Received Unwarranted Pamphlet with Amazon Order

Chchnu on 17/09/2021 - 09:28
Last edited 20/09/2021 - 11:00 by 1 other user

Similar to this post https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/650835

I received my $10 echo dot 3 order from amazon. I opened the box and there was an additional pamphlet inside that looks like its from the federal government telling me to get vaccinated.

Maybe the trend of online shopping is that advertisers pay the company to slip in some ads but this was unexpected and the 1st time i seen this from amazon.

Has anyone else got this from their Amazon? Does amazon somehow know people's Vaccination status? This is quite scary.

Now people might say getting vaccinated is positive so its not an issue, but that isn't the point since whether the content is positive or negative is based on someone's view/opinion. E.g. a neo-nazi can add a anti-semitic pamphlet or a muslim can add a islam pamphlet. Although they accept the content doesn't mean it is appropriate.

Should i complain with amazon? Anyone else has this experience?

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  • GooseLord on 17/09/2021 - 09:32
    +205

    I don't think they know your vaccination status, it's just a pamphlet. Throw it out and move on with your day

    • lunchbox99 on 18/09/2021 - 15:55
      +27

      You're not listening.. this is "scary"!!

      • juki on 18/09/2021 - 22:03
        +7

        only if you are paranoid

      • GrueHunter on 20/09/2021 - 13:16

        I've just realised my Telstra carrier thingy at the top of my mobile phone screen says to get vaccinated. However, I'm already vaccinated. Is this proof they're using the Bill Gates chip they injected to track me?

        • lunchbox99 on 20/09/2021 - 13:21

          I got an amazon delivery today and it has the dreaded pamphlet about getting vaccinated.

          Naturally I jumped out the window and died and now exist as a ghost. Don't need no vaccine now. Checkmate fascist oppressors!

    • Brew43 on 19/09/2021 - 10:50
      +12

      McDonalds put a pamphlet in my order the other day saying they were hiring, do you think they know that I don’t have a job!

      • alexlim2000 on 20/09/2021 - 08:36
        -1

        to be fair, you are eating maccas…

  • pharkurnell on 17/09/2021 - 09:32
    +3

    Should i complain with amazon?

    Bikies. but pick a group that has international links.

    • Ocker on 17/09/2021 - 09:49
      +35

      Some people just like to complain about anything

      • Slo20 on 18/09/2021 - 20:23
        +3

        I take offence to this comment. Who can I complain to about it?

        • cydia9k on 19/09/2021 - 23:10

          I'll witness a stat dec if you want to talk about the incident

      • juki on 18/09/2021 - 22:04

        just clouds but thats most likely age related

  • Hybroid on 17/09/2021 - 09:32
    +104

    Put it in recycling and move on. It's just an ad leaflet, it's less common here but has been happening elsewhere for years with online orders, especially with those wine voucher ads.

    Also, get vaccinated.

  • filmer on 17/09/2021 - 09:34
    +63

    Not the most helpful comment.

    "Does amazon somehow know people's Vaccination status" - You are super paranoid man.

    I get those naked wine pamphlets with a lot of my orders, shit, do they know I drink wine?

    I got a Jehovah's Witness pamphlet in my mail the other day, I just laughed it off.

    • lunchbox99 on 18/09/2021 - 15:56
      +10

      I got an ad for a penis enlarger on my browser. Now I'm really sad.

    • McFly on 19/09/2021 - 18:01
      +6

      Once I got asked if I wanted to be a Jehovah's Witness.
      I told them "no, I didn't even see the accident!"

  • SF3 on 17/09/2021 - 09:34
    +12

    Simular to this post https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/650835

    Remember, Correlation is not causation.

    Has anyone else got this from their Amazon? Does amazon somehow know people's Vaccination status? This is quiet scary.

    Seems more like a strawman argument you are making.

    • lint on 17/09/2021 - 10:45
      +66

      I don't think somebody who refuses to get vaccinated understands difficult concepts like correlation and causation.

      • ChickenTalon on 20/09/2021 - 09:59

        Ah yes, and their debate rages on.

        Do vaccines cause 5G OR does 5G cause vaccines? So much misinformation out there it's hard to say for sure.

