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jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Wouldn’t it then update to recommending a M if he picked large?

If it’s really that the sizing runs large it should just say that, but that message is very ambiguous.

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Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You can see he picked XL

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DBT@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yes, but they have to give you what’s on the tag. So even if it runs large they have to give you an L if you ask for an L.

I don’t think it’s that ambiguous. They tell you why it’s recommended. If they get a lot of returns for this item and customers typically end up with the next size down, and lots of reviews say they run big, it makes sense for them to suggest that and tell you why they’re suggesting that.

This is also them telling you this information while letting you know it’s based on other people’s feedback, not coming directly from Amazon themselves.

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- jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, but sizing is user dependent. So unless it’s based on the users purchasing history it’s useless what the average person does.
  
  If it said “L is your recommended size based on your purchase habits and customer data”, then sure. But it just says we recommend L because that’s what other people said/ordered, which makes no sense.
  
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  - DBT@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You’re still missing the fact that OP has XL selected.
    
    It’s recommending L because OP has XL selected.
    
    And presumably, people who typically order XL end up exchanging the XL for L.
    
    It isn’t suggesting L because that’s the average person orders.
    
    It 100% makes total sense.
    
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  - CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That’s literally how it works. Amazon tracks purchase vs return ratio, and correlates reviews that say things like “it runs big/small.” If a bunch of people who normally order (and keep) large shirts, buy this and return it because it runs large, Amazon can use that information to warn other peoplewho typically order a large that it probably won’t fit right. They have access to all the data necessary to make these connections.
    
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