Okay, this answered some things, but others issues still exist with my quick picks because it's still showing awful music in them, yet I never had any music at all in my recommendations I could fix to say not to use it. All my recommendations are games and movies, yet music still exists in quick picks. I wish it was easier, and that when you scroll down and view the few quick picks, you could say "not interested" in a check box THERE...that'd be easier, though that would be something Amazon probably wouldn't consider because that's closer to rigging the quick picks directly, which I'm sure they'd "frown upon" in the first place. Not to mention I've always been confused because members here always said "I got it in my gold box" and not "I got it in my quick picks" because there IS a difference as I just realized by this thread, and some posts around here made me think you could control the ACTUAL Gold box deals in the upper right. It's almost always referred to "my Gold box" on CAG, and "just wait until it shows up in your Gold box", sorry, but that's confusing IMO. The Gold box deals are universal, and "quick picks" is something else, yet some people interchangeably use them.

Also, the fricking thing they use, as aptly named "logic filter" here, is busted beyond hell, I bought the Watchmen on Blu-ray from them no less than a month ago (pre-ordered) and the other day it showed up in quick picks...makes no sense. Not only do I own it, I BOUGHT IT FROM THEM...lol...mine's been like the other user here who said random weird sh*t shows up...I get unrelated standard def. TV seasons of shows I don't care about on DVD in quick picks, just because I bought Fringe on Blu-ray, and nowhere in recommendations do those tv shows show up. I'm talking about them offering me stuff like Weeds, how is that similar to Fringe?! Just because it's "TV on DVD"? Its often frustrating because you think by honing your recommendations you can fix this (if it's not in recommendations, you can't though!), but low and behold I get country music, pop albums etc... in my quick picks when the only CD I ever ordered from Amazon was a newer CD you can't buy in the states, a rock band called Thornley. "Oh, he bought a CD, I bet he likes ANY kind of music"...if it's not in recommendations, why is it showing up in quick picks? There's no way to fix this, I even told them not to use that CD months ago, but still...

I have long since told it not to use that ONE CD, yet they still show up even after that....*BUT* then I stumbled onto something interesting. It appears that because I added 2 tags ("rock" and "Nickelback") to the Thornley CD Tiny Pictures product page to help customers search, it has been adding ANY CD's (regardless of genre) into my quick picks. Weird, so I deleted my tags in my account profile by editing them out...You try to help Amazon shoppers who are searching by adding tags to an item, and it penalizes you by using those tags somehow (Rock = music...music=Diva pop...Hey, he loves Britney Spears!...??? WTF?). Eff that, I'm not sacrificing my own bargains because their internal searching protocol is messed up.

Bottom line, I have been pissed about the erratic nature of quick pics showing random crap that wasn't even music or blu-rays or games out of nowhere when that's all I buy or look at, (like tools, kitchen stuff, etc...showing up, I don't buy that stuff!) and have been trying to refine things like ratings/own it, etc... for months, and it's just "buggy" to me, seems it may depend on other factors like how frequent you shop, when you order something, SOMEthing else...there's got to be more to it, because there's a few of us who have COMPLETELY different items just randomly showing up in there hogging up precious space. Not to mention like I said they had a quick pick for something I bought from them less than 30 days prior! Ugh.

Blah, I've resorted to trial and error, I've just read through this thread and learned the hard way over the last 8 months since seriously ordering off Amazon, about 75% of the tactics here I've been using. But at least it was a VERY GOOD read, as it allowed me to refresh what I know and rid myself of some of the mysteries. It was so worth you guys doing this, forgive this long rant, but I didn't think anyone would talk about this, as each time a newbie would ask "how do you modify quick picks" nobody responds to him. I'll fix that remaining 25% and see how much difference I can make. Thanks all.

Wow after some real lackluster days with some random crap for my Quick Picks, I go the the following:

God of War 3, Resistance, Infamous, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and MGS 4 Prima Guide. At least its good to know that I am getting games again after almost a week of pretty bad picks.

