Don't you just love Amazon?
You know, I once wrote to the wonderful people at Amazon.com telling them that the Browse Recommends code on their Affiliates pages didn't actually work, and I sent them the code the form generated, it pissing me off a tad. You know what it's like when something really trivial starts niggling you.
Oddly, I was half expecting a useful reply. What I got was this ...
Some twat wrote back to me telling me that I need to get the URL of the item I want to link to, and to tag my Amazon associate ID onto the end of it. He even gave me a few examples of exactly how to do it.
Gee, thanks a bunch buddy, I'm so-o-o grateful for that information. If only I'd managed to get the hang of it in the first place, I wouldn't have had to bother you with so banal a query.
Just one thing I would like to say to all the wonderful Amazon staff out there: DON'T YOU EVER READ YOUR FUCKING EMAILS PROPERLY YOU DIM-WITTED SHITKICKING FUCKFACED BASTARDS? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ASSHOLES GETTING PAID FOR?
And the same to the assholes at eBay who don't read their fucking emails properly. Wake up dumb fucks!
And I've got another gripe with eBay.
There was an occasion recently when I was quite interested in this item up for auction, and with no other bidders, I figured I'd give it go and get it for just over the current price, the auction being on the verge of ending. I put in my bid, and suddenly eBay tells me that someone, just at that precise moment in time, had cut in and made a bid. The upshot being that I'd have to increase my bid. Now, doesn't that smell a bit strange to you?
It smelt mighty strange to me, so I thought "fuck it, you can take the crappy item, I can't afford it anyway so just as well." Next thing you know, after the auction ended, I get an email saying the other bidder was out of the game, and the item was still up for grabs if I wanted it, at my original bid price no less!
Has that ever happened to you? Doesn't that strike you as fucking wierd?
And the upshot: well, I thought "eBay, you're bunch of ripping off bastards, trying to get one over on me, so fuck you. Your loss, you can shove it up your arses." End of that story.
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