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Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by elzbardico »

I miss the times where Amazon search was dumber. Nothing more infuriating than typing an exact model number and the exact thing you're not looking for not appearing or be buried in a mountain of other products, some of them not even related to what you're looking for, because of some stupid personalization algorithm that is too smart for its own good.

Category and product pages are completely useless, sorting by any attribute does something, but that something is anything but sorting.

Not to mention that if by sheer luck you find whatever you want to find, be sure to order it immediately or at least add it to your cart. No guarantees that the search you did now will work ever again.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by cookie_monsta »

Solvency wrote: post #260
silisili wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

There used to be that. It was called Canopy. The best curated Amazon products. It was awesome. Guess what? Amazon acquired them and vaporized it.

This seems like a solid business idea. Start up a company that deshittifies some BigCorp experience, become an existential threat to BigCorp, get acquired by BigCorp. Rinse and repeat.

Who loses?

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by drtgh »

nabilhat wrote: post #293
AlecSchueler wrote: post #35

Easy fix since ChatGPT always apologises for not complying: any description or title containing the word "sorry" gets flagged for human oversight. Still orders of magnitude faster than writing all your own spam texts.

Except when it doesn't: https://www.amazon.com/FOPEAS-Language-Context-referring-Inf... The seller account's entire product list is a stream of scraped images with AI-nglish descriptions slapped on by autopilot. If you can cast thousands of lines for free and you know the ranger isn't looking, you don't need good bait to catch fish.

That link already leads to a "not found" page.

I hope it was because they are banning those catch fish, and not an isolated case due you put the link.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by whitexn--g28h »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #360
iforgotpassword wrote: post #323

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The worst thing for me is how the Amazon search algorithm seems to want to show you everything but the item you searched for. Hey boss I made the site better! Through rigorous A/B testing I could figure out a way to tweak our search algorithm so people spend much more time on our site! It seems they now really enjoy browsing for products! Ok but seriously, I have witnessed A/B testing go wrong in the past so I'm bi…

> rigorous A/B testing Also known as unethical, non-consensual human experimentation for profit maximization purposes.

You are consenting to the experimentation by accessing the software. It’s covered by the terms and conditions.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by wand3r »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #366
joegahona wrote: post #286

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This is definitely the worst thing about Amazon. I pay them $120/year or whatever, and I search a specific product by a specific brand, and the entire browser screen shows me brands and even products I didn't even search for. I should not get ads in a store that I pay to use, especially in search.

Stop paying them. If you pay, you'll actually become a better product rather than cease being the product.

I don't even use Amazon, but I definitely sympathize with prime subscribers. It's nearly a requirement for average people in their 30s. Have kids or limited time? Spouse likes a show on prime? Live in a rural area and the walmart 30 minutes away doesn't carry what you need? Shop at wholefoods regularly? Use a kindle?

As a single eccentric mid 30s guy in a small city, I get by without it. Its still annoying for me. This is the Microsoft-esque bundling strategy where several things you need are bundled in with a bunch you don't. It covers enough of the average demand to be nearly essential and products subsidize each other keeping the cost low.

I doubt it would pass the test of consumer-harm. However, it clearly stifles innovation as it is impossible to compete in any bundled category when your competitor is a megalith offering service nearly free or at cost.

This is why the poster above feels bullied. They know you need to subscribe. I personally quit prime years ago but I don't expect enough people to be able to do this to matter. For many people, even with the price bullying, bad ux and anti-consumer shit, the value is still there even if the original ROI has shrunk.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by jader201 »

moolcool wrote: post #132

Using Amazon for shopping is terrible, borderline unusable in 2024. They're hard to compete with because they're giant and have an amazing logistics network, but it also seems like there's a big vacuum in the market for an "everything store" that's actually good.

Amazon is great for buying products I already know I want. Prices are reasonable, shipping couldn’t be much faster (in my area), with Prime anyway. And it’s usually fairly easy to go directly to a known product (by name or model). Also their return policy can’t be beat by an online retailer (drop it off at Whole Foods/UPS, no box/shipping label needed).

Amazon is horrific for browsing or searching — anytime I don’t know what I’m looking for, and I want to have more data to inform a buying decision. Their reviews can’t be trusted, and their search results optimize Amazon and the sellers over the buyers.

I used to rely on Amazon for confidence in purchasing a good product, but that’s not been the case for 5-10 years. I have to do my research somewhere else (often Reddit) before making a purchase.

Unfortunately there are a number of products (e.g. iPhone cases) that even that’s impossible to do nowadays. But fortunately, these are usually cheaper products, so the risk is a bit lower.

I’ll still continue shopping at Amazon, once I know what I’m looking for, due to the things I mention in the first paragraph. But I no longer trust it for discovering products and informing choices there, particularly for anything meaningful.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by andybak »

gs17 wrote: post #205
whamlastxmas wrote: post #112

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I would just make it respond ONLY in JSON and if it's non-compliant formatting then don't use it. I doubt it'd apologize in JSON format. A quick test just now seems to work

If you're using the API's JSON mode, it will apologize in JSON. If you prompt asking for JSON not in that mode, it should work like you're thinking.

Ask the API to return escaped JSON or any other specific format. An apology or refusal won't be encoded.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by xp84 »

SoftTalker wrote: post #248
silisili wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

Sears still exists?

It’s almost a stretch of the definition of “exist” but yeah. They mostly sell crap you’d find at a TJ Maxx or something, because they have neither name brands, nor most of their famous private labels that were good.

Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by [deleted] »

andybak wrote: post #397
gs17 wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're using the API's JSON mode, it will apologize in JSON. If you prompt asking for JSON not in that mode, it should work like you're thinking.

Ask the API to return escaped JSON or any other specific format. An apology or refusal won't be encoded.

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Re: I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy

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Post by xp84 »

pphysch wrote: post #254
silisili wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd really like a more 'curated' or vetted everything store. I don't need to see 40 of the same exact item rebranded into various English horrors. Walmart seems most primed to do this, barring third party sales. Or Sears, if they ever had a miraculous turnaround to their old days.

> Walmart seems most primed to do this The one time I used their ecommerce platform (due to a gift card), I got a damaged product drop-shipped as an Amazon gift. Quality and trust are not words that I have ever associated with Walmart, even in the brick-and-mortar world where it is much harder to pull a fast one. Color me skeptical.

See I’m always kinda amused when I encounter Amazon arbitrage plays. I’m like “welp. I guess this one is on me for not knowing my item was cheap enough on Amazon to have room for the middleman to pay retail and still make money!”
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