The problem with Amazon & Wish Lists is that if you buy something off of SOMEONE ELSE’S wish list, Amazon thinks that YOU like it and suddenly the Amazon recommendations are all messed up.
C’mon, Mr. Bezos, you can see that this has just gotta get fixed before next holiday season…
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No kidding, I hate how Amazon does that. The only book Amazon thinks I own is a book that I bought somebody else. It would be great if I could tell Amazon all of the books I own, so it would stop recommending things that I already have. And then if it would let me export the list in some form of xml file, that would be great. But I guess I’m asking for a bit more than you.
This is the same reason I hate letting people watch my TiVo.
Is Amazon making embarrassing suggestions now? Anything fun to share?
I don’t know how much it will help, but you can try negatively rating an item after you buy it for someone else.
This is something Amazon should fix, though. In fact, they should have a “gift” option for every purchase so you can buy things and not have them affect your recommendations at all.
Yep, and they’ll also recommend items that people have already bought you off your Amazon wishlist. That’s messed up.
At the top of my girlfriend’s Amazon page is the Monstrous Compendium 3rd Edition because she bought me the new Player’s Handbook for D&D as a joke for Christmas three years ago. She’ll never let me forget it.
That part doesn’t bother me so much.
But they are certainly messing up this year. Gifts I ordered at the beginning of December weren’t shipped till yesterday. Even though Amazon said each one was availiable for shipping within 1 to 2 days of the order!
And, if you cancel the order and buy the item somewhere else, Amazon puts it back on that person’s gift list.
Not only that, but there is often a disconnect between Amazon and some of their venders. This year has been the worst. Amazon needs help!!!
Amazon & Wish Lists
“The problem with Amazon & Wish Lists is that if you buy something off of SOMEONE ELSE’S wish list, Amazon…
One of the biggest problems with Amazon.com is with their sellers program. I have heard stories about people being kicked out of selling on amazon just because a roomate of theirs was kicked out and the connection of addresses made them assume that they were part of the same as they call scam. I didn’t believe this until i started selling on amazon. the crazy thing is they do not even provide the evidence they have so that you have a chance to clarify or at least explain yourself. i have been selling on ebay and half.com for quite sometime now with no problems. and regardless if i had a cousin or friend with the same address or last name, i would not be singled out just because of that. Not only does amazon need help, they need a virtual enema.