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Sallie Mae goes for the jugular
financialaidpodcast.com — Student loan giant Sallie Mae tries to grab college student information using the Freedom of Information Act for direct marketing. Will they succeed? What can you do to stop college students from getting deluged with a new marketing spam tactic?
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- mincedmedia, on 08/29/2008, -1/+1Yet another case of folks trying to game the system.
- rudeboy1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Ahhhhh Sallie... what would we do without you...
- hyperguerrilla, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hope this make page one. This issue needs the exposure.
- ClunkClunk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Perhaps Erin Mulkey (the name on the bottom of the Sallie Mae letter) needs a taste of her own medicine by us writing Harvard for her personal details as she's done with others at Adirondack CC.
Her linked in profile: http://tinyurl.com/34be3e
She's also on facebook, but I'm not a member of the Wash DC or Harvard network. - cspenn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2ClunkClunk - the sad part is, she's probably just a low level flunkie who's doing what she's told for minimum wage.
- ClunkClunk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2By her graduation date of 2006, I would agree, she probably is. Unfortunately, "just following orders" isn't a decent enough excuse in my book. Perhaps by illustrating what they're attempting to do to students at Adirondack, someone at Sallie Mae might realize their attempt is not ethical.
- cspenn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I'd also be willing to place a bet that if this gets visibility and press, Sallie Mae will come out with a statement that Erin Mulkey was acting alone without approval and has been fired/disciplined. I actually feel sorry for her, because if things get hot, she'll be the scapegoat.
- ClunkClunk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2By her graduation date of 2006, I would agree, she probably is. Unfortunately, "just following orders" isn't a decent enough excuse in my book. Perhaps by illustrating what they're attempting to do to students at Adirondack, someone at Sallie Mae might realize their attempt is not ethical.
- pswansen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Spam, spam and more spam.
- smjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Are you suprised that marketers send mail?
- andyosier, on 10/17/2007, -0/+0Man that sucks.
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