Milk! 5 left at $69.99!
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13 comments
October 16, 2009 at 10:25 am
Vance
TNH linked this page in Feb. 2008 — evidently still going strong. And the commenters found more.
October 16, 2009 at 10:34 am
nick
You think that’s pricey you should click the “See all buying options” button…. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00032G1S0/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
October 16, 2009 at 10:35 am
Ahistoricality
There are over 1100 reviews. Someone’s having a lot of fun.
October 16, 2009 at 10:39 am
Sybil Vane
People are so funny. I love them.
October 16, 2009 at 10:51 am
Larry Cebula
These flash mob reviews have been popping up on Amazon for years. They used to occasionally delete them but seen to have decided that they drive traffic to the site.
A recent classic is the 3 Wolf Moon Tshirt: http://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Short-Sleeve-Black/dp/B000NZW3KC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1255715225&sr=8-1-catcorr
October 16, 2009 at 11:08 am
Josh
There’s also this classic review.
October 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Standpipe Bridgeplate
Seller: ROBERTWHOLZBACH
Rating: 91% positive over 34 ratings.
Shipping: In Stock. Ships from MA, United States. See Shipping Rates. See return policy.
Comments: will hand deliver, then come in and make you a Tiramisu with product in your kitchen
October 16, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Linkmeister
Things that make you say “hmm.”
One of the “customers who bought this also bought this” items is John Scalzi’s “The Last Colony.” I own and have read that book, and I have no memory of milk playing a major role.
October 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm
andrew
Tags Customers Associate with This Product:
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amazon oddities(127)
milk(94)
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October 16, 2009 at 9:03 pm
ben
The wtf tag is very informative.
(See also mefi.)
October 16, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Charlieford
I’ve been thinking of re-branding myself as “the Tuscan professor.” But I live in a part of the country where that would produce a puzzled stare, and a “You’re an elephant?!”
October 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Zora
When I was looking up mushroom ketchup on Amazon, I discovered that people who bought mushroom ketchup also bought canned haggis and flash drives.
October 18, 2009 at 10:56 am
Doctor Science
There’s actually a reason for these WTF? items.
One of the factors Amazon uses in the algorithms determining how high up an Amazon Associate’s items will appear in searches and links is the *total* variety of items that Associate appears to have in stock. In other words, an Associate who has listings for more in-stock items will fare better than one with only a few items.
So one of the things Associates have discovered is that you can beef up your item list (and your search ranking) by listing items that you in fact have no intention of selling. Listing them as “out of stock” doesn’t help your ranking (and may actually hurt, I don’t know), so you give them an outrageous price that no-one would ever pay. Basically, they don’t count for any actual *sales* purposes, but they boost the rankings of the items you actually intend to sell.