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Thread: Time for a change...?

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    Default Time for a change...?

    We're all used to visiting a website and making a few purchases, only to find that next time we go there we are offered items based on our recent purchases.

    Like many. I've found this annoying and so have ad-blockers in place, and clear my cookies on a regular basis. On the whole this works pretty well, but this evening I was dumbfounded. Checking my email, I found that I had a message from a well-known far eastern website where I'd purchased some lens tools a few days ago. This is the important part - I'd bought some specialist optical tools.

    The email told me that my payment had cleared and the items would be shipped on Monday. I went to close the message when my eyes lit upon some items at the bottom of the page.

    "Based on your recent purchase we felt you might like these :"

    There followed some excellent pictures and very low prices on .....

    Earrings
    A Chiffon blouse
    False eyelashes
    An Egg cracker and separator...


    Do you think they are trying to tell me something?

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    Default Re: Time for a change...?

    lol. go for it. Its never too late to try new things especially a blouse, earring and some
    false eyelashes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cambrensis View Post
    We're all used to visiting a website and making a few purchases, only to find that next time we go there we are offered items based on our recent purchases.

    Like many. I've found this annoying and so have ad-blockers in place, and clear my cookies on a regular basis. On the whole this works pretty well, but this evening I was dumbfounded. Checking my email, I found that I had a message from a well-known far eastern website where I'd purchased some lens tools a few days ago. This is the important part - I'd bought some specialist optical tools.

    The email told me that my payment had cleared and the items would be shipped on Monday. I went to close the message when my eyes lit upon some items at the bottom of the page.

    "Based on your recent purchase we felt you might like these :"

    There followed some excellent pictures and very low prices on .....

    Earrings
    A Chiffon blouse
    False eyelashes
    An Egg cracker and separator...


    Do you think they are trying to tell me something?
    OH YES! I can just see a dragon with earrings as long as they dangle false eyelashes and a chiffon blouse. Go for it Cam, you might just start a new craze!
    Gill (pronounced Jill) "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" William Morris 1834 - 1896

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gill View Post
    OH YES! I can just see a dragon with earrings as long as they dangle false eyelashes and a chiffon blouse. Go for it Cam, you might just start a new craze!
    Hmmm...thinking about it they did dangle rather fetchingly, were tri-coloured and "in Bavarian" style. I can hear my mam's voice now ; "How common!" (Imagine the mid-Welsh accent to go with it!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by cambrensis View Post
    Hmmm...thinking about it they did dangle rather fetchingly, were tri-colored and "in Bavarian" style. I can hear my mam's voice now ; "How common!" (Imagine the mid-Welsh accent to go with it!)
    You've got it wrong cam. You have a dark orange coat, mustard wings, yellow accents and deep blue eyes so, go for extra long dangly earrings in sapphire, citrine and amber and wear a blouse of sapphire blue. The black false eyelashes will set the outfit off to a treat!
    Gill (pronounced Jill) "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful" William Morris 1834 - 1896

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    Describes me perfectly...except that if, as I walk along the street, I feel surprisingly spry, I have to stop and look down to make sure I am not still wearing my bedroom slippers!

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    LOL! At least they're not making smutty suggestions. I bought a used book some time ago about vintage jools and the website seemed to think I needed adult products to go along with it.

    Best wishes for many sales to all,

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