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Whole Truth: I am Neither Your Friend Nor Your Family
I love a good discount even more than the next gal. I use Lucky Mag Rewards to get Cash Back, read Bargain Babe religiously and have a coupon app for my iPhone. I never order anything online without searching for a promotional code.My office likes to tease me because I can’t just say thank you to a compliment I have to tell you how much I saved when I bought it. (My husband likes to remind me that we can still go broke one dollar at a time when I proudly tell of my bargain prowess.)
All this in mind why does it annoy me when I get an email from The Gap offering me a Friends & Family from my dear, dear friend Lindsey Mcadams? Maybe because I don’t know Lindsey Mcadams. I’ve never heard of her. We didn’t go to high school together or work together. She’s not on my LinkedIn or my Facebook. I even called my mom to see if she remembered this name. It’s real nice of her to offer me 30% off but to call me her friend? Her family? Now that is a bit presumptious.
Offering discounts is lovely, especially juice ones for 30%+ but the Whole Truth is you don’t have to pretend to be related to me to extend me a deal.
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