I hate this so much - r/Anticonsumption

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Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Boden Spam Mail! I haven't, but solidarity.

-a fellow Elizabeth

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u/Master_Cannoli 1d ago

Been there. A bit after my 14th birthday I got coupons for a shaving company because they somehow found out my dad had a daughter that age. Creepy as hell- yet another Elizabeth

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u/Miscanthrope 6h ago

So is it ‘about’ Elizabeth, not AI generated to be personalised? I apologise to all Elizabeths in Bodens range but also PHEW! That’s much less creepy.

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u/Master_Cannoli 4h ago

Lol we just unlucky

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u/Miscanthrope 4h ago

If it makes you feel any better, Bodens is apparently British so there’s a non-zero chance that our late Queen had to put up with the same shit. 😅

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u/TobylovesPam 1d ago

What is Boden? I don't understand what's happening here, lol!

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u/MollyRolls 1d ago

It’s a clothing company. Apparently they’re personalizing their spam and trying to spin it as a cutesy story.

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u/The_sea_is_my_dream 1d ago

It's an English clothing company whose target are middle class youngish mumsy women.

And you wouldn't be able to buy much for $25 anyway!

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u/MrsFeatures 1d ago

Pff, what are you talking about?? $25 at Boden could get you probably two ENTIRE socks!

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u/Zealousideal-Help594 1d ago

OMG LOL! I thought it was for a book. I'm thinking, the plot seems a bit thin, but there must be more to it. Flyer says, "a novel offer." Yup, I totally got book out of this.🤦‍♀️

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u/suchdogeverymeme 1d ago

SCF 553 Code still exposes you as around Minneapolis, fyi

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u/ViciousSnatch 1d ago

I graduated 30 years ago, and I passed some shirts down to my daughter from high school. Companies vastly underestimate just how thrifty I am. 😆

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u/stopsallover 1d ago

Invitation declined.

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u/Competitive_Pin5846 1d ago

“Return to sender”

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u/HellsTubularBells 1d ago

No return service on bulk mail unless it states "return service requested", you're basically telling your letter carrier "here, you throw this away for me".

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u/Competitive_Pin5846 1d ago

Thank you for this public service announcement!

Edit: OP, write the company a personal letter telling them not to fucking write you anymore.

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u/VeganRorschach 9h ago

I had success calling each company to be removed from marketing lists. It got too overwhelming though, so I switched to using the lifetime subscription of the PaperKarma app. It was super efficient comparitively. This is maybe the only app purchase consumption/ tool I can get behind. Using capitalism against capitalism?!

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u/jednaz 1d ago

I received this as well, but I have to spend $75 to get the $25 off.

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u/64590949354397548569 1d ago

So much saving! So low low price.

I always think these are JCpenny Economics.

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u/sofaraway____ 1d ago

for ever

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u/StupidUserNameTooLon 1d ago

Hell, I got t-shirts older than Elizabeth's mom.

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u/Neptunian_Night_Sky 1d ago

Bro targeted paper ads? And the ads are asshole bitches to you? 😭

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u/JiveBunny 1d ago

Yes, Boden, I've been wearing the same clothes for ever because it's hard to find ones that fit people with boobs, something you as a retailer apparently do not believe exist.

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u/lizardrekin 1d ago

Jarring to see as a fellow Elizabeth. Also I’ve been wearing my clothes since highschool over a decade ago lmao so it’s fitting 😭

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u/I_wet_my_plants259 1d ago

The way I would pay to mail this back to them

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u/DigTheDunes 1d ago

The best offer on the mailer is that shows the recycle logo. It's daring you to use it.

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u/BoardsofCanada3 1d ago

Well, this is local. Or is Boden national?

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u/Stock-Lion-6859 1d ago

They sell online. I didn't even know they had physical stores.

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u/PM_ME_VEG_PICS 1d ago

They are a British company.

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u/Miscanthrope 6h ago

Fuck! Sorry world. Again. 🤦

-The British/ me.

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u/Flashy-Club5171 1d ago

Nice try BODEN 😜

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u/Legal_Commercial477 1d ago

They have your info so you purchased from them before?

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u/inky_cap_mushroom 1d ago

Not necessarily. They can get info from all sorts of places.

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u/CynicalPomeranian 1d ago

When I order online, my first name is the first letter of my name, then the company. When they whore out my information, I can easily see who did it and call them out on it.

…Yes, I know what you did with my info, Vermont Country Store!!!

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u/inky_cap_mushroom 1d ago

Genius. I almost never order online so thankfully I don’t get much in the way of junk mail (comparatively, I still get a lot but not as much as relatives who order online constantly) but there is an online home decor retailer that I swear must have gotten my name from the mortgage records because I got an ad with “current resident on it” the first week I bought my house and the next ad I got had my legal name on it. I bet whoever came up with that marketing strategy got a raise.

I know better but I still had the thought “well I do need a rug..” before I came to my senses.

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u/PaintedDream 1d ago

Yeppp. I do the same.

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u/jagwal32 18h ago

That is insulting in the extreme I would mail it back with an expletive filled demand that they remove me from their mailing list.

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u/Business_Secret_4714 10h ago

Can’t wait until the era of personalized jeans ads in real time à la Minority Report! Should be about 3 years from now…

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u/Miscanthrope 6h ago

AAAAH! EEEEW! So… entirely out of the blue, this company used your actual name in the ad body constructing a story around you buying something from them!?

No. Nope. Absolutely not. Kill it with fire. I need a shower.

God that’s gross and somehow violating.

Psychological I hate this so much

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