HF Abandoned Cart

[bczygan]

This is a new one on me. I went into my Harbor Freight account and chose an item and put it in my cart. I then went elsewhere and closed the browser tab. I just got an email from HF telling me I still had something in my cart and linking me to a page of super saver coupons:

http://www.harborfreight.com/extra-savings.html?utm_source=cart&utm_medium=magento&utm_campaign=abandoned_cart

They don't miss a trick.....!!

 

[thecanman]

I got the same email today.

 

[MotoDave]

I've had an online site call me, and ask why I didn't complete my transaction! She didn't sound happy when I told her her shipping costs killed it.

 

[Joe B.]

Wait until you are surfing other sites and you see an ad for the exact item and retailer you looked at a few days earlier. The Interwebs have all sorts of tricks.

 

[Stuey]

I've had other stores do that to me. Don't like it one bit.

Wait until you are surfing other sites and you see an ad for the exact item and retailer you looked at a few days earlier. The Interwebs have all sorts of tricks.

That's actually really smart advertising, and I haven't made up my whether I'm for or against it. It's a bit annoying to see the same item on a dozen websites after I already decided not to buy it.

 

[Gtamazing]

Wait until you are surfing other sites and you see an ad for the exact item and retailer you looked at a few days earlier. The Interwebs have all sorts of tricks.

I got that last night

 

[jrodc455]

Sears.com does that. If you leave something in your cart they'll send you an email asking if
you had trouble checking out. I assume it's because they're so desperate to make a buck without paying someone commission haha.

 

[padronanniversary]

I did that with HF with about $12k in the cart. I had people calling me nonstop about it until I finally answered the call. I'll start putting my friends phone number in the field from now on.

 

[DrkMtnDew]

i get abandoned cart email all the time from Northern. i'll put something in the cart to chech the shipping and pretty soon there is the email. kinda confused me the first time it happened, but now i don't even open the message.

 

[Stuey]

Sears.com does that. If you leave something in your cart they'll send you an email asking if
you had trouble checking out. I assume it's because they're so desperate to make a buck without paying someone commission haha.

haha, I forgot all about that! Their computers went crazy once and kept sending me reminder after reminder after reminder. I kept trying to unsubscribe but nobody at Sears.com could help me. I finally found the correct check box to uncheck to stop the emails.

 

[Sloper0204]

Just one more reason for me to hate Harbor Freight.

 

[Theloniousmonk]

Yup, alot of companies do this, fairly new... they figured out all the sales they miss when people cart-n-dash...

 

[Ign]

Is this an Inside Track deal? If not since when does HF require you to log in or create any sort of user id?

 

[dodge610]

I've had an online site call me, and ask why I didn't complete my transaction! She didn't sound happy when I told her her shipping costs killed it.

A online place just did that to me a few days ago i wanted a plastic storage box for one of my metere box was 6.00 shipping was 10.00 insane.

 

[bchee]

Sears.com does that. If you leave something in your cart they'll send you an email asking if
you had trouble checking out. I assume it's because they're so desperate to make a buck without paying someone commission haha.

I got the same email.
When I read "are you having trouble checking out?"
I actually got offended and canceled the order.

 

[PSYKO_Inc]

I usually add stuff to the cart under a fake name and address...then clear my cookies and put my real name and address in to order it if I decide to go for it. That way "John Smith" at "123 Main Street", phone number (123) 456-7890 and "[email protected]" gets all the spam

 

[pipsters]

If any of you have Mozilla Firefox you can download an app that will allow you to toggle "private" browsing, so this stuff doesn't happen anymore.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9517/

I too have started using it, I hate the info these websites are collecting about us. Too big brotherish for me.

 

[teicher]

You could try to use this to your advantage and suggest that you might be interested in purchasing the item in your cart if they were to apply a discount to counter the shipping cost, match a competitor, etc.

 

[Skin]

haha, I forgot all about that! Their computers went crazy once and kept sending me reminder after reminder after reminder. I kept trying to unsubscribe but nobody at Sears.com could help me. I finally found the correct check box to uncheck to stop the emails.

happening to me currently. Annoying as hell. EVERY time i check my cart for price updates it sends that email.

 

[d33pt]

private browsing is only on your side, not the website side. it's to prevent the wife from seeing your **** sites.

 

[Mike14k]

Just listened to a BBC program about how filling your online "cart" and waiting a day will usually get you a a bit of a discount.... trying to motivate us.

 

[pipsters]

private browsing is only on your side, not the website side. it's to prevent the wife from seeing your **** sites.

It does not store cookies or a cache as well, which prevents the web site from gathering your info and storing it.

 

[mkdive]

It does not store cookies or a cache as well, which prevents the web site from gathering your info and storing it.

also ad blocker ad-ons are handy....say like in forums? you don't have to stare at all the advertisements.