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Old 02-04-2023, 01:50 AM   #1346
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I accidentally subscribed to a newsletter. Okay, no big deal, I'll unsubscribe.

Three days and two unsubscribe attempts later, they're still sending them.

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Some years ago I used to buy (occasionally) from AliExpress. Then I had a series of problems with credit card abuse and I stopped using services that would not allow PayPal - this included AliExpress (they only support PayPal in US ... and UK?)

So, time passes and more recently I was doing some computer upgrades and there was a particular component I was having trouble sourcing locally. I found I could probably get it from AliExpress (albeit with some delay in delivery) and I made the mistake of logging into AliExpress to see if their policy regarding PayPal had changed ... it hadn't. But months later I and still being bombarded with marketing emails about products that are no longer of interest.

This is one of the reasons why I wonder about the attraction some people have to sites that do such targeted marketing. For most products, like those I might source from AliExpress, the window of interest is small: probably days, a week at most. If I haven't made my choice and found a supplier by then, then I don't want it so stop <bleeep> bugging me!
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