That one drives me up the wall. It happened to me recently, but on something a bit more mainstream - a spanner set. No, I don’t need another spanner set! Seriously, who buys more than one spanner set ever? Oh, and sometimes I search for an item, don’t buy it, but then I’m offered great deals on similar products every time I log in for the rest of time.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The niche thing you just bought just two months ago and that no one would ever need two of in their life.
davidagain@lemmy.world 10 months ago
4am@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I looked at ONE light switch because I couldn’t find exactly the type in other stores (single-gang dual 2-way multipole) and now they will NOT stop emailing me about electrical equipment and supplies as if i was a contractor
davidagain@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Exactly. Amazon are the pushiest of the dodgy pushy salesperson.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My weirdest Amazon experience was when I went to Lowe’s and bought a drill bit and a pair of cabinet door hinges, and just looked at cabinet pulls for a minute or two - didn’t buy any or even pick any up. That night, Amazon recommended for me drill bits, cabinet door hinges … and cabinet pulls. I’m assuming that I got linked to in-store footage from Lowe’s, which is creepy but certainly not suprising.
frostysauce@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Your phone’s Wi-Fi told them exactly where in the store you were. That’s how they knew what you were looking at.
davidagain@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is Lowe’s like a physical amazon store?
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’re not in any way associated with Amazon, as far as I know. But apparently they sell their customer data to them - and immediately.
davidagain@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That is pretty scummy.
474D@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean I bought one toilet seat, clearly I need 16 more, they know us so well