No need to feel bad about it.

Marketers know that a lot of people immediately unsubscribe but they also know not everybody will. They still turn a profit after the discount and also just made a sale!

Additionally, I wouldn't be surprised if some merchants pass along/sell your email address, since now its in their system.

If they can charge 15% less for subscription, that means they are overcharging you 15% all the time.

Say a thank you to the FTC that there is a one click unsubscribe. Your nanny state libtards made that possible. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/10/federal-trade-commission-announces-final-click-cancel-rule-making-it-easier-consumers-end-recurring

They got your $85 and your data. Worth the 15% by far.

Jokes on you, your email will never be deleted and has already been added to 1000 marketing dbs.

Subscribe and save is just the original product price before they marked it up

Just use a disposable email. There's no guarantee that the company didn't delete/ unsubscribe your email

"Dude. Dude. We not only got your personal data, we also got a sale which was, let's be honest, still plenty overpriced, just a little less so now. Yea, you 'got' us..."

They still keep the record of all the information you provided, likely including email, name, what you purchased, with what payment method, and more.

They will be able to make statistical inferences of your socioeconomic status variables and can and will resell that data to others who will absolutely not give a shit about your unsubscribe status. In the end it may be worth the 15% off for her, but it is definitely not scamming them by unsubscribing.

Unrealistic. They hide that unsubscribe button or make it not functional.

No offending supply side jesus

10minute mail! I'll never get your marketing emails, and I'm a new customer every time!!!

I'm fucking tired of all these websites making you give your email, and hunt for a coupon and a sale to buy something while Amazon has the same item for the same "discounted" price from the get go, as much as I hate supporting Amazon, these other companies don't make it any easier to buy from them, and on top of that their orders take 6-10 days to deliver and many times require a minimum dollar amount before free delivery kicks in, while Amazon can deliver it in 2 days for free.

Remember to use an alias for your email for this kind of shit.

I go with the 6 month (longest interval offered) subscription, then when I get the email reminding me that XYZ is about to be re-ordered, I see whether I actually need/want more of it. If not, I 'skip' that order (which it seems you can do as often as you want) while the subscription/discount is maintained, and if I do, I let it get ordered, also maintaining the discount.

End result's worst-case scenario is that I get bugged twice a year about some items, pretty minor cost for 15% off.

I never thought that it could immediately be cancelled. Gonna use it from now!

Me setting a reminder for the day before the free trial bills me for the next 12 months

I just use temporary emails when I can.

> Unsub, laugh maniacally
> See new opportunity to subscribe
> Cannot get "new subscription" bonus because they got enough data to tell it's you again
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