Comments on: More On Amazon & The Baby Registry http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/02/17/more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry This isn't going according to plan... Mon, 21 May 2012 12:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sue (Holding Pattern) http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/02/17/more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Sue (Holding Pattern) Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:12:41 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/02/17/more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry/#comment-808 Cynical view: Amazon sells your data (unless you explicitly prohibit it) to other companies. At minimum, it also uses that info to market more stuff to you and to build one of the most comprehensive profiles of you in any database in the world. That "due date" has a LOT of dollar value to Amazon. From that date, they will know the age of your kid for the rest of his/her life. When the kid turns 1, you'll receive info about toddler products. When he/she turns 6, you'll get info on elementary school related products and info. At 13, designer clothes and music, etc... . So of course they want to force you to enter this date or a best approximation of it. Without that date, they cannot sell your info for as much money. So, I think your odds of getting this to change are low short of creating a very big protest. (I'm behind you). Also, as someone in the web/software industry, while customer service reps mostly just apologize, they CAN enter an "enhancement request" in their systems. Even better, though, is to get a hold of the product manager or brand manager for the Amazon Baby Registries. His/her job is to figure out what features should be added or changed to the baby registry product. Maybe he/she can be convinced that it makes Amazon more money to NOT require this tidbit of info. Cynical view: Amazon sells your data (unless you explicitly prohibit it) to other companies. At minimum, it also uses that info to market more stuff to you and to build one of the most comprehensive profiles of you in any database in the world. That “due date” has a LOT of dollar value to Amazon. From that date, they will know the age of your kid for the rest of his/her life. When the kid turns 1, you’ll receive info about toddler products. When he/she turns 6, you’ll get info on elementary school related products and info. At 13, designer clothes and music, etc… .

So of course they want to force you to enter this date or a best approximation of it. Without that date, they cannot sell your info for as much money.

So, I think your odds of getting this to change are low short of creating a very big protest. (I’m behind you).

Also, as someone in the web/software industry, while customer service reps mostly just apologize, they CAN enter an “enhancement request” in their systems.

Even better, though, is to get a hold of the product manager or brand manager for the Amazon Baby Registries. His/her job is to figure out what features should be added or changed to the baby registry product. Maybe he/she can be convinced that it makes Amazon more money to NOT require this tidbit of info.

]]> By: Avonlea http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/02/17/more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Avonlea Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:36:24 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/02/17/more-on-amazon-the-baby-registry/#comment-797 I love you. What else can I say? You fight the good fight and you do it so well. I hope they'll make the changes. I love you. What else can I say? You fight the good fight and you do it so well. I hope they’ll make the changes.

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