Something i've noticed about Amazon

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:46:04 +0000

I've gotten into the habit of leaving a bunch of stuff in my Amazon shopping cart. If I see something interesting I put it in the cart and click the Later button so I don't accidentally order it. Now, when I go back to my cart it tells me if the price of items in the cart has gone up or down. Quite often I will go there one day and find a bunch of items 5UKP cheaper. Sometimes this is a cue to me to buy them although I have resisted that urge for about 3 months now (economy drive).

It did make me wonder whether you could build a service that let me enter the price I would pay for particular items and then automatically buy those items for me if and when they reach that price. Could you do it with the Amazon API?

Snap into a Slim Jim. Oh Yeah!

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:11:43 +0100

Before I started writing this piece I had no idea what a Slim Jim was. I know now though, oh yeah!

I was reading Werner Vogels blog and discovered that Amazon have launched Industrial & Scientific and Grocery stores. My immediate thought was "Will these sites have customer reviews?"

The amazing answer is yes! Here's one of the three reviews of Kreg SML-C125 1-1/4" #2 Coarse Screw (1000-Pack)

These are great screws in their own right. I love them for pocket hole joinery but I also am using them to hang new windows. The self tapping is terrific, the pan head does not go through the plastic flashing, the the square drive holds the screw securely while I am one handed drilling them while hanging onto the ladder! I do not think they are weatherproof but after flashing and the trim, they will be protected enough. High quality screws, never have had one strip one me and the self tapping has NEVER caused the board to split even right near the edge.

The guy gave them 5-stars of course. And this was by no means the longest of the three reviews. And what about groceries? Picking at random we get Slim Jim Original, 15-Count Canisters (Pack of 12) and by golly there is a review here too:

One thing I remember most about my childhood is seeing "Macho Man" Randy Savage yelling from television set: "Snap into a Slim Jim. Oh Yeah!" Ever since then, everytime I see a Slim Jim I think of my childhood and "Macho Man". I used to eat these all the time when I was a kid. At first it may taste a little like plastic since the outer layer of skin on the sausage is pretty thick. But once you snap into the slim jim the flavor begins. I would describe the taste as a hint of pepperoni and salami mixed with beef jerky - a somewhat spicy, rather refreshing taste of beef stick. Unfortunately I can't eat these anymore as an adult since one Slim Jim has about 16 grams of fat and 150 calories. But, as a kid you don't care what you eat so grab one and "Snap into a Slim Jim! OH YEAH!"

Huggies Baby-Shaped Diapers with Gigglastic Waistband, Size 4 (22-37 Lbs), Disney, Pack of 126 Diapers had an amazing 32 reviews!

I may have written one review of a book on Amazon and I tend to be quite passionate about books. I can only imagine how passionate I would have to be to write a 5 paragraph review of a pack of screws or jerky bits.

It's an amazing world. Oh Yeah!

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Something i've noticed about Amazon

Snap into a Slim Jim. Oh Yeah!