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I get the same thing, but for the engagement ring I bought my (now) wife. I feel like this signals one of two things: either the advertisers are incompetent (mo

I get the same thing, but for the engagement ring I bought my (now) wife. I feel like this signals one of two things: either the advertisers are incompetent (most likely), or they have very low confidence in my marriage (less likely, but funnier).

soared 5y ago
Or if you shop for a ring on two sites, but purchase from one, the other site doesn’t get data about your purchase on the other site. So the site you shopped at but didn’t buy from doesn’t know you made a purchase.
CodesInChaos 5y ago
You should buy another diamond ring at every 10 year anniversary, to show that you still love her. -- This comment was totally not sponsored by De Beers
- handrous 5y ago
  The idea that you should upgrade your "wedding set" periodically is, in fact, fairly common. Which is pretty sharply at-odds with diamonds being forever, but then none of this makes much sense to me, so what do I know.
  - CodesInChaos 5y ago
    Diamonds being forever only means that you shouldn't sell yours. Can't have a flourishing market for used diamonds if we want to sell many overpriced new ones, can we?
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  https://mattguzzardo23.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/debeers.jpg https://mattguzzardo23.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/debeers.j... Checkerboard Nightmare seems to have vanished off the face of the internet, despite the author maintaining an active presence, but this gem lives on in random corners.
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    https://chex.chainsawsuit.com/d/20040220.shtml https://chex.chainsawsuit.com/d/20040220.shtml
selectout 5y ago
Could also be that if you only purchase 1 item from a store you might forget the stores name, but referrals for large purchases are likely a big driver of their business so they want to make sure you do remember where you got this from in the hopes you can refer one person to make a purchase. A multi-thousand dollar purchase is likely worth it for an extra $15 in targeted ads to somebody.

soared 5y ago

Or if you shop for a ring on two sites, but purchase from one, the other site doesn’t get data about your purchase on the other site. So the site you shopped at but didn’t buy from doesn’t know you made a purchase.

CodesInChaos 5y ago

You should buy another diamond ring at every 10 year anniversary, to show that you still love her. -- This comment was totally not sponsored by De Beers

handrous 5y ago
The idea that you should upgrade your "wedding set" periodically is, in fact, fairly common. Which is pretty sharply at-odds with diamonds being forever, but then none of this makes much sense to me, so what do I know.
- CodesInChaos 5y ago
  Diamonds being forever only means that you shouldn't sell yours. Can't have a flourishing market for used diamonds if we want to sell many overpriced new ones, can we?
thaumasiotes 5y ago
https://mattguzzardo23.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/debeers.jpg https://mattguzzardo23.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/debeers.j... Checkerboard Nightmare seems to have vanished off the face of the internet, despite the author maintaining an active presence, but this gem lives on in random corners.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  https://chex.chainsawsuit.com/d/20040220.shtml https://chex.chainsawsuit.com/d/20040220.shtml

selectout 5y ago

Could also be that if you only purchase 1 item from a store you might forget the stores name, but referrals for large purchases are likely a big driver of their business so they want to make sure you do remember where you got this from in the hopes you can refer one person to make a purchase. A multi-thousand dollar purchase is likely worth it for an extra $15 in targeted ads to somebody.