Dear emails, stop trying to tempt me out of my money. Thx.
Remember the time i made a boo-boo and bought that bling water for $40.00? Well, that same company - Bling H20 - is at it again! I just got an email from them trying to pursuade my fragile little mind to pick up another bottle, although this time for a wopping $2,500! WOWZERS.It's called the "Dubai Collection" and states (i kid you not) "because sipping pure prestige is the ultimate extravagance." hahahhaa....i love it. But you know what's crazy? People are actually buying this stuff! I mean, i fell for it once ;) But unlike the last time, you better believe i learned my lesson.
But that wasn't the only email begging me for money, oh no. Within 24 hours i had a slew of others in there just shaking with excitement! I don't know why it's that much of a suprise to me - i get them all the time - but i guess i'm just so used to them that it's hard to separate "real" mail with "junk/spam/ads" sometimes.
Here were some of the others:
- Bed, Bath and Beyond - As if i needed any MORE 20% off coupons! I swear, we literally have over 50 of them jamming up one of our kitchen drawers. They're great when you need them (and somehow always hard to find?) but enough w/ the emails...sheesh.
- Snapfish - "20 holiday cards for just 1ยข!". so yeah, this one i fell for ;)...but you see, it wasn't the 1 cent that got in my way, it was all the other stuff i picked up before checking out. I made it out pretty unscathed with only adding $15 to the purchase, but it wasn't easy!
- Ebay seller - Asking if i wanted to pick up an additional warranty for the batteries i just picked up for the Mrs.' cell phone. (her's also likes to drain for no reason...but this time i knew how to fix it cheaply!). I think the 1 year already on them will suffice - especially considering the carriers can't promise they'll work after that anyways! arghh.....
- *new* Kohls - I literally JUST got this as i went to publish this post! Amazing...this one was to alert me of a "sneak peek" for this friday's sales - and to remind us that we could get $10 back in Kohl's cash for every $50 we spend. Okay, so yeah - GREAT deal if you'd already planned to shop there, but if not it's surely got you thinkin' now...
Labels: cockamamy indeed, mail bag
posted by J. Money at
10:58 AM
11 Comments:
If that is all that you get then you are not bad, start throwing in Amazon, and New Egg, Buy . com and other online retailers that you have used for anything you have ever purchased, I would estimate about 1/3 of my email is just sales gimmick stuff (not counting the spam that makes it through).
I probably shouldn't share my "trade" secret here...but...you should sell those Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons on eBay...seriously they will sell and for a pretty penny.
Not bad for junk mail :)
I try to route all sales emails to one email box - away from my personal account. It helps keep me sane with all those offers coming in!
It's funny that you look at them. I don't-- I just delete them. You should spend more time reading our blogs and less time reading spam. ;) jk HAPPY MONDAY!
oooooh selling them on eBay? GENIUS!!! Thank you much ;) i've thought of diverting certain emails myself, but i like seeing them all in there every day! kinda makes me feel "loved" if that makes sense....although that sounded pretty lame, huh?
plus i've gotten pretty good at skimming through all the junk - except for the times i end up buying stuff...but it's all good, keeps me entertained when i'm bored..and AFTER reading my blogs, thank you very much "JD Never"...haha ;)
wow not going to lie, but that water is so amazing. That is def something I could see myself spending money on (well, something I USED to see myself spending money on) its really cute!! haha
maybe I can make that my "gift" to myself once I pay off all my credit cards. Instead of doing a big shopping spree (which I dont want) I can just get a pimp bottle of H2O. =)
@PJ I want a first hand account of what the heck is so good about this water??? I just can not comprehend such a thing!
I cant stand these emails when I get them, I have this seek and destroy method for my inbox and go on a deleting spree without even reading them. Call it roid rage or insanity but I just dont want to read any of that stuff. Delete Delete Delete!!!
haha...i actually couldn't even tell you what it tastes like myself as i haven't drank mine yet ;) it's still enclosed in that sexy bottle! I hope PJ opens it up once she gets it though for sure...here's her post on it.
That bottle is going to the grave with me. (unless this girl can find something with real diamonds...ha)!
so no i have not tried it yet, but lets hope I can get those bills paid off soon to give it a try!!
btw - my friends and family officially think I have gone insane about this water...but really - its pimp. yes pimp. thats the only way to describe it!
so there is the answer to your question doc - haha - the water is pimp. that is why it is so amazing.
I used to think it was a great idea to let all these retail stores email me updates -- afterall, might as well stay on top of all the best deals, right?
Sigh. Not any more, I'm done. I'm now taking the time to unsubscribe to all these lists as they come in. There just isn't much benefit to remaining on these lists anymore. I'll find out about good deals through some of the sites I follow (SlickDeals, Fatwallet, etc.).
Besides, I don't want to be tempted to buy anything like sexy water!
::stares at pile of Bed, Bath & Beyond 20% coupons she's collected on the left side of her computer desk::
Seriously. Between me and my fiance, we must've received 20 coupons in the mail for Macy's, alone.
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