# What is going on with these GoPro "sales"? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-these-gopro-sales/951948 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [October 5, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-these-gopro-sales/951948 "2021-10-05T20:55:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 9
### Author: ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ) #### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-these-gopro-sales/951948/9 "2021-10-06T01:18:58Z")
For discussion see here: > [@Facebook ads for scam products - I hates them, I does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-ads-for-scam-products-i-hates-them-i-does/951860): > > Christmas is coming, and with it suddenly my Facebook feed is filled with “sponsored” posts promoting highly questionable products. A lot of them seem to come from “companies” with names that look like someone just buttonmashed their keyboard (e.g. “Hnhvoo”) but the stuff they’re purporting to sell is clearly not what buyers will receive. For example, a couple of them are plugging Loki advent calendars, complete with a picture of 24 little Loki figures you will apparently get. Except that the… And here > [@How can Amazon still have such suckass search a quarter century and billions into it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-amazon-still-have-such-suckass-search-a-quarter-century-and-billions-into-it/951583): > > And I guess the answer is in the question: because it rules the world or nearly so, so why the fuck bother fixing it? But why does it seem I am the only person who actively finds it infuriating? You all DO notice it, doncha? For fucks’ sake, it’s fucking Amazon and they can’t do Boolean/filtered/refined searching properly? Seriously? If you have never noticed anything and you are happy with the way it works, stop reading and stay satisfied. But others: “sort by” magically ADDS another 15,000 … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-these-gopro-sales/951948)._