  • Master Bates on 17/09/2021 - 09:34
    +21

    Best do as they say or your Prime access will be cut off.

  • brokenglish on 17/09/2021 - 09:36
    +55

    Just throw away the pamphlet if you don’t wanna got vaccinated.
    You’re scared of Amazon knowing your vaccination status? Wait until you start using that Echo Dot…

    • SF3 on 17/09/2021 - 09:39
      +4

      Oh yes, the trojan horse echo dot, is a very useful device :)

      EDIT: it rhymes too. Must be a conspiracy!

  • SF3 on 17/09/2021 - 09:37
    +6

    You might want to add this to your cart from Amazon next time too.

    Should i complain with amazon?

    You could chat to them?… you already got your echo dot… so… what else do they not know about you :)

    • Infoguard on 17/09/2021 - 09:41
      +3

      SF3 should get bonus points for the efforts of this post.

  • Duckie2hh on 17/09/2021 - 09:38
    +25

    You have too much time Karen. get over it.

  • Amaris on 17/09/2021 - 09:42
    +13

    Take their advice and get vaccinated. Might save your life or that of an elderly relative
    You probably already have a 5G phone so you should already be trackable anyway!

    If you don't like advertising in your packages, email Amazon and they'll stop.

    • Mechz on 17/09/2021 - 18:12
      +5

      Newsflash, all phones prior to 5G were also trackable.

      • Amaris on 18/09/2021 - 12:13
        +1

        Mentioned a 5G phone as the vaccine has 5G microchips (or whatever) to help track you!

        • ChickenTalon on 20/09/2021 - 10:02

          I think the vaccines cause you to become magnetised (see 1:07 for the best bits), which causes your 5G phone to stick to you, which makes you trackable.

    • McFly on 19/09/2021 - 18:06
      +1

      Get it right!
      5G towers were put up to give people covid.
      Then they want us to get 'vaccinated' which is when they inject the tracker.

      Oops, I've said too mu

  • blitz on 17/09/2021 - 09:45
    +71

    Orders an Echo Dot
    Complains that Amazon knows things about them

    • Hardlyworkin on 17/09/2021 - 09:56
      +2

      Haha classic. OP probably still thinks the government is to blame.

      • wchang235 on 18/09/2021 - 13:21
        +2

        No, clearly Bill Gates

    • alikazi on 18/09/2021 - 11:53
      +5

      Orders an Echo Dot
      Complains that vaccines have tracking micro chip

  • kerfuffle on 17/09/2021 - 09:47
    +11

    I was surprised to get one too, but no big deal. They're the only company that have sent a vax leaflet out with orders that I know of (nothing from DJs or Mecca for example).

    Fully vaccinated as of this morning!

    • kerfuffle on 17/09/2021 - 09:54
      -4

      very strange that they are handing out government pamphlets.

      This. I don't mind companies spruiking their stance by making their own leaflets, but yeah that was the part that surprised me

      • cookie2 on 18/09/2021 - 13:35
        -2

        Man why do people have such a roadblock in their minds that they're negin you both for very reasonable opinions. Peeps so delicate and quick to hate on others. Maybe coz you put it in the bin and not the recycle bin? Actually now that I think about it, maybe i should neg you too. Lol. I don't like any marketing when I haven't subscribed. It shouldn't be normal for us to have to"opt outx of all the marketing that gets pushed to us.

  • plmko on 17/09/2021 - 09:55
    +8

    Lol Amazon have been including ad pamphlets in their packages for 16 years now.

  • skinner on 17/09/2021 - 09:58
    +3

    I hate when people leave phamphlets on my bonut.

    • McFly on 19/09/2021 - 18:09

      That's been illegal for years since that "get your hands off my bonut" campaign came out.

  • Hardlyworkin on 17/09/2021 - 10:00
    +3

    They are tracking your Ozbargain posts :p https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/651375

  • Davo1111 on 17/09/2021 - 10:03
    +1

    just put it in the bin

  • Presence on 17/09/2021 - 10:09
    +11

    This is quiet scary.

    Like A Quiet Place scary?

  • SnowDragon on 17/09/2021 - 10:15
    +5

    Do you also complain when you get election material in your mailbox?

