Pat Haines And N.M.E. Are At It Again

Ah, May must be the time of year when the pink sleaze blossoms. It was during the month of May last year that I entered here the first post featuring “Pat Haines” and his or her merry band of pushy salesdroids at N.M.E., which as I recall, stands for “National Magazine Exchange.”

This year Pat has decided to address the pink sleaze to my wife. It’s is essentially the same crap we received last year except this time the envelope has “SECOND NOTICE” stamped on the front, which is obviously some kind of marketing tactic that probably results in a higher percentage of this crap actually being opened by unsuspecting recipients.

The “SECOND NOTICE” is a complete lie, by the way. Unless of course, they are counting last year as the “FIRST NOTICE” because this garbage has not shown up here in our mailbox since last May and believe me, I would notice if it did.

The other difference between this new arrival and last year’s was that “Ladies Home Journal” was printed on the inside of it and this year it has been replaced with “SHAPE” which must me the name of another magazine these weasels are hawking.

The language on the inside is also been beefed up a bit with ominous warning that there is now a “deadline” involved on which the prized “ID Number” will expire and presumably dash our chances of striking it bloody stinking rich by way of their fabulous sweepstakes. More typical sales-crap designed to introduce a sense of urgency that is meant to influence the recipient to take quick action and call N.M.E. for the obligatory pushy sales pitch.

I won’t bother posting the images of this year’s arrival since it differs so little from last year’s. I suppose we can look forward to another visit from Pat next year by way of the U.S. Postal Service. Yes another reason to look forward to spring each and every year!