# More weird Amazon.com recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557 "2011-04-15T23:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/1 "2011-04-15T23:40:34Z")
Go to your recommendations page and tell us the oddest link between products you find. Mine right now: [Snappi Cloth Diaper Fasteners](http://www.amazon.com/Snappi-Cloth-Diaper-Fasteners-Purple/dp/B002GUGVQO/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_143) because I bought: [ASICS Men’s GEL-Foundation 9 Running Shoe](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031Y6QF0/ref=pd_rate_rs) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/2 "2011-04-16T04:54:50Z")
The last thing I ordered was holiday CDs. Among my current recommendations is . . . Multi Voice Changer by Toysmith: Change your voice with 10 different voice modifiers - Kids Toy (Colors May Vary) ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/3 "2011-04-16T15:48:48Z")
None of my recommendations seem weird to me. But they did recommend a book that looks interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/4 "2011-04-16T16:01:00Z")
Apparently running shoes indicates I need things associated with children. Due to the above purchase of running shoes today they recommend: [Bandette Cup and Bottle Labels](http://www.amazon.com/Bandette-Cup-Bottle-Labels-Animals/dp/B002R12PP8/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_175) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/5 "2011-04-17T02:55:31Z")
It really gets fun when you order something intended as a gift. I ordered a copy of a Stephen King book for my mother-in-law some years ago and wound up with some recommendations that weren’t really my taste. Amazon also forgets that kids grow up. I still get recommendations for toys and stuff for toddlers because I used to buy toddler toys for the sprog. I guess they haven’t figured out how to adjust recommendations for age. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/6 "2011-04-17T03:22:31Z")
I enjoy YA literature, and I’ve rated quite a few YA books. Amazon thinks that I must want Barbies and Disney Princesses, too. And because I like science fiction and fantasy, Amazon was pushing Robert Jordan and Anne Rice on me, despite the fact that I’d always give such items a solitary star. I never sought out these things, but if Amazon is gonna recommend them to me, I’m gonna rate them honestly. Right now, my first two recommendations pages actually contain things that I might want. I probably DON’T want another Florence Nightingale bio right now, but I might in the future, after I read the one I received recently. And I’m pretty sure that I don’t want the couple of books on Victorian social conditions right now, but maybe in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/7 "2011-04-17T10:29:01Z")
Today they recommended that I buy a bread knife - because I recently bought a pillow. They could as easily just show me random stuff and have as good a hit rate. ---
**Author:** ![wonder\_lust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@wonder\_lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder_lust)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/8 "2011-04-17T20:50:56Z")
They recommended this [folding shovel](http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-22-41578-Gorge-Folding-Shovel/dp/B000WZCSTO/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_150)because I ordered [snack bars](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZMTVSM/ref=pd_rate_rs). It’s true, the bars were terrible. Maybe they thought I’d like to bury them. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/9 "2011-04-17T20:58:56Z")
I last ordered Christmas gifts from Amazon. My recommendations include Dill Pickle flavored lip balm, a Magic 8 Ball, a board game called “Therapy,” and Mister Bacon and Monsieur Tofu action figures… ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/10 "2011-04-17T21:01:41Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Apparently running shoes indicates I need things associated with children. Due to the above purchase of running shoes today they recommend: > > [Bandette Cup and Bottle Labels](http://www.amazon.com/Bandette-Cup-Bottle-Labels-Animals/dp/B002R12PP8/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_175) There’s probably something else in your cookie jar that you haven’t told us about. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/11 "2011-04-17T21:14:59Z")
Mommy’s Helper Safer Grip Foot Rest because I ordered Microsoft Arc Mouse - Red ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/12 "2011-04-17T22:09:03Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Go to your recommendations page and tell us the oddest link between products you find. > > Mine right now: > [Snappi Cloth Diaper Fasteners](http://www.amazon.com/Snappi-Cloth-Diaper-Fasteners-Purple/dp/B002GUGVQO/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_143) > > because I bought: > [ASICS Men’s GEL-Foundation 9 Running Shoe](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031Y6QF0/ref=pd_rate_rs) Check the category your first purchase was in: Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,695 in Grocery & Gourmet Food That’s certainly a miscategorization right there. As an aside: I sell used books & DVDs on Amazon for a living. The day I started listing used books & DVDs I bought for resale on there was the final day I got nifty, cool suggestions. I have to look up comps for dozens of books each day, and now Amazon seems to think I’ve got 1,001 hobbies I never had before. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/13 "2011-04-18T00:26:51Z")
I should enjoy a [heavy-weight sketch pad](http://www.amazon.com/Top-Flight-Sketch-Inches-63201/dp/B003I86974/ref=pd_ys_ir_op_10), because I wanted a [DVD player](http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP3560-F7-Upscaling-Multimedia/dp/B003LWXJ2A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1303086198&sr=8-1). And a [Marine Corps Dress Uniform Officer NCO Sword](http://www.amazon.com/Marine-Corps-Uniform-Officer-Sword/dp/B001DF1PFU/ref=pd_ys_ir_sg_10) because I bought [“The Claw” Electronic Candy Grabber Machine Arcade Game](http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Candy-Grabber-Machine-Arcade/dp/B000KS52D2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1303086313&sr=8-1) as a Christmas gift 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/14 "2011-04-18T09:41:55Z")
The first weird thing that pops up is Zippo [del]Lighter fluid[/del]butane fuel because I bought a USB hard drive enclosure. The next is a book called _Heartburn_, which is about the breakup of the perfect marriage, and thus seems odd to be connected to _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ (I might understand if it were linked to the fourth book, but not the first, unless the description is inaccurate.) Anything else that was weird I probably ruined when I started labeling things I already owned. I am impressed that it figured out that I would like Pratchet and FForde, though. I guess they link to _Hitchhiker_. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/15 "2011-04-21T10:48:05Z")
GUESS Women’s Aero4 Slingback Pump because I bought Haggar Mens Pin Stripe Pleat Front Suit Up Pant I guess because every pair of men’s suit pants need matching pumps? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/16 "2011-04-21T12:52:32Z")
I ordered fragrance-free bubble bath and it recommended a Snotsucker Nasal Aspirator. Tempting. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/17 "2011-04-21T23:49:52Z")
Nothing too weird, just a book called **The Inch High Samurai**. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/18 "2011-04-21T23:55:42Z")
I should have mentioned my last few purchases were for various sex toys, so I guess there’s the funny part. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/19 "2011-04-22T00:05:58Z")
Today they recommended toilet paper because I recently bought a flash drive. As I said - they could just as easily be showing me random things and it would be as relevant. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-weird-amazon-com-recommendations/578557/20 "2011-04-22T13:34:58Z")
[Zoe Extra Virgin Olive Oil](http://www.amazon.com/Zoe-Extra-Virgin-Olive-1-Liter/dp/B001E5DZU2/ref=pd_ys_ir_gro_2) because I added [Prepac Monterey Cherry Queen Platform Storage Bed](http://www.amazon.com/Prepac-Monterey-Platform-Storage-6-drawers/dp/B001KW0C9G/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I14JSC69VRUZBW&colid=12PJBVDCVOKWI) to my wishlist