After buying things from Amazon, I get bombarded with suggestions of things to buy of very similar items to what I have just bought. As an example, I recently got a new electric razor and I am now getting lots of suggestions for similar electric razors. Having just bought one, a new electric razor is the very last thing I want!
Surely their algorithms could be changed to exclude items similar to ones bought recently? This would not be rocket science.
It is interesting (and annoying!) that when you have recently bought something you are bombarded by emails recommending you will buy the very same items, or very similar, again!
Surely they can adjust their algorithms to not bombard you with the same thing for several months? I am sure even I could do this!
Some time ago we bought our grandson some books to help with GCSE revision. He took his exams months ago, yet I still get told about the same, or very similar, items!
Not Amazon, I ran a group on miracle whip antennas some years ago. Some people got the completely wrong idea!! 😁
Amazon, the online delivery service, is like a UK wheat spread in that some hate it and some love it. Over the years we must have ordered hundreds of items. Only once has a delivery ever gone wrong, and that was just to an address a few doors away.
I recall my wife trying to buy some very ordinary nail scissors from our local chemist. She was told they had none and would be getting none in. She went on Amazon and got them delivered next day to the door at a lower price.
Yes, shopping patterns are changing, with many people preferring the convenience of home delivery. Many retailers will close or adapt.
Today I wanted some wood filler, forgetting I had given my last to our son. I went on Amazon and two tubes will be delivered to my door tomorrow for less cost than 1 tube at our local DIY store. Delivery is free.
In the end we turned to Amazon who had some. We ordered it and it was delivered next day. Some are dead against online shopping. There is little doubt our shopping habits are changing. Having things delivered to the door next day is very convenient!
Having used them for many years, I have never been disappointed.
Amazon is like Marmite in that some are dead against Amazon and some are for the company.
They should always treat workers well. Yes, they should pay fair taxes. In fact, perhaps all online sales should be taxed so that we are encouraged to use high street shops more?
Personally, I quite like the convenience of Amazon. Things get ordered one day and the goods usually arrive the next day.
One day my wife went to our local chemists to buy some very ordinary nail scissors. They had none and no plans to stock any. She went on Amazon and they came next day. I cannot remember the price we paid. If you are housebound or unable to carry things a long way, the convenience of online delivery is great.
The demise of retail outlets on the high streets is sad, but our shopping habits have changed. I just wonder what our high streets will be like in 2030. We cannot be like Canute. Change always happens. Perhaps the nature of high streets will change with more independent shops and bigger retailers offering free home delivery of goods bought in store. Also, I expect there will be more places to meet and more flats.
UPDATE 1513z: Toilet seat broken. Ordered from Amazon after lunch yesterday. Arrived and fitted just after lunchtime today. Free return not needed.
UPDATE 1515z: Amazon has been used here for years. In all this time, I have never had things delivered to the wrong place. I have had to return things very, very infrequently. Whether from Amazon or other suppliers, my experience of shopping online has been good.
They must all work on algorithms, but it always seems creepy when all the emails I get from Amazon recommending new things always relate to past purchases: for example I bought an Airfix kit for a grandson, so I get recommended another. We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last year, so we get further 50th wedding anniversary stuff!
I don't mind, but I have never bought from these recommendations. My usual course is to delete these.
What has surprised me is how effective the voice recognition is. Even with my poor voice, it seems to understand me most times. When not in use we turn it off at the mains to prevent it picking up unintentional conversations.
When it arrived it was much smaller than I expected. At first I wondered if they had only sent the PSU. At a guess I reckon it is about 10cm across. Sound quality is much better than expected. It is very good.
You can say things like, "play BBC Radio 4" or "play a 1930s mix".
I am impressed. It is much better than I expected. My wife enjoys it even more!
It is very small. I am very impressed, as is my wife. Even with my poor voice, it manages to recognise commands most times.
Like many, we have bought a lot on line recently. My wife ordered some Christmas cards from a well known charity a week ago. They (eventually) came today. We ordered some charity cards via Amazon and they arrived the very next day!
We know Amazon is far from perfect, but we cannot fault them on service. We ordered some sanitiser gell yesterday. It was here before breakfast today.
This Alexa joke came to me yesterday. It made me laugh.
The book was a great success so my wife wanted another copy for her brother's birthday. A quick check on Amazon where the very same hardback book was less than £9! It now retails at just over £20 on Amazon. We bought it at less than £9 and it came a few days later. It's already here. Behold,the Crock Pot you can monitor and control with you phone.
http://www.amazon.com/Crock-Pot-Wifi-Enabled-6-Quart- Cooker-SCCPWM600-V1/dp/ B00IPEO02C#
