<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Rethinking My Faith in&nbsp;Amazon]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Every morning I wake up to at least one email from Amazon, whether it be  recommendations of new mystery novels (because those are what I get my dad for his birthday every year) or the &#8220;Top Ten Deals in Electronics&#8221; (because sometimes I buy electronics).  And almost every morning I think that I should adjust my preferences to discontinue this communication, but I can&#8217;t do it, because I&#8217;m under the belief that something worthwhile will come along one day.</p>
<p>And I thought today was that day.</p>
<p>Logged into Gmail and saw an email from Amazon with the following subject:</p>
<p><strong>Now available: &#8220;The Adventures of Pumpkin Pete&#8221; on DVD at Amazon.com</strong></p>
<p>So, naturally, my first thought was &#8220;a new <em>Pete &amp; Pete</em>&#8221; DVD?  Great!&#8221;  But while I did recall an excellent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A042A7C4AA9BD3CC&amp;playnext=1&amp;playnext_from=PL&amp;v=ijpepPTujHk" target="_blank">Halloween episode of <em>Pete &amp; Pete</em></a>, I didn&#8217;t think it was called &#8220;Pumpkin Pete.&#8221;  But what else could it be?  I mean I&#8217;ve ordered <em>Pete &amp; Pete</em> DVDs from Amazon three times (had to reorder the second season after I lost my original copy), so they know I like it, and, let&#8217;s be honest, if Amazon was a person I&#8217;d probably trust him (<em>or her</em>) with my life.</p>
<p>But I was wrong.</p>
<p>This is what they thought I&#8217;d be interested in:</p>
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<p>Sorry, Amazon, wrong Pete.  I don&#8217;t know what to think of you anymore.</p>
<p>But I did go ahead and order <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031MALXA/ref=pe_5140_14087360_snp_dp" target="_blank"><em>Pumpkin Pete</em></a> anyway.  Needed another item to receive Super Saver Shipping.</p>
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