Amazon.com's moronic ads...

[PeterCH]

Today I received this email from Amazon.com.

"Dear Amazon.com Customer,


As someone who has shown an interest in consumer electronics, you probably know that GPS are the hottest item this year, and TomTom is the world's top-selling automotive GPS--with good reason. TomTom's GO and ONE navigators have a sleek form factor, superb map data from TeleAtlas, an easy-to-use interface, and innovative technologies. "

Anyhow it advertises Amazon's $100 rebate on the TomTom range of products. Amazon has sent the email to me, using my email address,
the same one which is registered with them since 1999, which I regularly
use to make purchases there. They know very well that I'm not a domestic
US customer yet they advertise stuff I cannot buy from their site.
Obviously their database skills are not too good, have they not been outsourcing enough IT people from India or maybe their SA operation is not so good.

 

[Pooky]

Their SA operation is not good at all, we need electronics to be shipped!!!

What do you buy from Amazon?

 

[Ivan...]

As someone who has shown an interest in consumer electronics, you probably know that GPS are the hottest item this year, and TomTom is the world's top-selling automotive GPS

I have an interest in consumer electronics and I dont know that...odd

Why dont they just make an Amazon.co.za it would be awesome..wonder if one can buy the franchise..

 

[PeterCH]

Their SA operation is not good at all, we need electronics to be shipped!!!

What do you buy from Amazon?

By Amazon's SA operation I meant their local IT thing here in Cape Town or where is it? They do programing for Amazon - and it looks like they need to match up their customers primary addresses with ad targetting. Maybe its not the local outfits fault but it's someone at Amazon.com's fault.

I only buy books. I used to buy DVDs at one stage but there are sites which are much cheaper - about 30-40% less than Amazon's price.