      • newjerseydamo on 17/09/2021 - 11:08
        +3

        And in this instant, it's the government advertising to get vaccinated, the same way electoral candidates are advertising for you to vote for them. That is also government material.

        One just happens to be better for you than the other.

      • spaceflight on 18/09/2021 - 10:58

        My online shopping delivery is for things i buy.

        What about all of the ads you see when you are shopping online?

    • cookie2 on 18/09/2021 - 13:39

      I do. :) But also i legally have to vote so i can see that this would be useful to some. Also i get election material based on my location, not from areas that don't apply.
      Covid has caused so much stress, as a random thought, think about if a family member had become severely ill or died from Covid and you opened up this package and saw that. If someone hasn't decided to get the jab then getting some marketing in their Amazon delivery isn't gonna make em jump up and go get it.

      • [Deactivated] on 20/09/2021 - 00:57

        think about if a family member had become severely ill or died from Covid and you opened up this package and saw that.

        Yes, people who lose loved ones to things are famously against preventing others from also dying of the same thing.

  • seanfoite on 17/09/2021 - 10:29
    +21

    Surely this is way better than the countless Naked Wines ad cards that i get with almost every online order these days. Or Hello Fresh.

    • SimbaGirl on 18/09/2021 - 08:24
      +2

      We get those all the time too, and we even get advertising brochures now with things like our car registration and insurance renewals (not the wine ones though LOL).

    • SlickMick on 18/09/2021 - 11:37

      They should be asking Amazon or Google whether I drink wine, and send more appropriate advertisements.

  • Gronk on 17/09/2021 - 10:36
    +19

    Wow, chucking a tanty over a pamphlet….

  • Muzeeb on 17/09/2021 - 10:41
    +5

    You know that free shipping you are getting?

    Well it's not actually free. It costs someone and it has to be paid for somehow.

  • juzza87 on 17/09/2021 - 10:50
    +11

    You're scared of Amazon knowing if you're vaccinated or not (they don't) but you purchased a $10 Echo Dot 3?

    I agree it's a bit tacky getting pamphlets in the delivery for things not related to your order, fair enough for the boxes that advertise Cinderella (their new show), but I've received vouchers for those cooking-boxes and wine subscriptions too, like come on.

  • pharkurnell on 17/09/2021 - 11:02
    +5

    Any one know any deals on foil hats?

    • pizzaguy on 17/09/2021 - 11:24
      +1

      I guess those kind of orders get such pamphlets slipped in.

  • newjerseydamo on 17/09/2021 - 11:09
    +19

    This is precisely why the pandemic is going to last longer than necessary.

    • pharkurnell on 17/09/2021 - 11:36
      -2

      Cause of a pamphlet ?
      You learn things every day in this place.

      • cookie2 on 18/09/2021 - 13:42

        Things seem to escalate so fast :)

  • tomleonhart on 17/09/2021 - 11:09
    +13

    OP. Don't listen to those people above.

    The federal government knows that your vaccination status and thus has commissioned a private company to guilt trick you into doing the evil thing.

    Don't be a sheep. Remember big brother is watching.

    /s

    • pizzaguy on 17/09/2021 - 11:27
      +4

      Remember big brother is watching.

      Or listening. The advice would be not to get Amazon Echo. Oh wait.

    • Finde on 18/09/2021 - 14:20
      +2

      I don't think he's going to understand the /s and will take your comment literally and ignore everyone elses.

  • Sterio on 17/09/2021 - 11:10
    +3

    I received an Amazon order the other day and spewing I missed out because I didn't get one. Here's hoping todays expected delivery has one.

  • noriaquach on 17/09/2021 - 11:41
    +4

    I got this pamphlet yesterday in my Amazon delivery, and I am vaccinated. It's a blanket pamphlet… so nothing to worry about.

  • netjock on 17/09/2021 - 11:49
    +1

    I received my $10 echo dot 3 order from amazon

    I must have missed the deal. Sure it wasn't a government subsidised dot? I'd only be worried if the dot started reminding me every day to get vaccinated.

  • raptormesh on 17/09/2021 - 11:49
    +3

    Good job comparing vacc to neo-nazis. Next time also include stuff like STASI.

  • Stone Monkey on 17/09/2021 - 12:15
    +16

    If you're worried about Amazon knowing things about you, why did you order an Echo Dot 3 to use in your home?

