When it comes to bad data, I've signed up for a few things in my time, entering name/address etc. It amazes me that even though I'd written my surname clearly, (or so I thought), two companies still managed to miss spell it. "Aaines" and "Maines", instead of it beginning with 'h'. If this is quality control used for normal data-entry, then no wonder we get orphaned records, miss-addressed cheques for disability...

At least for me, I know what they're supposed to say and know I can still open the post I receive.

As for telling the companies their mistake, at the moment it's not worth the hassle. Plus, it makes it harder to track me if ID thiefs are trying to match wrongly spelled surnames!

Paul