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Post by Steve on Sept 11, 2010 10:08:45 GMT
Vault patrons may be aware that Amazon offer 'personalised recommendations' to customers based on previous purchases and other items you might have shown a vague interest in at one time or another. Very good of them, I'm sure, but I'm wondering why, on signing in this morning, they're trying to flog me a silicone spatula (medium) in an admittedly striking shade of cerise.
Now you'll no doubt be surprised to learn that I'm not a big buyer of kitchen utensils generally. What's more, just supposing I was to find myself short of a spatula and the boss had invited himself to dinner at short notice and that big promotion I'd had my eye on for years was hanging by a thread unless I could whip up a hasty (and tasty, not to mention entirely hypothetical) Victoria sponge then, even with guaranteed next day delivery, I'm unlikely to be looking online to meet my emergency cake mixing needs.
So why should Amazon have me marked down as a man with an eye for a cerise spatula? Further investigation reveals that said silicone spatula (medium) has been "recommended for you because you rated... The Mummy's Shroud and Dr Blood's Coffin".
It remains to be seen whether my 5 star rating for The Abominable Dr Phibes will yield yet further recommendations for a delightful khaki milk frother or a charming set of bri-nylon egg poachers (large).
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Post by Johnlprobert on Sept 11, 2010 13:46:26 GMT
Indeed - having bought nothing but horror DVDs from them I keep being recommended a fascinating variety of bags of crisps - presumably to eat while I watch the films.
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Post by Steve on Sept 12, 2010 9:40:07 GMT
You see, I'd be happy if they were trying to force crisps down my gaping maw because I like crisps and am always open to offers where savoury snacks are concerned. I mean, if you've got some crisps you need to get rid of (no questions asked) I'll be only too glad to take them off your hands - literally, like a voraciously peckish duck at a riverside picnic. In all fairness I should say upfront now though that I'm not overfond of prawn cocktail. What are Amazon's prices like anyway? Competitive? I mean, would you say there were any distinct advantages pricewise to buying, say, your Monster Munch from a reputable online retailer rather than from Mr Booze up the road because some of his offers are very reasonable. Have you tried those Kettle Chips? They're nice, they are.
But I digress. Mind you, Amazon started it - look at this; "Because you said you owned The Third Black Book of Horror, recommended for you: In Loving Memory - The Complete Fifth Series [DVD] starring Thora Hird". What's all that about? They're having a laugh surely...
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Post by lemming13 on Sept 12, 2010 21:20:25 GMT
I've been offered the chance to buy Oz and James' Drink to Britain on dvd, because I bought an HDMI cable for my multi-region dvd player. The connection escapes me as much as why they believed buying the Rob Zombie collection box set (House of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects) should make me desperately keen to own Petula Clark's Greatest Hits or a jigsaw of a Cornish fishing village. Though it was perfectly obvious why buying the Dawn of the Dead Special edition bluray should make a Hello Kitty plush cushion spring to mind.
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