[sammyg2]

A while back, I was thinking of getting a home addition done so I was checking out one of those home improvement websites that had a "list".
They supposedly help you find a good local contractor for projects and such.
it's free but you have to sign up.

I almost used my read e-mail address but then remembered i created a gmail address years ago, haven't used it since.
I checked it out, no activity in over 2 years. perfect.

So I gave them that address.
Now it's getting hit all day long. I unsubscribed from the 4 different lists from that website, but I still get spam from all sorts of places like health insurance, geico, you name it.
I turned off the notifications so I can just ignore it from now on, but I'm glad I didn't give them my real address.

No free lunches.

BTW the one contractor contact they gave me turned out to be a flop, I do not recommend.
I ended up finding a good contractor who did work on an old coworker's home.
Word of mouth is usually the best way to find someone like that.

He said he has never advertised and stays busy all the time, and that a lot of those contractors who advertise, have to do it for a reason.
Makes sense.