RICHARD
02-17-2004, 02:10 PM
Thomas the cat offered gym membership
A cat is being bombarded with mail including credit card deals, gym offers and free internet surfing time.
Thomas the Tabby cat has been receiving mystery mail six years. But owner Mike Davies was astounded when an 18in tube came through the door on Monday addressed to Thomas Catt.
In it was a membership offer from a local gym, Esporta Health Club, including a poster of a human body headed with the words: "Thomas, this is what we'll do for you this year".
Mr Davies, 49, of Coombe Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, insisted he has never put his 11-year-old pet's name on any mailing list and is baffled and "quite amused" by his apparent popularity.
Though the overweight feline is on a special diet, Mr Davies said he said did not plan to take up the gym offer as there was no treadmill for cats there.
A spokeswoman for the gym said: "Esporta purchased the data record of Mr Thomas Catt from Consodata Lifestyle Register. It looks like somebody has clearly at some stage filled out details for their pet."
The pet's first piece of post was a credit card offer in 1998 addressed to just "Thomas" but since then "Catt" has been added as a surname, Mr Davies said.
Post has included an offer of a £250,000 loan, information about funeral plans, free internet surfing for 10 years and even a credit card offer from Goldfish. Mr Davies said: "He gets about six items a month and I think the postwoman is a bit fed up with it now."
Story filed: 15:19 Thursday 22nd January 2004
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I believed the story until I read about the Credit Card from Goldfish.......where do goldfish keep their credit cards?
:confused: :confused:
A cat is being bombarded with mail including credit card deals, gym offers and free internet surfing time.
Thomas the Tabby cat has been receiving mystery mail six years. But owner Mike Davies was astounded when an 18in tube came through the door on Monday addressed to Thomas Catt.
In it was a membership offer from a local gym, Esporta Health Club, including a poster of a human body headed with the words: "Thomas, this is what we'll do for you this year".
Mr Davies, 49, of Coombe Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, insisted he has never put his 11-year-old pet's name on any mailing list and is baffled and "quite amused" by his apparent popularity.
Though the overweight feline is on a special diet, Mr Davies said he said did not plan to take up the gym offer as there was no treadmill for cats there.
A spokeswoman for the gym said: "Esporta purchased the data record of Mr Thomas Catt from Consodata Lifestyle Register. It looks like somebody has clearly at some stage filled out details for their pet."
The pet's first piece of post was a credit card offer in 1998 addressed to just "Thomas" but since then "Catt" has been added as a surname, Mr Davies said.
Post has included an offer of a £250,000 loan, information about funeral plans, free internet surfing for 10 years and even a credit card offer from Goldfish. Mr Davies said: "He gets about six items a month and I think the postwoman is a bit fed up with it now."
Story filed: 15:19 Thursday 22nd January 2004
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I believed the story until I read about the Credit Card from Goldfish.......where do goldfish keep their credit cards?
:confused: :confused: