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Entries Tagged as 'Catalog Overkill'

A Christmas Miracle

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Guess what truly terrific present I just received from Taylor Gifts!

Nope.  Something even better.

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill · Follow-up · General Frustration · Success Story

Out of Retirement

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Not for personal glory.  Not for vast riches.  And hopefully, not for long.
But after 6 joyous months of As Seen On TV™ silence, Taylor Gifts once again favored me with 72 full-color pages of worthless crap.
O cruel wind — why does thou blow anew?

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill · Follow-up

One L (L Bean) of a problem

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

 
My mother sent us a gift from LL Bean and — you guessed it — her kind gesture put us back on their mailing list.
Thanks, Mom.

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill · Emotional Spyware · General Frustration · Tips

Taylor Made for Insanity

October 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
To paraphrase Al Pacino in Godfather III:  Just when I thought I was out, Taylor Gifts sends me another @#!% catalog.

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill · General Frustration · Name Serializer

Limited Too What?

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Who knew evil would come clad in a bikini?
Not my wife when she ordered a gift from the Limited Too catalog.

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Tags: Catalog Overkill · General Frustration

Say it is so, Sharper Image!

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Crank up the Sound Soother 20! Break out the World’s Shortest Full-size Umbrella!
The Sharper Image filed for Chapter 11!

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Tags: Catalog Overkill · Success Story

J. sCREWed

January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Have you seen the new J.Crew catalog?
“Which one?” is the correct response — so far this year, they’ve already sent 2!

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Tags: Catalog Overkill

Harry and David: Uh oh, Sergio

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

In my battle with Harry and David, all was not peachy.

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Tags: Catalog Overkill · Emotional Spyware · Follow-up

And this is green how?

January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You may have received one of these over the weekend:

Consider yourself lucky — I got 2.

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill

When Jonny met Harry (and David), again

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Harry and David finally got back to me about all the catalogs they’ve been sending.

But their answer, like their Celebration Gift Basket, was kind of a mixed bag.

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Tags: Catalog Overkill · Emotional Spyware · Follow-up