# Damn. No wonder Amazon is losing money.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 21, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910 "2001-03-21T19:58:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/1 "2001-03-21T19:58:11Z")
This book is up to sales rating 6,386!
> **[How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey?...](https://www.amazon.com/How-Good-bye-Depression-Constrict-Everyday/dp/0595094724)**
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> How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? \[Nishigaki, Hiroyuki\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday....
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### Author:  [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/2 "2001-03-21T20:08:30Z")
What I can’t believe is that:
1. People are paying money for this book.
2. Someone published this book.
3. Hi Opal! (my first one!)
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### Author:  [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/3 "2001-03-21T20:49:45Z")
Well, now I know there’s a market for my upcoming book “Better Living through Breathing”, in which I expound upon my theory that people will live longer, happier lives if they remember to breathe.
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### Author:  [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/4 "2001-03-21T20:49:45Z")
I just checked out his other book. Read the review at the bottom of the page from “A reader from Tokyo, Japan”.
It just seems…mmmmm…suspicious.
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0595001335/customer-reviews/qid=985206715/sr=1-2/ref=sc\_b\_3/104-3107566-2118317](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0595001335/customer-reviews/qid=985206715/sr=1-2/ref=sc_b_3/104-3107566-2118317)
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/5 "2001-03-21T21:11:19Z")
All your book are belong to us?
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/6 "2001-03-21T21:26:16Z")
My book is at 350,000th place and THIS – THIS!!!—stands at 4,000th!!!
I feel like Antonio Salieri in **Amadeus**. “Dear God, why must This book be the instrument of Your Glory and not MINE!!!??”
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/7 "2001-03-21T23:49:20Z")
Oh, I dunno. I can see how constricting one’s anus 100 times/day might make one’s _partner_ happier, given the proper circumstances.
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### Author:  [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/8 "2001-03-22T01:11:25Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \*
> \*\*All your book are belong to us? \*\*
Yeah, pretty much.
Also, I feel that my sig is uniquely appropriate for this thread.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/9 "2001-03-22T04:41:33Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \*
> \*\*
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> > [@](#):
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> > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \*
> > \*\*All your book are belong to us? \*\*
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> Yeah, pretty much.
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> Also, I feel that my sig is uniquely appropriate for this thread. \*\*
I love that episode.
"Donkey, donkey, donkey, donkey … "
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### Author:  [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/10 "2001-03-22T04:49:13Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by moodtobestewed (2:58 PM ET)_
> \*\*This book is up to sales rating 6,386! \*\*
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by CalMeacham (4:26 PM ET)_
> **My book is at 350,000th place and THIS – THIS!!!—stands at 4,000th!!!**
This is really bizarre. It’s at 2,084 now! How many people are buying this thing?
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### Author:  [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/11 "2001-03-22T04:50:13Z")
It’s up to 2,104. Things are looking up.
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### Author:  [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/12 "2001-03-22T05:03:28Z")
I love how after I check these links, the Amazon cookie makes assumptions based on what I look at. Now the next time I go to Amazon, they will doubtless open with:
Greetings Michael! The following butt-clenching titles are recommended just for you!
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/13 "2001-03-22T05:24:28Z")
> [@](#):
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> Customers who bought titles by Hiroyuki Nishigaki also bought titles by these authors:
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> David Sedaris
> Orson Scott Card
> Steven L. Kent
> Wendy Northcutt
> Paul McCartney
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/14 "2001-03-22T06:33:10Z")
Ah . . . every good run must have an end.
[Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) Sales Rank: 2,664
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/15 "2001-03-22T06:51:36Z")
I NEED this book.
I’ve always wanted to understand the link between clenching my butt and curing depression. Thanks to the miracle of [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) and bad Engrish, I can achieve this understanding! Thanks! (I think)
Robin
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### Author:  [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/16 "2001-03-22T14:38:40Z")
1,937 now… don’t call it a comeback… i’ve been here for years
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### Author:  [@llamasex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llamasex)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/17 "2001-03-22T15:56:21Z")
The reason is the amount of press this book got. Tons of E/N sites, and message boards such as this linked to it. I think a couple curious people prolly had extra income and bought it.
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### Author:  [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-no-wonder-amazon-is-losing-money/58910/18 "2001-03-22T15:57:23Z")
> [@](#):
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> Customers who bought this book also bought:
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> The First Quarter : A 25-year History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent
> Extreme Programming Installed(The XP Series) by Ron Jeffries, et al
> The Darwin Awards : Evolution in Action by Wendy Northcutt
> The Beatles Anthology by Paul McCartney, et al
So can we assume that all butt-clenchers like the Beatles and Video Games?