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I think Amazon is losing the plot.

OriginalGriff26-Dec-23 3:42

OriginalGriff

26-Dec-23 3:42

Just got an email from them:

Quote:
Hello [REDACTED],
Looking for something in Webcam & Headset Bundles? We have some suggestions for you.

Then the message body is offering me these: "HP LaserJet M209dwe Wireless Black & White Printer" and "HP LaserJet MFP M234sdwe Wireless All in One Mono Printer"

Pretty sure those won't sound good strapped to my head ... Big Grin | :-D

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Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter26-Dec-23 4:14

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

26-Dec-23 4:14

Don't be so negative... Give them a chance...

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Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

0x01AA26-Dec-23 7:03

0x01AA

26-Dec-23 7:03

All I can imagine is, Amazone recognized you run a 3D printer and you recently googled for a headset. And finally they mixed all that up with their AI algorithm.
Now it is up to you to order a black&white headset Poke tongue | ;-P

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

Angel Pais5-Jan-24 1:38

Angel Pais

5-Jan-24 1:38

Start to worry when they offer you an Smith & Wesson headset. Sigh | :sigh:

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Gerry Schmitz26-Dec-23 7:08

Gerry Schmitz

26-Dec-23 7:08

I think it's related to the "HP printer infection" (W11 free ranging HP printer driver installs).

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Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

RickZeeland26-Dec-23 7:48

RickZeeland

26-Dec-23 7:48

Well, I just bought an Anker Soundcore Q20i wireless headphone and was pretty amazed by what it offered at less than 40 Euros, it even has ANC. A bit too much bass for my taste though, but with the equalizer in the app you can normalize that.

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

OriginalGriff26-Dec-23 10:04

OriginalGriff

26-Dec-23 10:04

I'm still fine with my Sennheiser HD<can'trememberthenumberandhaveLawOfTheCat> - they are 20 odd years old, on their second set of foam and wiring, still are comfortable and excellent sounding. They are however completely useless and printing stuff ...

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

raddevus26-Dec-23 8:08

raddevus

26-Dec-23 8:08

I think this is how marketing works:

1. get your attention with one thing
2. change your attention to another thing
3. confuse you so you are thinking about both things.
4. YOU WILL BUY BOTH THINGS NOW!!!! YOU'RE MIND IS CONTROLLED BY OUR ALGORITHNMSS!!!
5. Resistance is futile!!!
6. Logic is illogic and illogic is logic!!!
7. You will buy what we want you to buy.
8. All your base are belong to us

Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

Richard Andrew x6426-Dec-23 9:43

Richard Andrew x64

26-Dec-23 9:43

I've never seen it laid out quite like that, but I agree!

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

OriginalGriff26-Dec-23 9:52

OriginalGriff

26-Dec-23 9:52

The cake is a lie!

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

GKP199226-Dec-23 17:33

GKP1992

26-Dec-23 17:33

And anything can be cake. Laugh | :laugh:

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Phil Hodgkins26-Dec-23 23:35

Phil Hodgkins

26-Dec-23 23:35

Also the curiosity poking email with the obscure item in the image with the unrecognised name at the top of the email. The thing is always the last in a list of other mundane objects they are really trying to push onto you. So I now start at the bottom find out what it is, and it's alway something that I have not the remote interest in, but I gain a little more knowledge so I think it might actually be from Amazon Education Smile | :)

Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

Daniel Pfeffer26-Dec-23 22:57

Daniel Pfeffer

26-Dec-23 22:57

OriginalGriff wrote:
Pretty sure those won't sound good strapped to my head ...

They won't look good, either. Smile | :)

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Re: I think Amazon is losing the plot.

Member 465036526-Dec-23 23:45

Member 4650365

26-Dec-23 23:45

Will probably cause neck ache as well.

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