Comfort in a storm of sales e-mails.
Boxing Day sales!
I’m pretty good at culling my e-mail subscriptions but I bet you a shiny penny that I’ll see at least three marketing spam messages in my inbox by midnight on Christmas Day.
You know the ones! They start like this:
Up to 50% off!
Of course we all know that’s bollocks. You’re not being offered a discount, you’re being used as a way to write down trading losses.
Logically: it’s crap. You’re being sold crap. When was the last time you saw anything really awesome in a half price sale?
Unless it’s sneaky choccy being sold just before its best before date, admit it – it’s been a while, hasn’t it?
While stocks last!
There’s a reason no-one wants this stuff.
Huge savings!
Spend money you didn’t plan to on things you didn’t know you wanted!
I mean there are so few other ways to save money, obviously. Like, you know, actual savings accounts.
Ugh, killjoy.
Dude, I have no idea if this has reached you in time.
What I do know is that we’re all being bombarded with advertising. Way too much. And it’s all designed by people with a ton of data to analyse and evidence as to what shade of red will speak to your inner chimpanzee to make you log in before you realise it.
So if this short post pops up just in time, if it’s just one tiny voice against the noise…
…one small protest vote against the overwhelming mob voices…
…well, maybe it was all the support you needed. Maybe I saved you some money today.
I’d hope you would do the same for me.
