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E Mail creep

KathyPet — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:32:24 GMT

I spent some time this morning unsubscribing from 6 different vendors e Mail lists. THese are vendors that I have ordered merchandise from in the past and whose offerings I like. SO why unsubscribe? THey are all guilty of the dreaded e Mail creep. THey have subscribed to the theory that if sending one e Mail a week to their subscriber list is good then sending one every day is even better. Well it's not. It's annoying so they are goners. QVC joined that list quite a long time ago by the way.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:34:27 GMT

They must be related to AARP!

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CareBears — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:49:27 GMT

@KathyPet When vendors start doing that to me I cannot unsubscribe fast enough, it drives me crazy!

BTW, your right about QVC I unsubscribed a couple of months back!

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fthunt — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:51:51 GMT

I do the same thing - get so fed up with inbox stuffed with offers, etc., I'll take the time to unsubscribe. I always wonder if the sender is made aware of this. I sure hope so.

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roxxy1 — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:54:35 GMT

I just did a bunch of unsubscribe this week too.

I feel like it clogs up my e-mail.

SO annoying. Ahhhh, I feel better now.

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Desertdi — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:56:56 GMT

PetSmart must think I own a kennel.............I started getting emails an hour after I left the store. I only "subscribed" because the cashier seemed to have a quota............. I quickly hit the "un".

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jlkz — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:09:22 GMT

The WORST offender of email creep: ULTA ... at least once a day, almost every day with a very long scroll down list of offers.

I don't take advantage of any offers because they are all products that I have no interest in. There is an Ulta within 6 minutes of my regular home: I use the $3.50 coupon on simple healthcare items. All other coupons get given away.

It must cost them something to bombard each person's email: maybe they have statistics to measure the lack of interest as determined by " No Sale ."

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Yahooey — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:16:17 GMT

I prefer if they offer options - email daily - weekly or monthly. I don't see daily as every necessary.

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Yahooey — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:16:48 GMT

I prefer if they offer options - email daily - weekly or monthly. I don't see daily as ever necessary.

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Perkup — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:17:56 GMT

I have a problem with Taste of Home. I enjoyed getting their recipes daily for a very long time. But suddenly, every time I try to open one, it shuts down Safari on my computer. I've tried contacting them, but nothing. They can't even find the right extension to put me through to. Now I just delete at once or lose Safari again. Wish someone could change that for me, or tell me how. I miss those recipes.

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Suziepeach — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:21:03 GMT

I signed up for emails from Vermont Country Store and within 30 min. the emails from other places started showing up.. Nope unsubscribed..

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CareBears — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:26:07 GMT

@Suziepeach I hate that, when vendors sell your email to other vendors and then WATCH OUT, and it seems to take forever to stop them!

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Suziepeach — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:32:45 GMT

@CareBears wrote:
@Suziepeach I hate that, when vendors sell your email to other vendors and then WATCH OUT, and it seems to take forever to stop them!

@CareBears, I so agree! It was like automatic, bam my email was out there. Oh it stopped that very day, once I unsubscribed from Vermont it all stopped. I won't do that again!!

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CareBears — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:35:18 GMT

@Suziepeach I just purchased a rug from Overstock and even though I unsubbed immediately from their emails and I never signed up for an account (I sign in as a guest) I still receive their emails, I know it takes X amount of days to be removed but I thought I would be safe when I signed in as a guest, NOPE!

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Suziepeach — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:39:04 GMT

@CareBears wrote:
@Suziepeach I just purchased a rug from Overstock and even though I unsubbed immediately from their emails and I never signed up for an account (I sign in as a guest) I still receive their emails, I know it takes X amount of days to be removed but I thought I would be safe when I signed in as a guest, NOPE!

@CareBears, that's a darn shame it takes X amount of days to be removed. I know that's happened to me too. Funny how fast you're added and that email address spreads but takes so long to delete. I don't sign for any emails now.

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momtochloe — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:39:21 GMT

@Yahooey wrote:
I prefer if they offer options - email daily - weekly or monthly. I don't see daily as every necessary.

@Yahooey I do appreciate sites that have this option but I have run into a couple that seem to "cross pollinate" their lists so you keep getting them anyway so then it becomes a blanket no thank you . . .

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excpa — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:50:16 GMT

I'm being spammed big time by IT cosmetics, which is weird because I don't wear any cosmetics. I have unsubscribed to so many for so oftern that I wonder why I bother. When Catalog Choice started, it was great being able to stop the influx of unwanted catalogs but, then, many just ignored the requests to stop. Email is like that. We know you don't want it and we just don't care. Yeah, that'll bring in the business!

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DiAnne — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:51:55 GMT

After I put the dog out in the morning I go through my emails and delete many without opening them. I usually have about 30+ new in the morning and I usually have 4 or 5 left that I want to read. I have unsubscribed to some but others I love their flash sales and want to know about them. Just takes a minute to control them.

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sassenach1 — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:05:09 GMT

I use UnrollMe. Check it out. It is free. You let The app know what emails you want them to capture. Then, once a day, they roll them up in in single email. So, you are not getting constant emails. And if is something your are interested in, you just pull it out of the roll up.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:06:51 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
After I put the dog out in the morning I go through my emails and delete many without opening them. I usually have about 30+ new in the morning and I usually have 4 or 5 left that I want to read. I have unsubscribed to some but others I love their flash sales and want to know about them. Just takes a minute to control them.

Same here. There are a couple that I do appreciate the sales, but how often do I need to buy? So yes, I endure their incessant e-mails. The others, history. Oh, and those sites that you have to subscribe to with your e-mail to even see what they are selling? Nope, I just leave and never go back.

Another gripe, just purchase a large ticket item like a TV or Computer or Kitchen appliance and you register it on-line. Boom. In comes an e-mail trying to sell me an upgraded appliance or computer? Really? Geesh.