A word to the wise...

[Thad]

For anybody planning a wedding...

Do NOT enter the sweepstakes offered by David's Bridal unless you are comfortable with them selling your information to other companies. My SO and I recently got engaged, and we entered their contest for a $500 credit towards a wedding dress there. Today we got a call from another company offering us free "gifts" to attend a showing of their products. While indeed the gifts themselves are free, a little more looking reveals that there is a "small shipping and handling charge," and for the free resort trips offered "airfare is not included."

Be careful out there on those internets everyone!

[Zephii]

Congrats on your engagement

If you can handle the massive amounts of spam, sometimes companies selling your info can really pay off - for example, this is how Obi and I scored free wedding bands. They can be useful to get discounts on photographers and a bunch of other stuff too. Having an email address (and possibly a phone nuber too) that you can use just during the engagement period might help shed the spam once all is over and done with though.

[Thad]

Good idea Zephii. This was definitely not a good offer, but I believe you are correct that there are ones that may be. Getting a separate phone/e-mail might not be a bad idea to weed things out!