So I head on over to Amazon.com, expecting to have a Gold Box there.
Only …
There was no Gold Box. Hello? Where did my Gold Box go? Did Amazon run out of power tools to offer me? Did they finally figure out that maybe they should be offering me kitchen tools or health & beauty stuff? That they should maybe toss in some electronics, (I mean, I did give them some good soundbar reviews recently). So they’re revamping the whole thing? What’s up? Where’s my Gold Box?
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9 replies on “Gimme Back My Box!”
Get this: I tried to go to PenIs Mightier and the firewall told me “no can do, the forbidden category is sexuality.” I hadn’t even realized that it wasn’t necessarily read as…you know…PEN IS. heh. the content police will be knocking on my cubicle walls any second…
*whimper*
It happened to me, too, a few weeks ago.
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But … did they ever give you back your Gold Box? I miss my Gold Box. I want it back.
Yeah, mine disappeared recently, too. It was fun to look at even if I didn’t often find the items relevant 🙂
What’s weird is that I wrote to Amazon.com when my Gold Box disappeared from my work machine. I could still see it at home, just not at work. For a while I could check it in both places. But now it’s flip-flopped—I can’t see it at home, only at work. If I could choose, I’d obviously choose to have it the other way around.
By the way, offer #1 today for me was the third season of Sex and the City on DVD for $29.99. That’s like $20 off what it costs in the stores. I, uhh, passed.
Mine vanished too. For the amount of coinage I throw their way with my *ahem* serious book buying addiction, I should have that dratted gold box every day.
And even though I never actually wanted the power tools, bird feeders and lawn furniture that constantly graced the box, it still felt nice to see that twinkling little icon on the screen.
God. I need a life.
Haha, I just had a heart attack! (Not really.) I went to Amazon through a book recommendation and MY GOLD BOX WAS BACK!!!! My heart is still all aflutter 😉 They offered be the Buffy 1st Season boxed set and then 4 power tool sets … oh well. They must have made it more random (as opposed to showing up every time).
I’ve noticed that it comes and goes. Sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not.