Some marketing departments are very confused.

Aug 21, 2007 14:00

Since I use Amazon to buy gifts fairly often, it's not unusual for their recommendations to not quite fit my own interests.  But Stories of Jesus: My Giant Fold-out Book?  Where did that come from?

Even more puzzling is a piece of junk mail I received recently.  The front of a glossy fold-out features a photo of a shirtless thirty-something guy with ( Read more... )

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2h2o August 21 2007, 18:44:06 UTC
I get fantastic junk mail thanks to the prior owners of my condo: High-end camera equipment, crackpot medical "advances," X-rated comic books, orthopedic supplies, and a rock music magazine in a Slavic tongue I couldn't identify.

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elklad August 21 2007, 23:53:39 UTC
Interesting. Was one of the prior owners a porn star specializing in foot fetishes?

Every once in a while I get something weird addressed to a previous resident of my apartment, but more often (as with the Audeo) the weird stuff is specifically addressed to me.

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sanj August 21 2007, 19:58:26 UTC
So if you know a hunky, romantic, and hearing-impaired archaeologist-athlete who has a child-like love of Christ, I've got the perfect gifts for him.

You could also set him up on a blind date. *waves*

;)

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That's a great idea! elklad August 21 2007, 23:42:39 UTC
Pairing singles up based on their junk mail ... excuse me while I go and register the junkmailmatch.com domain. :)

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