Come back, Bob. We miss you.
With the departure of Bob Parsons from active duty at GoDaddy, a couple of changes stand out.
First, they placed a total recall on the use of buxom ladies – the so-called, GoDaddy Girls – disappointing thousands of men of all ages, who were prone to order more services accompanied by images of busts.
Second, they upped their robocalls.
It’s the beginning of the holiday season, and we’ve received three calls in a week so far.
These aren’t the usual inquiries by account executives seeking additional ways to milk your account. They are automated, pre-recorded messages stating that your services are in danger of expiring, and can only be renewed manually.
Maybe there’s a reason we remove automatic renewals, hello GoDaddy?
The real annoying part, is that the messages repeat in a loop; if your answering machine kicks in, they are played indefinitely until you run out of space.
Isn’t that the equivalent of spam-bombing an email account?
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You can change all of your contact preferences in account settings at GoDaddy so they don’t call , email, or mail you about anything unimportant.
Ian – That’s great to know. In the past, however, such messages ended after 15-20 seconds at most. Now, they repeat indefinitely, filling up your answering machine’s recording time.