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by Alex Schleifer
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In the last few hours I’ve received a good dozen identical e-mails from Amazon reminding me that Mother’s Day is coming up. Actually, I received another two while writing this post. Looks like Amazon’s mail software is on the fritz. Is anyone else getting flooded by (the) Amazon? (Chuckle.)

Update: The count is now up to 125 (!) e-mails from Amazon — nuts.

In the last few hours I’ve received a good dozen identical e-mails from Amazon reminding me that Mother’s Day is coming up. Actually, I received another two while writing this post. Looks like Amazon’s mail software is on the fritz. Is anyone else getting flooded by (the) Amazon? (Chuckle.)

Update: The count is now up to 125 (!) e-mails from Amazon — nuts.

post authorAlex Schleifer

Alex Schleifer
Alex is CEO of Sideshow , an award winning creative agency. You can read his blog here.

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