Ebay - Bass Guitars Recommended for you - Go for it?

[Eldon Tyrell]

Got an email from ebay today:  "Bass Guitars Recommended for you"

One was this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/264754366975?campaign-id=90001&run-date=20200730023000&templateId=0bff632b-c44d-4b26-aa5d-5d92d3981176&templateVersion=259&co=13&placement-type=mfe.piyi1P&user-id=44117871227&instance=1596101400&site-id=3&trackingCode=16TE79002_T_ALL_ORM&placement-type-name=mfe.piyi1P&mfe-Id=101242

Text days:

"A beautiful example of a 1970's Fender Jazz bass. Solid body with bolt on neck, Rosewood fingerboard and active electronics.

Well loved and well played.

In need of some TLC and would suit some-one who is just starting to learn"

 

What do you think, should I go for it? 😉

[Eldon Tyrell]

BTW, the same guy is also selling a used  Classic looking 1980's Air Guitar 

which is just an empty hard case and a stand for £799. Not sure what this is all about. A bit late for an April 1st joke.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-Vintage-Air-Guitar/264451163959

[BigRedX]

And here is our 5th thread for this bass...

[Eldon Tyrell]

14 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

And here is our 5th thread for this bass...

Sorry, I should have checked better 😞

[stewblack]

8 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Sorry, I should have checked better 😞

No harm no foul. Not exactly an easy search when you couldn't know how other people might have titled their threads.

Edited July 30, 2020 by stewblack

[Dan Dare]

I find it hilarious that eBay (and many other organisations) send you advertisements or promotions for something you've just bought. I know their algorithms track you and do it automatically, but it's a bit pointless.

"Just bought a new Aston Martin, sir? Why not have a look at these and see if you fancy another?"

[binky_bass]

Next person to share this in any capacity is getting 50 lashes. 50!!!!! One for every time I've seen this posted...

[Nail Soup]

If it helps, I a) had not seen this before and  b) found it mildly amusing.

[Nail Soup]

43 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

I find it hilarious that eBay (and many other organisations) send you advertisements or promotions for something you've just bought. I know their algorithms track you and do it automatically, but it's a bit pointless.

"Just bought a new Aston Martin, sir? Why not have a look at these and see if you fancy another?"

Yes, know what you mean.

It would make more sense after buying for example a bass to try to sell you a case or amp than another bass. 

Personally, I think AI will get there soon, and we'll have few sweet years of sensible recommendations before AI goes too far and we all have to bow down to our silicon overlords.

[Stub Mandrel]

35 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Personally, I think AI will get there soon, and we'll have few sweet years of sensible recommendations before AI goes too far and we all have to bow down to our silicon overlords.

It's getting sinister. Amazon sent me a £34.60 gift voucher as my affiliate fees built up over several years!

I went searching and looked at bluetooth speakers in the range £15-50.

Each page of 10 examples had about 6-9 sponsored links sprinkled through teh list, all priced £32-35.

Do you think they know exactly what I have to spend?

[Nail Soup]

22 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Do you think they know exactly what I have to spend?

They also seem to have figured out that you'd only go 40p over budget too 😀!

[Dan Dare]

On 30/07/2020 at 23:06, Stub Mandrel said:

It's getting sinister. Amazon sent me a £34.60 gift voucher as my affiliate fees built up over several years!

Know what you mean. I went for a ride on the Mid Hants steam railway yesterday (I love a bit of steam and coal smoke). News items about steam locos, suggestions for other similar places to visit, etc popped up on the feed on my phone whilst I was there. Do they track where you are and your movement (in this case, along the line - presumably, your movement from mobile mast to mobile mast gives that away), work out that you must be on the railway and send you stuff accordingly? That is sinister.