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by dclusin 1163 days ago
Maybe I’ll finally get ads for products I haven’t already purchased yet.
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They display those on purpose, because they've found that people who recently bought something are fairly likely to buy another copy in the near future.

Sometimes it's bought as a gift or because they want another one, but I've also seen people break cheap products and then order the same one as if they're supposed to be disposable. (There's the "boots" theory of economic inequality again)

This is often given as an excuse, but it doesn’t change the fact that they are just showing something I already own and I never buy vía ads anyway.
I need to know these people who buy a second dishwasher.