Amazon is hilarious

[Gabrielinconfident]

I was looking for pickups on Amazon because I live in Brazil and it's tough to find specific items here. Setting aside how absolutely horrendous the search function is, this is what the listing looks like:


Do I go by the picture (exactly what I was looking for), or by the description (7 string zebra neck SH5 compatible with laptops)?

 

[jeremy]

compatible with laptops!! so fancy.

 

[Mincer]

compatible with laptops!! so fancy.

But also desktops!

 

[ICTGoober]

Amazon didn't write the stupid text of the page - the seller did.

 

[Gabrielinconfident]

Amazon didn't write the stupid text of the page - the seller did.

The seller is Seymour Duncan themselves. It's (apparently) sold directly from the factory, shipped through Amazon.

Amazon does this. I just bought a teleprompter, and Amazon classified it as a "computer mouse". They do most of these things automatically. It's even funnier in the Brazilian page, because they auto-translate the titles of listings word by word. So the name of the pickup in the Portuguese-language page ends up being something like "personalised truck" (i.e. "custom pickup").

 

[Securb]

Most people upload their products to ecom platforms via a spreadsheet or csv file. There is a lot of cut and pasting going on of SKUs and prices, which leads to a lot of mistakes. Sometimes you will see a database error like this or the one I found listing a Led Paul Standard for $400. When I see something like this it makes me smile knowing there are still mistakes out there and alot of them are to our benefit.

 

[ehdwuld]

There is multiple translations going on as well