Unsubscribe from Good Housekeeping … It Ain’t Easy.
It’s been a long slog.
I signed up to receive emails from Good Housekeeping. I found them fun and informative with lots of tips, tricks and inspiring ideas for home and health.
But, alas, as many of us, I was getting WAY too many emails and decided that Good Housekeeping was one that would have go. So began my quest around March 2013 to get unsubscribed.
I went the traditional route, following the instructions at the bottom of the email: “If you wish to change your email preferences or opt-out of receiving future marketing communications from Good Housekeeping, please visit our Email Preference.” I clicked on the link and dutifully followed the instructions. No results. I tried again. No results.
In May 2013, I turned to email … multiple times. Again, no luck.
In January (now 2014) I went to Facebook. I posted a note that said” What does it take to be removed from the Good Housekeeping email list????? I’ve been asking since March!! and I just keep getting their emails. Sigh….”
On Jan. 10, I heard back. “Hi Patty – can you please email us as [email protected] and we’ll look into this for you.” I responded: “I appreciate your response to my Facebook posting. It’s nice to know someone is paying attention.” I know, a little snippy.
The emails stopped.
The publicity of posting a negative comment at the Good Housekeeping Facebook page with its 32,000 + likes is unfortunately what got the attention. A lot of attention has been placed on monitoring social networks for just such comments, but let’s not forget about the other forms of communication that are just as important.