\tSo this might make me a bit strange, but I am not entirely opposed to an inbox filled with e-mails from retailers. They\u0092re like catalogs. Only not as good. A catalog you can flip through, dog-ear, tear apart. But since I\u0092m living where Pottery Barn and Talbots and Lands End cannot fill my mailbox with suggestions, they fill my inbox instead. But, honestly, enough is enough.<\/p>\n
\tAnother serious advantage to the catalog is it costs money. Money to produce, to print, to mail. So they come only every so often. Emails are quite another story. Since November 17, Lands End has sent me 36 emails. Often, two in a single day. Nobody needs that many sweaters or pairs of cords or jackets. Thirty-three emails told me I could get free shipping. Which I cannot because my orders are all shipped overseas. Fourteen touted 25% off. Ten boasted of 40% off. Four told me all outerwear is half off. Thirty percent off got a measly two mentions. <\/p>\n
\tAnd that\u0092s just Lands End. They are the worst. But there are others: JJill wanted me to know 17 things, Talbots 18, J Crew sent 30 emails and Amazon.uk, Amazon.fr and Amazon.com combined sent me 33 notices about stuff I didn\u0092t want to buy.<\/p>\n
\tI told Virgin.fr, Borders and Zappos to keep their offers to themselves. I had to tell the NY Times multiple times I\u0092d changed my mind about getting their weekly books email.<\/p>\n
\tI probably shouldn\u0092t do things like sign up to get a cookie recipe a day from FoodTV. Especially since my family only eats sugar cookies so any other recipe is a waste. (But very low calorie, when you figure I look at them but don\u0092t bake or eat them.)<\/p>\n
\tAnd I just can\u0092t bring myself to sever ties with everyone. Oh, I should. They\u0092ll just find me again. Like Celebrity Cruises did. I\u0092ve never cruised with them. Or Disneyland Paris. I\u0092m never going back there. Ever. (If I can help it.) Just Me Music has recently sent me 4 emails. I don\u0092t want that. I don\u0092t even know who they are or who sold them my email address. Ryanair is constantly trying to trick me into believing I can fly somewhere worth going for 1 Pound. Ha. And who are you, Shady Creek Winery? If I were ever to go to Michigan City, IN, I don\u0092t think it would be to go to a winery. (Ok, I just unsubscribed from that one.)<\/p>\n
\tI guess at least I don\u0092t have to figure out where to recycle all these ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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