My inbox is full of them--reminders that I can save, but only for a
limited time, that I can make all my friends and relatives happy at the
holidays, but only if I act now, and that I must make time in my
schedule to shop online, in-store, but most of all, TODAY.
There are some among these many emails that I automatically delete--stores
whose list I am on because I shopped there once or entered a contest
once or simply fell into the chain of online marketing. But each day,
there are also many that catch my attention--might that be an unusual
gift for that hard to buy for someone? And at 20 or 30 or 50 percent
off, how can I go wrong, right?
So, each morning, as the emails fly in, I consider. I plan. I use far
more than my available time and brain space to think about how I will
act on them. And then I go about my day, which most of the time leaves
no time for any of it, and before I know it, I have missed the "one day
only," even with the multiple reminders of "hours left."
I could just delete them all each day. I could limit myself to saving
just a few, so that I might have a fighting chance of acting on any,
instead of being overwhelmed by many. But somehow, whether I use
them or not, whether I simply delete them in a mass elimination effort
at the end of the week, I like having them there. I like believing that
if I act, I will get a deal or a bargain or the perfect item for someone
on my list. And I like knowing that I have a time limit to do it, even
if I end up on the wrong side of that time limit at least 80 percent of the time (now THAT would be a nice discount).
Today was no different--I missed an "extra 15% off--last day" and a "35%
off--15 hours only." What can I say? Life gets in the way, and other
deadlines tend to outweigh those.
Not to worry--my inbox will be full again tomorrow, and as for the "limited time only"? I am quite sure it will start all over again.
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