Does anyone have advice on trying to get a Game of the Year edition to show up in the quick picks? Does rating or wish-listing the original game help/hurt? FYI, I'm aiming for Fallout 3: GOTY. Fallout 3 is currently at the top of my 'recommendations' page.

Okay, issue 2 on something I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON in my recommendations, what the hell, anyone else getting this still? I bought Batman AA on PS3 from them, received it like 2 weeks ago, it's now in my recommendations!!

From my understanding, I care because they use recommendations to select what goes in quick picks...correct?

Something's messed up.

Originally Posted by BWS1982 Okay, issue 2 on something I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON in my recommendations, what the hell, anyone else getting this still? I bought Batman AA on PS3 from them, received it like 2 weeks ago, it's now in my recommendations!! From my understanding, I care because they use recommendations to select what goes in quick picks...correct? Something's messed up.

Just click you own it.

I do get a tad annoyed how they keep recommening me the same thing again after I make I don't want it, or with some things, trying to get me to get a slightly different version. Yes, I own a Pokemon Gold and Silver guide, it does not mean I want all 8 variation of the Ruby and Sapphire guide D:

Happy to find this thread. Happy that Miramasa was in my quick picks. Unhappy that all this happens when ECA codes have dried up. Guess I'll just sit back and wait for a 3 for 3. Thanks for posting, OP!

Originally Posted by BWS1982 Okay, issue 2 on something I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON in my recommendations, what the hell, anyone else getting this still? I bought Batman AA on PS3 from them, received it like 2 weeks ago, it's now in my recommendations!! From my understanding, I care because they use recommendations to select what goes in quick picks...correct? Something's messed up.

Yes I noticed I had Prof Layton 2 in my Quick Picks the other day and I already own the title from Amazon.

I figure that best selling games somehow bypass and trump your recommendations. Just like how crappy quick pick days are filled with what other people are buying like Dan Brown Books, Ink Cartridges and other popular items, these games fall in that same cartegory of "what others are buying"

Originally Posted by Drkirby Just click you own it. I do get a tad annoyed how they keep recommening me the same thing again after I make I don't want it, or with some things, trying to get me to get a slightly different version. Yes, I own a Pokemon Gold and Silver guide, it does not mean I want all 8 variation of the Ruby and Sapphire guide D:

That's the messed up part (as if it wasn't already) : it won't let me. It only says Not interested, so I've just checked that. The space where the "I own it" thing normally is is empty and void of anything, like it knows I have it, but thinks I want 2 of them or something. I didn't even rate the damn things yet, either.

BWS1982, how many game purchases do you have from amazon? No matter what I did for my quick picks I got crap day after day. Once I finally ordered a few more games as fake pre-orders that I canceled, and two more to keep(demon's souls and brutal legend), I've been getting games in there every single day. So that's like 8 games total between fake canceled orders and actual ones that I ordered since batman AA to get some damn games to show up there. Buying or pre-ordering is the strongest way to get amazon to change what is showing up there so if you haven't bought much gaming stuff lately it may be tough to start, it has been for me.


Only two items today =/ Modnation racers and kaspersky internet security 2010?...

Got Castlevania: Lords of Shadow this morning; should get Alan Wake tomorrow if it's eligible. I got this thing down to a well-oiled machine!

Originally Posted by evyrew Does anyone have advice on trying to get a Game of the Year edition to show up in the quick picks? Does rating or wish-listing the original game help/hurt? FYI, I'm aiming for Fallout 3: GOTY. Fallout 3 is currently at the top of my 'recommendations' page.

I actually had this pop up yesterday in my recommendations, thanks to the massive linking they did. Assuming you want it for the PS3, the major factors were GoW: Collection, MW2, and Star Wars: TFU Sith Edition. Hope that helps!

Man, I must have a bunch of ineligible games in my recommendations (LittleBigPlanet PSP, Cross Edge guide, and of course Brutal Legend and FF13) as I got nothing but blu-rays and random stuff today.

