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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
No for me. I have vowed not to spend a cent tomorrow.
Honestly, I'm sick and tired of our consumer economy. You can't fart without someone trying to monetize it. I'm surprised there aren't ads on toilet paper.
Ordering anything on the internet requires you to give the seller an email address, then the seller shows their appreciation by bombarding you with emailed ads. Even if they don't get your address directly from them, if you pay by PayPal, PayPal sells them your email address.
Even charities get pushy. First, it's, "Give what you can afford." Then you start getting emails asking you to send more. More than you can afford? Sure, I'll do that. 
Search engines? Fugettaboutit. I looked up "Rumely model M" on DuckDuckgo and the first five hits were ads. It's comical. eBay and Amazon both claimed to have great deals on a Rumely model M!
I have an email address I use only for communicating with retailers to segregate the crap from important emails. That only works partially, because I have a "clean" email address for banks and financial institutions, and they bombard me with ads too.
OK, end of rant. |
Can't you
unsubscribe from at least your bank? I think I'd stop by and tell them you might just close the account and see what they say. I do get way more CC offers than before but I recently applied for a loan for a car. That always triggers a flood of paper mail. I hate any finance company for selling info but it's part of the deal. There is no real opt out when you apply.
I bought a car with cash but it was on a Friday and it took until mid week to make sure I could write the check for the car. So, to drive it off the lot (and negotiate a better deal since they thought they were financing me at 9%) I had to let them write a loan contract. Just thought I'd explain the loan that wasn't needed but brought tons of unwanted soliciting. Seems like the email stuff went away or to spam. Calls are sporadic.