I have been coming on this site since first signing up for Popsugar 3 months ago. While I enjoy the spoilers, theres been a recurring theme that has begun to bother me.
I am probably in the minority here, but as a consumer I find it really disappointing that so many subscribers that post on here are just trying to find ways to cheat Popsugar out of $10 or sometimes more. I understand that coupon codes are great, but dont you think that when so many people use them dishonestly this adds up to quite a good chunk of change that ultimately might affect the items in our boxes?
In my opinion, if those $10 are the huge difference between getting a box or not, you probably have no business splurging on something that is meant to be a luxury, not a necessity. I love a good deal just like the next person, but I also pay the $39.95 every month other than my first month when I used my new subscriber code. I could easily cancel and resubscribe every single month like so many people seem to do, but what am I really gaining? It's like going to a store, getting to the register, paying in cash, getting $10 back in change that were not owed to you and not rightfully returning it. Its dishonest, plain and simple.
I especially loved how people were freaking out while the site was down, worried that they would not be able to cancel and resubscribe with a new code as easily as they do now. I really do hope thats the case. Maybe just maybe if people stop cheating the system, Popsugar will make more money and boxes will just get better.
Just my 2 cents.
I get what you're saying, and where you're coming from in thought, but I disagree with you to an extent. Being one of those ladies you think are cheating the system and being dishonest, I'm going to say my peace.
Before you signed up, last year, boxes were cheaper. They raised the price by about 5 bucks a month, claiming to have better curated boxes in the process. Well, that didn't happen. Boxes are no better than before, and often times worse, and they're charging more money. They regularly claim a bunch of crap, if they say anything at all, and try to "pull one over" on their customers, including this price increase.
I do not believe in cancelling and re-subbing each month just to use a discount. You can easily send yourself a "gift" box without having to re-sub each month, and you can still use the $-off discount codes if there is one. I also don't agree with continually referring yourself to get free boxes. I don't see anything wrong with sending a gift box. And to be honest, even though I don't agree with the sub/unsub/re-sub way--the company themselves LET people be able to do it, and they KNOW people do it, same with referrals. If they are going to let people do it, then they can't complain and it isn't dishonest technically speaking. It isn't like they're playing the system and nobody at the company knows about it. If they cared or it affected them enough, they'd change the ability to do it in the first place.
It isn't like people here are sitting around trying to find new ways to get more than what is clearly publicly advertised (discount codes), or new ways to get around having a sub. There is only two ways...cancel and re-up later, or just buy gift boxes.
This is just "my" opinion, but I find it rather tacky and rude to post that so many women here are lying cheats, which is basically what you said. I don't find that any better of character than what you claim women here are doing. Different issue, both suggest about a persons' character.
I also don't think it is fair of you to make such harsh comments about what you've seen for 3 months now, when a good deal of us have been here posting and members of PopSugar for WAY longer than 3 months. It is one thing to notice a pattern to something, and a whole other thing to unfairly judge the actions of those you barely "know". Ya know? This kind of comment from people is what makes this website community no fun and makes me not want to participate as much. Coming in here and seeing somebody call me and others I've participated a long time with online here dishonest cheats isn't what I want to see, and doesn't provide anything positive to the community. You want to continue paying full price, on principle, when you get nothing better for it, power to you. That doesn't mean us, or anybody else online, are bad/cheat/dishonest, etc.
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