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Hey [H], I wanted to know what you guys think about this:
About a week ago, I placed an order with Newegg and then logged out once the purchase was over. Yesterday I was looking up prices for HDDs on Newegg but did not sign in to my account. Today I get a "shopping helper" email from Newegg with a list of drives that I was viewing the day before. It seems as if Newegg is tying browsing activity to specific accounts even after they've logged out of NE.com
In contrast, a site like Amazon keeps a track of recently viewed items but clearly separates browsing activity done when logged out from activity done while logged in. I understand that you could simply clear the tracking cookie but something about this doesn't seem right to me.
TL;DR: I'm embarrassed that NE knows that I 'anonymously' looked up prices for a Hitachi Magic Wand in their household goods section, then sent me a reminder via email but had the nerve not include a coupon code. j/k
-S
About a week ago, I placed an order with Newegg and then logged out once the purchase was over. Yesterday I was looking up prices for HDDs on Newegg but did not sign in to my account. Today I get a "shopping helper" email from Newegg with a list of drives that I was viewing the day before. It seems as if Newegg is tying browsing activity to specific accounts even after they've logged out of NE.com
In contrast, a site like Amazon keeps a track of recently viewed items but clearly separates browsing activity done when logged out from activity done while logged in. I understand that you could simply clear the tracking cookie but something about this doesn't seem right to me.
TL;DR: I'm embarrassed that NE knows that I 'anonymously' looked up prices for a Hitachi Magic Wand in their household goods section, then sent me a reminder via email but had the nerve not include a coupon code. j/k
-S
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