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More fun with Amazon...

Posted July 14, 2002 8:57 PM.

So there's this new feature on Amazon.co.uk where you can buy two things together that are apparently connected for a slightly lower price. It's a really neat little feature that tries to determine what kind of things would interest you and encourages you to buy them together. Except it's a little too good at it's job I fear - buy "An erotic love story packed with stunning young men - for the gay man" and Amazon thinks very carefully about your interests and preferences and promptly spits out Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Too wonderful... What a combination... I wonder if his parents know...

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