i'm feeling kind of blue today; i just broke up with my longtime e-auctioneer this morning.
i finally got one too many solicitory emails from a certain online auction site. it seemed like about the 8th notice i've gotten from them this week, but the point is not merely the volume but the fact that i haven't read any of these emails in months, maybe years. not because it's not a good site to get fantastic deals consumer electronics (as they've so often reminded me), but because i'm not shopping.
so finally i decide to unsubscribe. instead of the usual impossibly complex de-subscription process, i get an immediate (i mean instantaneous) screen that says simply:
"We're sorry we could not serve you better."
...and immediately i feel pangs of guilt for dumping them. isn't this the sort of teary, kicked-in-the-stomach confession that people throw around when they break up? in my grogginess, i mumble something about how "it's not you, it's the emails" before i realize what i'm doing.
AOL routinely sends me love letters proclaiming their deep desire to reunite with me. they're probably jealous of my heavy correspondence with amazon. and now that u-bid and i have broken things off, i am at last free to pursue ebay, my true love. sure, her interface leaves something to be desired, but i love her for her content.
Posted by aokie at June 25, 2004 11:49 AM