MAIL ORDER NAG
You may recall that Amazon.com and I had a very touching moment during the holidays when I screwed up my order, they screwed up my cancellation of the screwed-up order, then they magically made everything right at the very moment I was watching Christmas gifts dissipate into thin air.
We salvaged our affair — I love them, they love my money — and came away from the near disaster with the understanding that such a relationship cannot be taken for granted.
Like so often happens, one of us has already forgotten the lesson learned. And it’s not me.
This year, for the first time I guess, I shrugged off my hesitation to use Amazon’s marketplace, buying from other vendors listed at the ginormous Web store.
Am I sorry now. About every ten days I get an e-mail from Amazon, on behalf of an affiliated vendor, begging me to go online to review the product I purchased. That amounts to about 10 products, including some calcium chews that were in the right place at the right price.
“Dear Sheila Hagar,
Thank you for your recent purchases from Amazon.com.
We invite you to submit reviews for the products you purchased or share an image that would benefit other customers. Your input will help customers choose the best products on Amazon.com.
It’s easy to submit a review–just click the Review this product button next to the product.”
This actually started before Christmas, when the gifts I bought had not even been given to my children. And it hasn’t stopped, not as of this morning.
I don’t WANT to review my purchases. It’s like Safeway calling me and saying,” Hey! Howja like those frozen vegetables you bought from us last week? Huh? Huh? You gonna recommend them to some friends? Are ya? Are ya?”
No, Safeway and other grocery stores don’t do that. Why? Because they know if they just leave well enough alone, I’ll come back when the cupboard is bare.
Just now I finally clicked the link and hit the “Opt out” button. I can get all the nagging I need from the kids and the dog. 
Thanks anyway, Amazon.
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Capn Jack is looking good!
Oh good heaven’s! Is that pic Cap n’ Jack?? I’m sorry that adorable doggie picture has gotten me completely off balance! Now, back to the article at hand.
Yes, I get the pesty emails from Amazon too. Worse than a nosy neighbor. BTW, Shelia…how WERE those calcium chews??
Sorry to say, that is not actually the Cap’n, just a cutie I pulled off the Internet. But Jack IS looking good, so it’s not your fault, Pam and Goldie, you mistook this precious one for my dog.
Calcium chews? Oddly delicious, Goldie. Fudge and caramel, what’s not to love? You’d think I could have been nice enough to send that along to Amazon!