Remember to use an alias for your email for this kind of shit.
“Dude. Dude. We not only got your personal data, we also got a sale which was, let’s be honest, still plenty overpriced, just a little less so now. Yea, you ‘got’ us…”
I just use temporary emails when I can.
That’s not evil or even wrong a tiny bit. In fact, you never even received the item when it was delivered, it was just a brick, so go and make a full refund claim.
Fuck Amazon
10minute mail! I’ll never get your marketing emails, and I’m a new customer every time!!!
I’m fucking tired of all these websites making you give your email, and hunt for a coupon and a sale to buy something while Amazon has the same item for the sake “discounted” price from the get go, as much as I hate supporting Amazon, these other companies don’t make it any easier to buy from them, and on top of that their orders take 6-10 days to deliver and many times require a minimum dollar amount before free delivery kicks in, while Amazon can deliver it in 2 days for free.
Say a thank you to the FTC that there is a one click unsubscribe. Your nanny state libtards made that possible. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/10/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-click-cancel-rule-making-it-easier-consumers-end-recurring
I go with the 6 month (longest interval offered) subscription, then when I get the email reminding me that XYZ is about to be re-ordered, I see whether I actually need/want more of it. If not, I ‘skip’ that order (which it seems you can do as often as you want) while the subscription/discount is maintained, and if I do, I let it get ordered, also maintaining the discount.
End result’s worst-case scenario is that I get bugged twice a year about some items, pretty minor cost for 15% off.
If they can charge 15% less for subscription, that means they are overcharging you 15% all the time.
This isn’t so gigabrained as it sounds.
You know that mom and pop store? The one that has the most noble, most generous owners ever? Even they are overcharging you. Because that’s how stores work; they’ve built the foundation, done the advertising and prep work, to get unreliable rates of customers.
How I think of it is, it trades spontaneous windfall purchases (on the store’s part) for reliability and consistency. The latter helps pay for employees putting their product on a stable trend, more than constantly chasing some new trend for profitability.
Subscriptions are often stupid and anticonsumer. Not always.
If you forget to cancel, the re-order is at full price. They are betting that you will forget or that you will be willing to pay full price to keep getting it.
Me setting a reminder for the day before the free trial bills me for the next 12 months
They got your $85 and your data. Worth the 15% by far.
No need to feel bad about it.
Marketers know that a lot of people immediately unsubscribe but they also know not everybody will. They still turn a profit after the discount and also just made a sale!
Additionally, I wouldn’t be surprised if some merchants pass along/sell your email address, since now its in their system.
Exactly all of this. Don’t feel bad about the shitty adversarial process the greedy fucks put you through. They started it and god damn it they deserve to be buried for it.
