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suppose a stamper fills up his or her shopping cart on your site, but never places the order, or waits while she debates various purchases.
Can you tell that I, I mean the hypothetical stamper, has been to your site and filled up a cart, only to delete everything, only to come back say an hour later and do the same thing all over again and perhaps 3 or 10 times??
If so, how annoying is this person's behavior??
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I do it so often that I coined a phrase to describe the behavior - I'm a shopping cart gigilo! I want you baby, can't live without you........ well, maybe I can - hey look at that! (Fills up new cart, does same thing)
I did this on a small (VERY SMALL) website...left a cart full and decided against it...
Well I got emails from the girl who ran the site saying that she noticed I had a full cart and she could ship it cheaper than the thing was telling me.
I am guessing she had such a small *company* that she could spend her time doing this...however it annoyed me a bit...since I have carts full everywhere and decide if and when to complete the purchase without prompting. LOL
One thing I really like are the sites where the carts stay full for like a month. I often fill a cart and go back a week later and buy it all...but the ones where the carts dump when you leave the site are harder because often I forget what I wanted in the first place. :(
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suppose a stamper fills up his or her shopping cart on your site, but never places the order, or waits while she debates various purchases.
Can you tell that I, I mean the hypothetical stamper, has been to your site and filled up a cart, only to delete everything, only to come back say an hour later and do the same thing all over again and perhaps 3 or 10 times??
I do it so often that I coined a phrase to describe the behavior - I'm a shopping cart gigilo! I want you baby, can't live without you........ well, maybe I can - hey look at that! (Fills up new cart, does same thing)
Some vendors' merchant software may indeed enable them to view this phenomenon. But, I wouldn't imagine they actually have time to sit there and watch it, UKWIM? LOL!
In any case, you might check to see if the online vendors you haunt have a "wish list" feature . . . that way you don't hafta feel weird about ghost shopping. . . ;)
*more chuckling*
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I filled my cart on a website once, but decided to wait a few days before I made the purchase just in case I found it cheaper somewhere else. Then the next day I received an email saying that if I was still interested in the items, use this code and get X% off my purchase. That was nice because I didn't find it cheaper anywhere else.
We have statistics that show "abandoned carts", but we don't know specifically who is abandoning those carts filled with wonderful, glorious items!
Well I am glad to know you can't track who it is. That would be creepy, like I was being followed while I shop. I'm sure on-line retailers probably have lots of info about shoppers, probably better that I'm oblivious about how much they know about me and my shopping habits.
And I typically abandon carts when I am comparison shopping, especially during the holiday season. I may find an item at 2 or 3 places and will load up 2 or 3 carts, and then compare who has the better deal once you add in shipping price, shipping time and taxes. But I try to put my carts back when I am done and certainly don't leave them on the end of someone's driveway - that movie is classic.
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I live to fill carts, of course the thousands of dollars I'd like to spend everyday doesn't get purchased except in tiny increments so its a good thing the stores don't know exactly how addicted I am to "Ghost Shopping" as Julie calls is. I love that term. Hi, my name is Diana and I'm a Ghost Shopper.
To all the online vendors, if you will let me keep my cart full indefinitely, I can almost guarantee you will get my business during a moment of weakness, or a moment of pity (for myself), or a moment of celebration, or a moment...
I love "shopping" online when I don't have money to spend. It just makes me feel good to fill up a cart, even if it's just pretend. I guess the little girl with the toy shopping cart and no household bills and responsibilities is still in there somewhere...
Its a good thing most of them cant see....now that I am on a budget it seems like more and more often I go and fill the virtual cart and just abandon it...it is like shopping but just not getting...sorry folks...I am way guilty here.
blessings.
PS. I will be placing a cart load and PAYING for it at Papertry on 2/15...lol
I do it so often that I coined a phrase to describe the behavior - I'm a shopping cart gigilo! I want you baby, can't live without you........ well, maybe I can - hey look at that! (Fills up new cart, does same thing)
I often have a cart full at a few online stores. I'll buy what I can't live without and then start a new cart so that I remember what I had to have but couldn't afford to order.
Hi my name is Nikki and I am a compulsive ghost shopper!
I fill my carts with everything I want then look at the totals in shock when it says $650! I do this more than once a week., I will pick out and buy my 1st 3 things usually!
Ok, I feel better now that I confessed....
going to Gina K and PTI now....
too funny - guilty as charged, Ghost Shopper - ha~
I so do this on-line AND at the stores. I attribute it to my budget-consciousness! I am proud to say in the past 12 years, I have not paid a single penny of finance charges on my cc because of it! If I don't have $ to pay for something I purchase by my next statement I don't buy it!
I didn't think about the question you pose until the other day I was shopping for a book I wanted to read (The Tenth Cirlce by Jodi Picoult) and checked at Abe books then DH found it cheaper at Amazon and got it there. I just left it in my cart at Abe and got an email a few days later gently reminding me about it. interesting...:rolleyes:
HI my name is Jenni and I am a Ghost Shopper!!
This is where I sign up for the Ghost Shopping help site??
I do this all the time. And I do edit, dump, purge, re-fill and order, eventually as moola allows.
I am glad I am not the only one!!!
Jennik
Ahhh Hambo stamps does not let you ghost shop! I just placed a huge order.. I keep telling myself NO MORE.. But it's not working....
At least I am supporting fellow stampers
LOL, what a super funny thread...
yes, and Joan I just wondered the EXACT same thing today!! scary
I can fill em up big time as well, then just the tiniest little thing upsets me or disrupts me and its all forgotten....
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Oh, I'm a ghost shopper, too!! I love it. I like to be able to fill up the cart and then "sleep on it." Sometimes I abandon the cart, but more often it is a company where I shop regularly and eventually I go back and pare down the list. If I just have a couple of items, I might leave them in the cart for awhile in case something irresistable is released so I can save on shipping.
It is also a great way to just keep a list rather than writing it down. I might visit a site to choose items I am running low on or just discovered I'd love to have, put them in my cart, and then when the new release comes along I won't forget those "necessities."
I absolutely love companies with wish lists that you can then easily shift over to your shopping cart when you're ready.
Ghost shopping is GREAT!! And I'm happy to know that no one is watching .
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