Direct catalog marketing, and how does it work

[hothouse_corn]

I got this catalog in the physical mail today:



I paged through the whole catalog (~100 pages) and found one thing that I might buy (sketchers slip on shoe). The rest is velcro shoes, ugly or weird shirts, and jeans that offer 4+ inches of elastic in the waste so it will last you a long time.

What weird mailing list am I on now? For the record, I'm 42, 5'9", 155#, and have a full head of buzz-cutted hair to make my life easy. I also have some greying whiskers in a mostly reddish beard. Why in the world would I get this catalog in the mail? What are they targetting?

What are the weirdest physical targeted advertisements you've received?

PS: If you need velcro shoes, check out haband.com. Full disclosure: I'm not being paid for this post on the platinum board underground.

 

[Jim14510]

I hardly see the mail. Wife gets it.

I see a lot of penis enlargement ads when I get on pornhub though.

 

[vailhusker]

I got this catalog in the physical mail today:

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I paged through the whole catalog (~100 pages) and found one thing that I might buy (sketchers slip on shoe). The rest is velcro shoes, ugly or weird shirts, and jeans that offer 4+ inches of elastic in the waste so it will last you a long time.

What weird mailing list am I on now? For the record, I'm 42, 5'9", 155#, and have a full head of buzz-cutted hair to make my life easy. I also have some greying whiskers in a mostly reddish beard. Why in the world would I get this catalog in the mail? What are they targetting?

What are the weirdest physical targeted advertisements you've received?

PS: If you need velcro shoes, check out haband.com. Full disclosure: I'm not being paid for this post on the platinum board underground.

Somebody is on the AARP mailing list.

 

[Red Dog]

The real question here is why did you flip through the entire thing

 

[betsch]

I hardly see the mail. Wife gets it.

I see a lot of penis enlargement ads when I get on pornhub though.

That's probably from the ad trackers you have on your computer from your wife's browsing 😉

 

[jaihawk]

Reminds me of what I did to the douche that lived next door to me my freshman year in college. Dude annoyed the shit out of me so I signed him up for a bunch of fat sex toy catalogs but changed the room number to be the room next to him, the one across the hall, the floor above him, and the floor below him. Imagine the horror on his face when those people all knocked on his door to tell him they had gotten his mail...

 

[HCFord1]

I don't know, but after buying our house we get catalogues from basically every furniture and home decor company that exists. Yesterday we got one from Rugs USA and since the prices were good and we need a rug for the guest room, I actually made a purchase.