So if anyone knows Slickdeals.net, its a place where people can post and share awesome deals they find on the web. I was sifting through yesterday’s deals and I found some crest white strips for a great price on Amazon.

I went to Amazon, added it to the cart and checked out. So at the bottom, Amazon will give suggestions of items that were “Frequently Bought Together”.

And this is what it came up with the White Strips.

Crest White Strips + Barbie Superstar Doll Frequently Bought Together From Amazon

“Customers buy this White Stripes with ‘Barbie Superstar Doll’ by Mattel”. OMG! both for $36.98?! Pricing so incredible, I am buying!

Okay.. now that the excitement is gone, I’d like to say.. “WTF!?”

Honestly Amazon, how “frequently” did people actually buy these two items together?

It makes you wonder what kind of algorithm Amazon is using to yield these results. I mean, there could have been a possibility that 500 other people or 1 other person may have bought these two combination together, but they could have definitely done a better job at upsaleing me.

How? Well, by..
1. Looking at my recent search history (other white strips packages)
2. Looking at my history of my purchases (camera bag)
3. Giving me related purchase items (toothbrushes, floss, mouth wash)
4. Giving me seasonal purchase items (sunblock, SPF spray)

Just to name a few. Anything else could have been better!

Or maybe I am wrong and their algorithm is much more advanced. It could it be that their algorithm takes into consideration the following..
A. Individual is searching for bargains and stumbles upon white strips from SlickDeals (a coupons site),
B. which has a targeted demographic of mid to later twenty young mothers,
C. who love to keep their teeth nice and white,
D. who generally have family with kids age 4-8,
F. that would love a barbie dolls similar to their mothers at that age.

Or not.

Either way, it was hilarious none the less. Cheers to Amazon for making my white strips buying experience a humorous one.

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