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>This is the reason why none of your Amazon purchase confirmations list the items you purchased any more Just checked a recent email from Amazon I received on

by hydgv 7y ago

>This is the reason why none of your Amazon purchase confirmations list the items you purchased any more Just checked a recent email from Amazon I received on a Gmail account and that is false.

danShumway 7y ago
I just checked the emails I received from Amazon from Christmas purchases, and it is not false. I don't doubt you, but I'm curious what the difference is. I'm looking at order confirmation emails and package ship/delivery emails. They only list order numbers for me, and I need to click through to the Amazon account to see the actual items. Is there a different category of purchase that you're looking at, or is there something I'm missing? Edit: I am looking online and I'm not seeing any articles that reference Amazon hiding orders specifically to thwart Gmail tracking, so it's very possible I'm wrong and that's just anecdote. But that being said, they definitely aren't showing individual items in my email confirmations. Is there a preference for this that I forgot I toggled?
- hydgv 7y ago
  I have no clue. https://i.imgur.com/qiKBJQf.png https://i.imgur.com/qiKBJQf.png
  - eezurr 7y ago
    Do both of you use gmail?
    - danShumway 7y ago
      I'm on Fastmail. I looked back at some of my old Gmail emails and they do list items. The Fastmail emails do not. This strikes me as really weird, if anything I would expect it to be the opposite. Regardless, it's pretty clear that Amazon doesn't universally hide order information, so my assertion that they're doing it to avoid Gmail tracking seems to be pretty objectively wrong. If they were, they would do a better job. Note that Gmail is still tracking your purchases, that's pretty widely established, and until recently, they were using your purchase history for ads. But I'm definitely wrong about Amazon's response, and I can't track down whatever source gave me that idea.
- grzm 7y ago
  In my experience, I’ve noticed that order confirmation includes order details: shipping confirmation not. Took me a while to notice the pattern, and I still find it frustrating.
lazzlazzlazz 7y ago
My confirmation emails contain zero product information.

by hydgv 7y ago

>This is the reason why none of your Amazon purchase confirmations list the items you purchased any more Just checked a recent email from Amazon I received on a Gmail account and that is false.

danShumway 7y ago

I just checked the emails I received from Amazon from Christmas purchases, and it is not false. I don't doubt you, but I'm curious what the difference is. I'm looking at order confirmation emails and package ship/delivery emails. They only list order numbers for me, and I need to click through to the Amazon account to see the actual items. Is there a different category of purchase that you're looking at, or is there something I'm missing? Edit: I am looking online and I'm not seeing any articles that reference Amazon hiding orders specifically to thwart Gmail tracking, so it's very possible I'm wrong and that's just anecdote. But that being said, they definitely aren't showing individual items in my email confirmations. Is there a preference for this that I forgot I toggled?

hydgv 7y ago
I have no clue. https://i.imgur.com/qiKBJQf.png https://i.imgur.com/qiKBJQf.png
- eezurr 7y ago
  Do both of you use gmail?
  - danShumway 7y ago
    I'm on Fastmail. I looked back at some of my old Gmail emails and they do list items. The Fastmail emails do not. This strikes me as really weird, if anything I would expect it to be the opposite. Regardless, it's pretty clear that Amazon doesn't universally hide order information, so my assertion that they're doing it to avoid Gmail tracking seems to be pretty objectively wrong. If they were, they would do a better job. Note that Gmail is still tracking your purchases, that's pretty widely established, and until recently, they were using your purchase history for ads. But I'm definitely wrong about Amazon's response, and I can't track down whatever source gave me that idea.
grzm 7y ago
In my experience, I’ve noticed that order confirmation includes order details: shipping confirmation not. Took me a while to notice the pattern, and I still find it frustrating.

lazzlazzlazz 7y ago

My confirmation emails contain zero product information.