A Bygone Era Lives
Posted on | June 28, 2008 at 10:15 am | 6 Comments
Pet Peeve of the Day: This week, I got a huge 900-page JC Penney catalog in the mail:
In this day and age, why do they even make and send out these things?? It’s much easier to shop on the Internet and not deal with these tree-eating monsters. The thing is just going right into my recycle bin. It took up most of the space in my mail slot and smooshed the packaging of my NetFlix DVD and my other mail.
I’m not even sure why they sent it. I assume they got the address when I ordered something online for my father to give to his girlfriend for her birthday. But isn’t ordering online a good tipoff that a catalog isn’t needed? Or maybe they got the name/address from the store purchases I’ve made for him (again, gifts for his gf). I don’t know. Either way, it just seems silly.
I also occasionally get a big Cabela’s catalog in the mail, though it’s not quite as huge. I think I’m on their list because of some gift items I’ve ordered online.
Relics of a distant age… does anyone actually look at print catalogs anymore? I guess I can understand it if you don’t have an outlet nearby – N does insist I save the LL Bean catalogs for her. Maybe it is a little easier to browse than the website. But now that Sharper Image is (more or less) dead, there are no catalogs I want to see! (Note: Kidding about liking Sharper Image catalogs – though I did used to dig them.)
Latre.
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 60°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “What’s It All About” (Bill Nelson)
- “I Sell Love” (Mink Lungs)
- “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” (The Clash)
- “Missing The Boat” (Random Hold)
- “Step” (Palindromes)
- “If It Kills Me” (Therapy?)
- “Lost Outside The Tunnel” (Aztec Camera)
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “fruitista freeze racist”. (There ya go, 2fs.)
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6 Responses to “A Bygone Era Lives”
June 28th, 2008 @ 11:03 am
This is also a peeve of mine. The companies seem to have no way of keeping track of Net-only customers. I contact them to get them to stop sending me catalogs, but if I ever order anything on line, the catalogs start coming again.
June 28th, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
http://www.catalogchoice.org/
June 29th, 2008 @ 12:15 am
The Cabela’s catalog is made for perusing while perched in the library with the porcelain seat. But, I guess the iPhone can fill in that gap, now.
June 29th, 2008 @ 5:41 am
We picked greendimes.org before we heard about catalogchoice.org; we’ve been very happy with it.
June 29th, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Too bad you can’t pulp them into biomass and shove ‘em into the Prius…
June 30th, 2008 @ 1:26 am
these tree-eating monsters
If it makes you feel any better, trees are rarely, if ever, cut to make paper. When wood is used to make paper, it’s waste wood from making lumber.
“Really Big Things” did a show on the world’s largest paper mill. They use only spruce wood from a single forest. Besides using only the waste wood from lumber operations, the number of trees in that forest is steadily increasing.
Paper-making does require energy and chemicals, so you can still feel bad that your wanton Internet shopping made JC Penny feel compelled to mail you a huge catalog, if you wish.