Saturday evening, I bought a 'Smithsonian' magazine when we were at the grocery store.

[RC]

In today's mail, I received a subscription offer for... the Smithsonian. Preferred Senior Offer.
The had my correct name, address and the Senior part correct.

For some reason, I do not think this was a coincidence. In fact this is really kinda scary. I don't normally get subscription offers for any magazine I buy there.
I have never subscribed to the Smithsonian either.

You don't supposed they are in cahoots with the NSA?

[Rex]

1. Did you pay for it with a credit card?

nt.

[RC]

6. Been buying groceries there for 2 and half years.

This is the first time this happened. And yes.

[Rex]

11. Just a guess.

Otherwise I don't see how the two can be related.

[X_Digger]

2. Did you use your rewards card at time of checkout?

If so, that may be it.

[RC]

4. We use my SO rewards card.

[X_Digger]

5. Well there goes that theory, hehe. n/t

[JaneyVee]

3. You're supermarket may be selling your metadata. Do you use credit card or debit?

[NYC_SKP]

7. Best magazine ever.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not. I've never even seen that magazine in a grocery store or bookstore.

[RC]

8. I haven't seen that magazine there before either.

Plus it was the only one on the Smithsonian shelf.

[MotherPetrie]

9. That's some fast work by the USPS!

[RC]

10. It's not the USPS I concerned about

[MotherPetrie]

12. I'm concerned about NSA violating our privacy on every level. I just don't see how

it would be physically possible for a magazine offer to arrive in your mail box less than 48 hours after you bought the magazine.

[RC]

13. Me neither.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. But the work is so fast, that it probably was a coincidence

If you bought the mag on Saturday evening, even if a computer generated the offer over the weekend, what's the earliest it could get a letter into the postal system? Monday morning. But you received it on Monday.

I'd suggest that someone - credit card company, AARP (perhaps - they know you're a senior), someone else you buy something from with details - had enough information to guess you could be a Smithsonian-type person. If the offer had arrived on Tuesday, it'd look more like it has been kicked off by the purchase.

[thelordofhell]

14. If you have a store card to use for discounts......they have your address

plus whatever info you filled in to get the card..........

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Pure coincidence

Seriously....even if they got your data to mail you something, no mail was moving from Saturday until early Monday morning....

[nobodyspecial]

16. Needs more tinfoil

[LuvNewcastle]

17. I don't know how they got your name and address, but

the Smithsonian staff has a rather aggressive marketing department. I got a free subscription to the magazine many years ago and I still get mail and email from them. Sometimes they send me a freebie. You'd think by now that they would have given up, but they keep at it. It's a good magazine, but I don't read magazines anymore unless I'm in a waiting room and I don't have a book with me.

[HiPointDem]

18. that's weird. is there any other connection you have to smithsonian? i can see them getting

the sale info, just don't see how the offer would get to your house so fast.

unless the magazine companies get the data instantly, as it happens, & instantly send out the offers.

[Historic NY]

20. Ah, the consequences of data-mining....

now they're on to you.

[RC]

21. I'm I have someone's attention.

Maybe it's a subtle warning, huh, ya think?