM a couple of months ago that said, "Since I'm a brand new member I can't post yet for seven days but in the mean time I just wanted to tell you how totally bitchin my MMOG is going to be."

[Bmc]

I got a PM a couple of months ago that said, "Since I'm a brand new member I can't post yet for seven days but in the mean time I just wanted to tell you how totally bitchin my MMOG is going to be."


i believe I got a similar one

[lennard]

I got one also and really don't mind. How else is Marino supposed to get the word out into this market? We typically don't/can't pay well enough to justify advertising. I'm often in the position of needing sound and art and having somebody with the gumption to go out and get work makes my life simpler if they can meet my quality & costs needs.

Since leaving my day job I've really felt no hesitation about contacting people in the past for various business related reasons. OK, not quite true, but I've gotten over it as it's better to make the attempt and get something going (which has often happened) than to worry about offending somebody with an email that takes 1/2 second to dismiss - if it really bothers you then simply block them. A targeted letter is pretty different than 50 a day for Viagra or knock-off watches.

[FlySim]

Well I guess I'm too sensitive :rolleyes:
But I still think its a slippery slope - if every business decides that unsolicited "targeted" email campaigns are the way to go, I think it would get pretty ugly.
And who decides whats targeted?
Anyways I'll drop it and carry on my 1 man boycott:D

-J.R.

[BarrySlisk]

How else is Marino supposed to get the word out into this market?

He could post in " News, Announcements & Feedback Requests"!

SPAM is evil!

[Ricardo C]

i believe I got a similar one

I never get the cool spam :(

All I got was some kid asking what RAD tools I recommended. When I offered my suggestions, he said "cool, I'll get them off emule later" :rolleyes:

[dxgame]

"Got a spam email from:

ManuelMarino of marinosounds.com"

Yes, he is spamming. I got one too and decided to reply:

> Hello, thanks for your interest.
> A 2 minutes track would cost 200 euros, practically 240 dollars.

$240.00 U.S. bucks for a 2 minute track of music. This is targeted toward indie developers? If this is a "normal" price, trust me, I'm getting my samplers, keyboards, out of storage.

[dxgame]

I was just spammed again from "marinosounds.com" after asking him to please remove my email address. He's indeed on a spam mission and I for one do not like these kind of tactics. If he's making the kind of money he mentions in his email then why on earth is he spamming us smaller indie guys?


"Wow, that is VERY high compared to your competitors. Way of out the price range for your typical indie developer. Thanks anyway I recieved multiple emails from you, please remove this address from your email ads. Thanks."

> Not professional competitors. In europe the prices are about 500 dollars for
> minute of music, so a 2min track would cost 1000 dollars. This is for pro
> works, we don't care about amateurs competitors.
>
> We work with television projects and radio projects, and we apply fares like
> 250 euros per minute of music which is far less than 500 dollars. We bring
> television quality works to videogames industry. And this is a great
> opportunity for any developer.

[Shaz]

If the message you quoted is what you're referring to, that's not spam. He's sent it directly to you and no-one else, and it's a response to your email to him, justifying his high prices. You could either just ignore it, hoping he's paid attention to your request to remove you from his mailing list, or send another reply repeating the request (and if he responds it doesn't mean you're still on his mailing list)

Personally, I wouldn't consider those who offer their work on this board to be "unprofessional" just because they don't charge the same prices as TV advertisers. And when it comes time to source music for MY games, I know where I won't be looking. And I doubt he'll get much business from here when there ARE others (amateur or not) offering high quality for lower prices.