Mainly Victoria’s Secret is stalking me, but via email.
I am one of those people who obsessively checks her email throughout the day. Just be glad I don’t have a Blackberry or iPhone. Life outside of email would cease to exist.
(Can we all agree it’s email and not e-mail or E-mail or Email? Has the dictionary caught up to modern technology terms yet?)
Back to my complaint with email. It is stalking me. Why is it that the day the underwire of my favorite bra snaps in two (while wearing it! Don’t even ask me how that happened.), Victoria’s Secret is sending me an email announcing some great sale? How can they know that I am now down to two acceptable bras and I desperately need more.
I am now getting emails from tons of mommy/baby retailers. How do they know I want kids and I am actively trying? Stalk my blog much? Wait, that can’t be it. I don’t actively talk about that here. Maybe my house is bugged?
I also hate it when the day after making an online purchase, that exact same retailer will send me a coupon. Yes, I know that is called a marketing ploy, but it still pisses me off. I just bought something, I have no plans on making another purchase there this year. And, on the off chance that I do decided to purchase something from that store, the coupon will be expired by then. Thank you Southwest Airlines, Overstock.com and of course… Victoria’s Secret.
So who is email stalking you? I guess I should be thankful it isn’t an old boyfriend or worse, AARP.
When you use gmail, the ads on the side will try to match up to things that were mentioned in your emails. Sometimes it is actually pretty amusing because it will be really random stuff. It obviously knew that I had recently been to Las Vegas (and even the hotel I stayed in) because I get ads for that hotel now too. Oh the joys of product placement.
OMG. The baby emails kill me. I signed up for babycenter.com’s emails (b/c we’re feeling ‘the itch’ too)… and now I get emails saying i might be 2 and 3 weeks pregnant… b/c when you sign up you give the first day of your last period… to track your potential due date. Then each month, if you’re not prego, you have to go back in and change the date. It FREAKED me out the first time I got an email with the subject “You are 3 weeks pregnant.” I thought… “What does my computer know that I don’t? Did I turn off the web cam last night?” (kidding about the web cam.)
Do any of those stores honor coupons after purchases? I know some places will price match or take the amount off your receipt if you bring it back before it expires.
Very annoying though
Garden catalogs/emails! By the TON! Everyday there is something in my mailbox and my inbox. Drives me bananas!
Oh…and welcome to the Twitter fold!
BABIES! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. *warm fuzzies*
Damn you email spam!!