Property News · May 10, 2016

Fish by post and a sockalypse: my month living on subscriptions


You can now set up a regular order for everything from cheese toasties and ice-cream to tea and tampons. But can you give up daily shopping and survive by signing up for deliveries?Do you ever get bored with going to the shops and buying the same thing? Until recently, I thought I did. Maybe that is why subscription boxes are booming – to take away the pain. From dog treats to condoms, you name it, someone has boxed it. There is no need to shop. Just sign up, pay once, and let the world come through your letterbox.Since the launch of beauty products provider Birchbox in 2010, the subscription market has grown fast. The website Mysubscriptionaddiction.com logs more than 2,000 boxes in the US, a tenfold increase in four years. The most successful have millions of subscribers worldwide. To test the theory that all human needs can be met with a rolling monthly promise, I am putting my life on subscription. I make a list of my regular purchases. Although the UK market is smaller than the US, pretty much everything on it is subscribable, apart from the takeaway pizza and Magnum Double Caramels. (There go my Tuesday nights.) For 30 days, there will be no unplanned purchases, no spontaneous trips to the corner shop for frozen desserts late at night. I will eat, read and drink only what I’m sent. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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