On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Andy Burns wrote:

wrote:

what I repair is personal, not-for-money, and not time-critical.

Mouser's computer doesn't know that ...

I would think they'd know from his order history. They know he orders
such things, but they also know the quantity.

It's a just a variation of what all the companies do. Since they can keep
track electronically, it costs virtually nothing to try to lure people
into actually buying things.

So Amazon will send me email listing some things I've looked at recently,
as if email will make me actually buy them. One other company will note
when I put something in my shopping cart, and send me email pointing the
item out and "why not fill your order now?". Some companies send a
constant stream of email, yet really not offering me anything. I like the
ones from companies offering "free shipping, no minimum" from time to
time, and every so often there are really good deals, but generally the
flow of email is just to keep them in your mind. They wouldn't do it if
it required a phone call or paper mail, they do it because it's automated
and cost pretty much nothing.

The odd thing is the companies that I've bothered to sign up with is in
case the good deals come along, yet the constant badgering of email
doesn't help one bit. I'll order when I order, generic email isn't going
to help one bit.

Michael