I don't mind follow-ups, but they take it to a whole new level. As I said, I bought from them for years before they got big and there were sporadic emails and a pretty nice printed mailed newsletter which had some interesting columns and was actually better than alot of the magazines of the day, especially in regards to function and new products. IIRC, the last thing I bought from them was my Aardvark interface twelve years ago which was DOA, but to their credit, they swapped it. I do like the candy in the shipping boxes.
Full Compass is my goto now. I've had two of my salespeople retire, the first was my salesperson for nine years and the second for ten, their prics are better, and I get no SPAM, electronic or otherwise.