The No-Shopping Ground Rules - Removing the Temptation

marketing, sort of the equivalent of the "Do Not Call" list? My husband and I were just discussing that.

Most of the major companies seem responsive and I've noticed my mailbox going down from 30-40 ads each morning, to about 10. But there are definitely some that I KNOW I unsubbed to and they keep coming.

Grace Hwang Lynch blogs about changing her shopaholic ways at A Year (Almost) Without Shopping ( http://ayearalmostwithoutshopping.blogspot.com/ ) and also about  life

I've been unsubbing from newsletters all day and I noticed something interesting...

A couple of companies seem to have sent me MORE newsletters in the last few hours than they did before I subscribed. Heh. I hope they're just getting in the last emails they possibly can before the "this could take a couple of days" expires...

~Denise
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about this in a magazine this morning. I think the title of the article was, "How to Save as Much Money as Possible"---and one of their top money-savers was to unsubscribe from all those tempting email sales. Sounds like you're one step ahead! Good job. :)

To so much in the last couple of months. It's been awesome.

I saw that you were planning to do this and thought it sounded fabulous.

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Last year, I unsubscribed from every catalog that I could. While it was a little disconcerting to see how lonely it felt this Christmas not to get a bunch of catalogs, it was worth it.
I've also been unsubscribing from both shopping-related and non-shopping related newsletters, etc.
I find that if I don't go into malls and stores, I don't want things. So, for months at a time, I don't go into any store that's not a grocery or drug store. It has helped me live within a restricted budget.

I also have stopped buying books - except for my granddaughter and for my random booking project (and those are only bought en masse quarterly at a couple of discount bookstores). 90% of what I read now is library books. This saves me a lot of moolah.

Like everything else that requires discipline, if you keep a goal in mind and keep doing it, it will become second nature.

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Good and plenty!

Although, I've noticed a big decrease in emails since I did this a few days ago. And it might even be worth it toput in a call to Customer Service for those websites that seem to ignore your 'unsubscribe'.

Grace Hwang Lynch blogs about changing her shopaholic ways at A Year (Almost) Without Shopping ( http://ayearalmostwithoutshopping.blogspot.com/ ) and also about  life

I'm gonna do the same thing today. =)

Good luck w/ your resolution.

~ Denise

deleting. It only took a few minutes. Some websites offer the options of "taking a break", too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Grace Hwang Lynch blogs about life in an Asian mixed race family at www.HapaMama.com ( http://www.HapaMama.com )

I am not a big shopper except around the holidays but I got dozens and dozens of shopping related emails every day. I've been telling myself to unsubscribe but I never make the time to do it.

I might just make the time tomorrow morning when I'm inundated with those emails again!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager
Life. Flow. Fluctuate.