Shoud I be scared?

wolf · 06-01-2006, 12:49 PM

The amazon.com product recommender just sent me a page of backup generators, just in case I get "severe weather."

Is the amazon.com product recommender really that good? I mean, I have been very pleased with books and stuff that it's suggested, but, well ... how does it know??

Happy Monkey · 06-01-2006, 01:18 PM

You been buying a lot of survivalist books?

06-01-2006, 01:26 PM

Maybe Amazon knows something about Bin Laden that we don't.

wolf · 06-01-2006, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

You been buying a lot of survivalist books?

No, I already have those ... and besides most of that kind of thing I buy for cash.

Trilby · 06-01-2006, 01:53 PM

I'm impressed that you get a product recommender. That is pretty cool.

wolf · 06-01-2006, 02:04 PM

Back in the day, they used to send me coffee mugs and stuff because of the obscene amount of money I was sending them every month.

SteveDallas · 06-01-2006, 06:10 PM

Well, considering that my tastes are eclectic to start with, and then you factor in all the gifts I've bought at Amazon for various relatives of various ages (it's much easier to order online & ship to folks 500 miles away, rather than packaging it and taking it to UPS yourself), and a random selection of non-book items from a leaf blower to brake pads for Rollerblade skates, there's no telling what they'll recommend for me on any given visit.

MaggieL · 06-01-2006, 07:03 PM

Cross-thread reference re: product recommendations

xoxoxoBruce · 06-01-2006, 08:54 PM

They sent you that for the same reason the TV weather people are running around screaming today is the start of hurricane season. Drumming up paranoia to be converted to headlines(profits) later.

tw · 06-02-2006, 06:55 AM

When this stock goes up, some type of terrorist activity follows. With a last rise was a pathetic attempt to attack the largest Saudi oil terminal. Those attackers were intercepted miles from their target. And then ASEI stock dropped.

Need we worry today? The chart:

Spexxvet · 06-05-2006, 05:49 PM

Remember the twilight zone episode where the guy sells things that people need before they need it - the scissors to the guy whose scarf gets caught in the elevator? "You need a new pair of shoes".

06-01-2006, 12:49 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Shoud I be scared? The amazon.com product recommender just sent me a page of backup generators, just in case I get "severe weather." Is the amazon.com product recommender really that good? I mean, I have been very pleased with books and stuff that it's suggested, but, well ... how does it know?? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2006, 01:18 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	You been buying a lot of survivalist books? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-01-2006, 01:53 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'm impressed that you get a product recommender. That is pretty cool. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-01-2006, 02:04 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Back in the day, they used to send me coffee mugs and stuff because of the obscene amount of money I was sending them every month. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-01-2006, 07:03 PM	#8
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Cross-thread reference re: product recommendations __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-01-2006, 01:26 PM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Maybe Amazon knows something about Bin Laden that we don't.

06-01-2006, 06:10 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well, considering that my tastes are eclectic to start with, and then you factor in all the gifts I've bought at Amazon for various relatives of various ages (it's much easier to order online & ship to folks 500 miles away, rather than packaging it and taking it to UPS yourself), and a random selection of non-book items from a leaf blower to brake pads for Rollerblade skates, there's no telling what they'll recommend for me on any given visit.

06-01-2006, 08:54 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They sent you that for the same reason the TV weather people are running around screaming today is the start of hurricane season. Drumming up paranoia to be converted to headlines(profits) later. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-02-2006, 06:55 AM	#10
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	When this stock goes up, some type of terrorist activity follows. With a last rise was a pathetic attempt to attack the largest Saudi oil terminal. Those attackers were intercepted miles from their target. And then ASEI stock dropped. Need we worry today? The chart: Attached Images

06-05-2006, 05:49 PM	#11
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Remember the twilight zone episode where the guy sells things that people need before they need it - the scissors to the guy whose scarf gets caught in the elevator? "You need a new pair of shoes". __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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