Do you ever look at the Gold Box deals at Amazon? I do. Fairly obsessively. Once or twice a month I find something worthwhile. That's not really what I'm writing about today, though. If you go to the Gold Box page and scroll down, you'll see "Quick Picks" selected "just for you." I'm under no illusions about these things. I realize, they're things Amazon is discounting for a reason. But, supposedly, these are things that aren't additionally discounted for everyone else. They usually have a very small (less than 5%?) discount associated with them and the note about them says they're only available for the next hour (hour from what?...I'm not sure...because they seem to be available all day long). Usually, there are items from my wish list...or perhaps items very closely related to my wish list or purchase history. Say, a photography book if I recently purchased something for my camera. Or a CD that's not currently on my wish list but is by an artist I have on my wish list. Stuff like that. Today, though:
I've never purchased anything remotely resembling any of these things (well, I have purchased software but never anything for Windows). And, there's nothing like these on my wish list. And, I cannot remember browsing around the Amazon site looking at things like these. That's all of the items, as well. Usually, there are at least 6 or 7 items listed. Does Amazon just have a huge inventory of grills and trash hideaways? It just struck me as odd...odd that there was nothing on the list actually having anything to do with me. On "my" special discount list. Ah well...
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