At least now I know that if stuff randomly appears when I usually get games, it simply means my current recommendations are ineligible for Quick Picks (which, unless the item is priced over $100, seems ridiculous)

@BWS1982 - I've actually had games I owned shop up as well. Batman: AA was the most recent offender, and I actually got Uncharted 2 in my Quick Picks a few days ago when I actually had the game pre-ordered on Amazon itself. Their "logic filter" (I feel so special having first used the term in this thread ) is indeed quite wonky.

@evyrew - GOTY editions should work just like getting a regular game. You have to find the games tied to its recommendation and go the normal course from there.

Originally Posted by Nirron Man, I must have a bunch of ineligible games in my recommendations (LittleBigPlanet PSP, Cross Edge guide, and of course Brutal Legend and FF13) as I got nothing but blu-rays and random stuff today.

Yeah, FFXIII and Brutal Legend are ineligible for sure. If it hasn't been spotted yet in our list, it's not going to show up sadly.

Originally Posted by BWS1982 Blah, I've resorted to trial and error, I've just read through this thread and learned the hard way over the last 8 months since seriously ordering off Amazon, about 75% of the tactics here I've been using. But at least it was a VERY GOOD read, as it allowed me to refresh what I know and rid myself of some of the mysteries. It was so worth you guys doing this, forgive this long rant, but I didn't think anyone would talk about this, as each time a newbie would ask "how do you modify quick picks" nobody responds to him. I'll fix that remaining 25% and see how much difference I can make. Thanks all.

Haha, like great sex -- it all comes with experience. I've learned from trial and error what actually factors into picks and how to 'game' the system. If you have any questions at all, just ask.

Originally Posted by BWS1982 Okay, issue 2 on something I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON in my recommendations, what the hell, anyone else getting this still? I bought Batman AA on PS3 from them, received it like 2 weeks ago, it's now in my recommendations!! From my understanding, I care because they use recommendations to select what goes in quick picks...correct? Something's messed up.

I would also click that you own it and that you don't want batman AA used for recommending items. I was getting comics and crap recommended to me so i clicked fix it and it was due to Batman AA.

What would be the best way to get a slim PS3 to show up? Ive already bought a ton of PS3 games and accessories from amazon, and PS3s would occasionally show up every now and then...but not lately.

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Originally Posted by mywhitenoise What would be the best way to get a slim PS3 to show up? Ive already bought a ton of PS3 games and accessories from amazon, and PS3s would occasionally show up every now and then...but not lately.

AFAIK, they can't show up.

Originally Posted by BWS1982 Not to mention I've always been confused because members here always said "I got it in my gold box" and not "I got it in my quick picks" because there IS a difference as I just realized by this thread, and some posts around here made me think you could control the ACTUAL Gold box deals in the upper right. It's almost always referred to "my Gold box" on CAG, and "just wait until it shows up in your Gold box", sorry, but that's confusing IMO. The Gold box deals are universal, and "quick picks" is something else, yet some people interchangeably use them.

I was confused too. This thread cleared it all up.

I have a quick pick bonanza today (no Demon's Souls, boo) for games all listed in the OP. I want to buy them all in one order as described in this thread. If I do that will the games ship as they hit release dates individually / maintaining "release date delivery", or does the whole order sit until all the games come out and then ship? I have never made an order for unreleased items with staggered dates before.

Originally Posted by rgd2blck If I do that will the games ship as they hit release dates individually / maintaining "release date delivery", or does the whole order sit until all the games come out and then ship?

Amazon has split my orders in the past if something wasn't readily available, so for pre-orders it shouldn't be any different.

Originally Posted by Jodou AFAIK, they can't show up.

what makes you say that? Im 100% sure it can. I even made a thread on CAG when I first started posting here that that PS3s were about $20 off, until some member pointed out that it was specific to my gold box, and not the site.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=179304