formula in the mail

Today I got a package in the mail. I was kind of excited because I never
get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so
that was great too. Till I opened it and discovered a container of formula.
How do they even get my address?? I'm not planning to use it so I guess it
is just a waste on their part to send it, but I guess they are looking for
potential customers. who knows, maybe I filled something out online that
said I was pregnant. My Dr. knows I am planning to breastfeed so I can't
see them getting my address from her, but who knows?!?

If you want to get rid of it donate it to a local shelter. Whe DD was born I
was given a bunch of premix formula by someone I know. Even though I breastfed
we did use some of it. I donated the rest to a battered women's shelter. They
were really happy to get it.

Rose
Mamma to Caity Feb 13 1999 ( Daddy's best birthday present)

I guess they are looking for
potential customers.

Yup. That's the ploy. And they ESPECIALLY tend to target bfing moms since they
know that moms who plan to formula feed will already be buying formula, so
there's no point in sending them freebies. (The idea is to get you to have
formula in the house so, should you hit a rough patch, it will be ready and
waiting for you!)

They could have gotten your address from your OB practice, or if you subscribe
to parenting mags, or from any of a wide range of on-line sources.


Naomi
CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator

(either remove spamblock or change address to to e-mail
reply.)

If you bought any maternity clothes from Motherhood they could have got it
from there - they are notorious for it!
"Stormlady" don't@ email.me wrote in message
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Today I got a package in the mail. I was kind of excited because I never
get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so
that was great too. Till I opened it and discovered a container of
formula.
How do they even get my address?? I'm not planning to use it so I guess
it
is just a waste on their part to send it, but I guess they are looking for
potential customers. who knows, maybe I filled something out online that
said I was pregnant. My Dr. knows I am planning to breastfeed so I can't
see them getting my address from her, but who knows?!?

"Stormlady" don't@ email.me wrote in message
...
Today I got a package in the mail. I was kind of excited because I never
get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so
that was great too. Till I opened it and discovered a container of
formula.
How do they even get my address?? I'm not planning to use it so I guess
it
is just a waste on their part to send it, but I guess they are looking for
potential customers. who knows, maybe I filled something out online that
said I was pregnant. My Dr. knows I am planning to breastfeed so I can't
see them getting my address from her, but who knows?!?
If you cant use it you can donate it to either the local WIC office or to a
food kitchen. They probably bought your info from anouther baby related
site/ product.

Tori

--
Bonnie 3/20/02
Xavier due 10/17/04

Rosenugga wrote:
If you want to get rid of it donate it to a local shelter. Whe DD was born I
was given a bunch of premix formula by someone I know. Even though I breastfed
we did use some of it. I donated the rest to a battered women's shelter. They
were really happy to get it.

Great idea! Thanks. I've been getting samples in the mail too, I don't
knwo who sold on my information, it's intrusive and irritating but I
haven't thrown out the samples I didn't want to waste them, now I know
what to do!




--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired,
signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not
fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - President Dwight D.
Eisenhower April 16, 1953 http://costofwar.com/

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:41:23 -0230, "Stormlady" don't@ email.me
scribbled:

Today I got a package in the mail. I was kind of excited because I never
get packages in the mail, then I opened it and saw it was baby related so
that was great too. Till I opened it and discovered a container of formula.
How do they even get my address?? I'm not planning to use it so I guess it
is just a waste on their part to send it, but I guess they are looking for
potential customers. who knows, maybe I filled something out online that
said I was pregnant. My Dr. knows I am planning to breastfeed so I can't
see them getting my address from her, but who knows?!?

I got several of those, too. I gave them to a coworker whose DIL is
formula feeding.

Nan
--
"when the sun goes down we'll be groovin'
when the sun goes down we'll be feelin' alright,
when the sun sinks down over the water
everything gets hotter when the sun goes down"
~Kenny Chesney

OSPAM (Naomi Pardue) wrote in message ...
I guess they are looking for
potential customers.

Yup. That's the ploy. And they ESPECIALLY tend to target bfing moms since they
know that moms who plan to formula feed will already be buying formula, so
there's no point in sending them freebies. (The idea is to get you to have
formula in the house so, should you hit a rough patch, it will be ready and
waiting for you!)

They could have gotten your address from your OB practice, or if you subscribe
to parenting mags, or from any of a wide range of on-line sources.


Naomi
CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator

(either remove spamblock or change address to to e-mail
reply.)

I don't think there is any malicious intent... They are simply giving
out free samples in the hope that you will use their brand of formula.
Its pretty nice actually, since even if you do BF you are likely to
have a need to use formula at some point.

Rupert wrote:

even if you do BF you are likely to
have a need to use formula at some point.

As a WOHM, I can think of times where I might have *wanted* to use
formula, or *chosen* to use formula, but the vast, vast majority of BF
moms don't *need* to use formula.

I don't remember what we did with the sample packs of powder (maybe gave
them to a FF mom who needed them), but the one sample can of RTF we took
on a long road trip to Las Vegas when Caterpillar was 9 weeks old. It
was for use "if we're in a horrible car accident in the middle of
nowhere and you have to abandon my dead body to the vultures and walk
miles through the desert to find help, and Caterpillar happens to get
hungry along the way, BUT NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON." Since I didn't die
in the desert, it expired unopened.

Personally, I see free formula samples as being as beneficial to society
as free cigarette or alcohol samples would be, and the same explanations
could be used to justify giving away any of the three.

Phoebe

On 16 Aug 2004 14:07:03 GMT, OSPAM (Naomi Pardue)
scribbled:

Yup. That's the ploy. And they ESPECIALLY tend to target bfing moms since they
know that moms who plan to formula feed will already be buying formula, so
there's no point in sending them freebies. (The idea is to get you to have
formula in the house so, should you hit a rough patch, it will be ready and
waiting for you!)

Hmmmm.... considering the formula feeding moms I've known that got the
samples as well, I'd say your theory is probably not accurate.
Of course it's more interesting to argue that the evil formula
companies are trying to ruin breastfeeding relationships, but in
reality, it's all about marketing and wanting people to use their
brand.

They could have gotten your address from your OB practice, or if you subscribe
to parenting mags, or from any of a wide range of on-line sources.

This I agree with, and unless you state *specifically* that you're
going to breastfeed or formula feed, none of these companies would
ever know to target any one group. It's mass marketing at it's most
annoying, but not so nefarious.

Nan
--
"when the sun goes down we'll be groovin'
when the sun goes down we'll be feelin' alright,
when the sun sinks down over the water
everything gets hotter when the sun goes down"
~Kenny Chesney