One of the major pitfalls to online deals is the repercussions for signing up everywhere: spam email! Maybe spam isnt the right term for it, but receiving messages from every company I once registered with is overwhelming and unnecessary. Further, many companies are now active on, and provided coupons through, Facebook. Which means that my couponing ways are suddenly subject to the scrutiny of everyone I know as they see on their newsfeed that I have liked Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Cheez-Its, and NeilMed's Neti Pot all in one day.
The short of it is that I don't like my deal stuff taking over my life, whether it is my Facebook wall or my email. My solution? An alter ego of course! The email I use for my deals, inf act the email I use for this blog, is not my primary email. In fact, I have taken pains to make sure that is never associated with my real name. Not only do I have an alternate email address, I also have an alternate facebook account, so that I can "like" all sorts of products without having to worry about my friends, relatives, and former professors judging me or dealing with the consequences on their newsfeed! Win-win, in my opinion.
