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Over the years, I've had friends and family members periodically complain to me about the junk mail, unsolicited phone calls and (in recent times) promotional emails they receive. Those same friends and family members, on other occasions, will happily tell me about the great after-rebate deals they've snagged from online or brick-and-mortar merchants, or the sale prices they've secured after subscribing to the local grocery store's 'savings card' program. This disconne… (more)