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> Online sellers email me that order #2748747284933938 has had its status updated. Click link and yippee, it’s gone from order received to processing. That’s th
by spywaregorilla 5y ago
> Online sellers email me that order #2748747284933938 has had its status updated. Click link and yippee, it’s gone from order received to processing. That’s the email. Thanks
I mean, I click < 1% of these kind of email links but I'm glad I get them on the off chance I do.
- Scoundreller 5y agoThe point is the vendor has stopped putting it in the email because they don’t want google to know what I bought or what I paid, but it also makes it really annoying for the user. For some things, I’ve taken to copying the page of my purchase and replying to myself in the inevitable “thanks for your order” (and zero details of it in the email). God help you if you have multiple people (spouse, kids) using your Amazon or whatever account.
- kyralis 5y agoIt's not so much that they don't want google to know what you bought or paid: it's that they want you back on their website so that they can track you / encourage additional purchases.
- spywaregorilla 5y agoI'm pretty sure they do that because it's better to send you 1 email with a link to the current state of the item rather than 5 emails with hardcoded and soon to be outdated information.
- fomine3 5y agoWhy not both? Data on website is owned by operator so it can be edited or deleted. I want to have data also in my mailbox.