SDS Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 So, last night I was shopping for skates at HockeyMonkey.com from my home computer. I put 5 pairs of skates in my shopping cart, so that I could view them later. This morning, I am at work and I wanted to put those same 5 skates in my cart, so that I could talk to a CS agent about them. Well, when I placed my 1st pair in my cart - up came the original 5 from last night! WTF? I have never ordered a piece of hockey equipment from them or anyone else in my life. I have never setup an account, nor given them any information about who I am. Yet, they were able to determine who I was across two machines from two separate locations? Is there a logical explanation for this that doesn't include the chip implanted in the back of my neck, or them lifting info off my computer seripticiously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Maybe you messed up their site last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownBillsFan Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 the gov't implanted a microchip in your brain when you were a small child. they are tracking you at this very minute. you are never alone. they are watching you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 You can always take the easy way out and blame Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Did you get there today by typing in hockeymonkey.com and doing the search, or did you e-mail yourself a link to one of the pairs of skates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 Did you get there today by typing in hockeymonkey.com and doing the search, or did you e-mail yourself a link to one of the pairs of skates? 600256[/snapback] just typed it in (i.e. there was no session info in the URL). Nice guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Are they a partner of another site you've been to (i.e. Amazon) that could possibly share the same account info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Are they a partner of another site you've been to (i.e. Amazon) that could possibly share the same account info? 600282[/snapback] No, but it's a Yahoo Shopping site. Good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 did you exit the original site? If not, it might remain open unless you exit and not just close. If not. Make a hat out of tin foil and wear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 I don't have an answer for you, but I'm awfully curious. I went to the site and did the same as you. When I get home I'm going to go back to the site and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 blame the Superbowl refs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 You can always take the easy way out and blame Bush. 600248[/snapback] Could be NSA "fingerprints..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 So, last night I was shopping for skates at HockeyMonkey.com from my home computer. I put 5 pairs of skates in my shopping cart, so that I could view them later. This morning, I am at work and I wanted to put those same 5 skates in my cart, so that I could talk to a CS agent about them. Well, when I placed my 1st pair in my cart - up came the original 5 from last night! WTF? I have never ordered a piece of hockey equipment from them or anyone else in my life. I have never setup an account, nor given them any information about who I am. Yet, they were able to determine who I was across two machines from two separate locations? Is there a logical explanation for this that doesn't include the chip implanted in the back of my neck, or them lifting info off my computer seripticiously? 600168[/snapback] big brother is watching you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 did you exit the original site? If not, it might remain open unless you exit and not just close. If not. Make a hat out of tin foil and wear it. 600290[/snapback] the point was that it was from two different computers - home and work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 big brother is watching you 600319[/snapback] Do you try to walk into underage girl jokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Do you try to walk into underage girl jokes? 600359[/snapback] don't really care but i didn't think of it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 the point was that it was from two different computers - home and work. 600356[/snapback] Is your Windows logon on both computers the same (e.g. ssarama)? If so, there might have been a ssarama@hockeymonkey.com cookie on both PCs. I dunno. Just talking out my butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 The IT team here at my office thinks the only possible way this would occur is if you are logged into another site that shares info (or a cookie) with hockeymonkey,com. Are you logged into your yahoo account at work? or amazon? etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 10, 2006 Author Share Posted February 10, 2006 The IT team here at my office thinks the only possible way this would occur is if you are logged into another site that shares info (or a cookie) with hockeymonkey,com. Are you logged into your yahoo account at work? or amazon? etc. 600369[/snapback] that's it... because of the GoBills! email list. I never knew Yahoo provided that info across stores. Thanks to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 that's it... because of the GoBills! email list. I never knew Yahoo provided that info across stores. Thanks to all! 600373[/snapback] You'll be impressed to know the IT guys dismissed the whole situation until I offered up that possibility. They immediately jumped on that as the only possibility. OK...maybe you won't be impressed. But, I was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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