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Do you get tired of seeing ads for items you've already purchased?

I understand the personalized advertisements on sites like Answer Mug, but wouldn't it be nice if you could check a box that says "bought it"? I'm tired of seeing ads for crap I've already bought. Especially if they're for a better item/better deal! 

Posted - April 29, 2018
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  • 6477
    Hmm you know, I have never noticed! I think partly that you must be way more observant than me and also that my adds I get tend not to be for things you can purchase and/or I rarely buy things anyway :P
      April 29, 2018 8:44 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    Mine usually have a couple of ads for stuff I'm either looking at or have bought, and the rest are crap like "the most daring celebrity outfits at Coachella". As if I give a flying fig about that! 

    Thanks for your reply. Hope you're having a beautiful Sunday!
      April 29, 2018 8:48 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    My AM doesn't do that but I have other sites that do... perhaps because AM is predominantly linked to the US? I get ads for services mainly... like the ones I seen now are for the Irish Lotto, PPI, and also one for a mens shaving razor!!!  Eeek whatever do they think of me!
      April 29, 2018 8:56 AM MDT
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  • 17614
    I use Opera and it blocks out the ads.  
      April 29, 2018 9:46 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I used to use adblock, but I hate to take revenue from JA. I know she's not making any real money with this site. 
      May 1, 2018 10:01 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    Ah, you gave me an idea.  Thanks.
      May 2, 2018 4:32 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    Youtube used to irk me a lot because when I watched a few flicks, the same flicks would show up on the front page next time I visited. Now I have a cookie manager that clears the cookies when I leave the site, so whenever I go to youtube I get random suggestions. It's all crap, but at least it's crap I haven't already watched.
      April 29, 2018 11:28 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    Cookies just aren't what the used to be, that's for sure! 

    :)
      May 1, 2018 10:04 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    I allow no cookies except local while I'm on the site.  When I leave the site the cookies are wiped.  That's in my browser setup....not hard to do.  Do Not Track is also in there.  But, you've got to go through all of the items to get things set up the way you want.  
      May 2, 2018 4:22 AM MDT
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  • 3523
    I am tired of ads PERIOD.

    When I'm drivin' in my car, and the man come on the radio
    He's tellin' me more and more about some useless information
    Supposed to fire my imagination

    When I'm watchin' my tv and a man comes on and tell me
    How white my shirts can be
    But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
    The same cigarettes as me.

    I can't get no...  no, no, no.
      April 29, 2018 10:08 PM MDT
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  • 10052
      May 1, 2018 10:02 PM MDT
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  • 16829
    Hey hey hey, that's what I say
      August 25, 2020 12:21 AM MDT
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  • 2052
    Here's a different kind of AD,  lol
      April 30, 2018 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Oh, wow! Lol!
      May 1, 2018 10:03 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    I go to homedepot.com a lot, so I gave them my email addy. Right away I started getting ads in email for whatever I had looked at on the site. Then I started seeing ads at facebook for the same crap. I did not appreciate being followed that closely, so I went back and opted out of emails at HD.
      May 1, 2018 2:58 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    I don't worry too much about being watched by whoever's watching. I'm so boring and non-threatening, I almost feel sorry for whoever's assigned to watch me. 
      May 1, 2018 10:06 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     


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      August 24, 2020 9:47 PM MDT
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  • 10052

    Real snooze-fest, huh? 

    "Is she ordering more crap for her dogs over there? Doesn't she realize how old she's getting?? She should either figuring out how to get a wealthy man or saving for her retirement!!" 

      August 25, 2020 3:10 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

     

      Why do you need some other man besides me?  I hope Stu hasn’t been hanging around. You haven’t been stepping out on me, have you?  Grrrrrr.
    ~

      August 25, 2020 3:13 PM MDT
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  • 10052

    ~
      August 25, 2020 3:38 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Grrrrrrrr  I bet you’ve been going behind my back sneaking avocados in here and making guacamole spread!  Do you have Vegemite hidden in here too?  I don’t even know who you are any more!  I’m packing my bags and going back to Mother!

      We’re through!

    :(

      August 25, 2020 4:49 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i dont see them since i put adblock plus on my computer
      May 21, 2018 5:00 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

     This is about the Acme Mayonnaise and Vegemite Detection Kit, isn’t it? How did you even know that I bought it?  They promised me confidentiality, I paid cash for it, and I had it delivered in nondescript unmarked plain brown paper packaging!  Grrrrrrrr.

      August 24, 2020 9:42 PM MDT
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  • 16829
    You be sinking our spies are ineffectiff, hein? Ve haff vays of makink you Vegemite!
      August 25, 2020 12:29 AM MDT
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