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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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eBay Seller... sent ME an offer? huh? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been eyeballing a lot of some specific SSDs, considering snagging them. I have not messaged the seller, marked it followed, or anything like that. I've just kept the page open in a tab and periodically refreshed the page. Now I am logged in mind you to eBay.

I just noticed now though that the seller sent ME an offer. How did they even know I was watching??? What's going on here?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

eBay allows sellers to send offers to "interested buyers". My understanding of what eBay considers an "interested buyer" is either someone who has watched the item or someone who has viewed the item page multiple times.