  • Pecan on 17/09/2021 - 12:26
    +15

    Does amazon somehow know people's Vaccination status? This is quiet scary.

    No, but I think we all now know your vaccination status given this reaction lol

  • Orico on 17/09/2021 - 12:35
    +28

    get vaccinated ya muppet

  • kanmen on 17/09/2021 - 13:07
    +16

    A government issued pamphlet advising you of the latest public health measure to help overcome a global pandemic is inappropriate and unwarranted? Yeah sure.

    Hate amazon but good on the federal government for finally getting off their backsides and trying to actively educate and promote these measures.

    • snooksy on 18/09/2021 - 08:44

      Is this just a Victorian thing?

  • Princess1226 on 17/09/2021 - 13:09

    I make a lot of purchases from Amazon, that leaflet has been included in every one of my packages for the last month or so. PS I’m fully vaccinated even before I started receiving them.

  • DashCam AKA Rolts on 17/09/2021 - 14:21
    +21

    Does amazon somehow know people's Vaccination status? This is quiet scary.

    I received a Woolies' catalogue in m letterbox the other day! How do they now where I live? This is quite scary.

  • morse on 17/09/2021 - 14:35
    +2

    E.g. a neo-nazi can add a anti-semitic pamphlet or a muslim can add a islam pamphlet. Although they accept the content doesn't mean it is appropriate.

    Presumably Amazon screens the content of the pamphlet before they agree to distribute it. Just like media outlets screen advertisements eg channel 7 wouldn’t screen a neo-nazi ad just because someone was willing to pay.

    • Baysew on 18/09/2021 - 08:37
      +2

      eg channel 7 wouldn’t screen a neo-nazi ad just because someone was willing to pay.

      Are you sure that they would even have to pay?

      Channel Seven 'crossed a line' with neo-Nazi interview

      White-supremacists and neo-Nazis are feeling emboldened and energised, and are searching for every opportunity to insert themselves into the public square. On that front, Channel Seven has failed us all.

      • morse on 18/09/2021 - 12:29
        +3

        Wow! Well that’s not great…. I just pulled channel 7 out of my head as a random commercial station not thinking they actually would have - I stand corrected.

  • ssx on 17/09/2021 - 16:57
    +1

    Received the same vaccination leaflet today, along with a coupon for 40% off a firestick.

    It's not targeted, it goes out to everyone.

    Edit: and $60 off an echo show 8. If anyone wants the codes, PM me.

    • GaryG on 17/09/2021 - 19:20
      +6

      I got the same ones but didn't get the same paranoid reaction! My drugs must be working better than the OP! :D

    • Tripnfelt on 18/09/2021 - 11:50
      +1

      I got that. Didn’t work on the new firestick preorder :/
      I’ll try again after it releases on Oct 8th or if the old firestick RRP comes down after then.

    • ssx on 18/09/2021 - 20:08

      Codes gone

  • 2enjoy on 18/09/2021 - 07:26
    +4

    seriously dude??

  • snooksy on 18/09/2021 - 08:43
    +6

    I received said pamphlet and thought it was a novel idea to reach people who the government may miss being able to advertise to via other mediums such as TV. I’m not on social media and don’t watch much tv so I thought it made sense. I’m already vaccinated as we all should be if we can. No skin off my nose. Amazon also included a pamphlet to purchase one of their own devices as well. Both were unsolicited like most advertising really

  • FittyFitty on 18/09/2021 - 08:47
    +4

    Interesting insight into your mindset, OP; watch out for the Nazis and the Muslims under your bed.

  • NamandSpam on 18/09/2021 - 09:07
    +3

    Bro… you're over reacting. It's just a piece of paper, you don't have to blink an eye over it.. just recycle it. Cmon please

  • dannyboi on 18/09/2021 - 09:48
    +1

    Received them in my two recent Amazon orders.
    I'd probably take greater offence in the boxes being coated in the advertisement for the Cinderella film!

  • YNWA1982 on 18/09/2021 - 09:54
    +3

    Are we doomed as a universe when people complain over the smallest things instead of just getting on with their lives. My parents wouldn't have given a second thought about a pamphlet in their shopping cart.

    • McFly on 19/09/2021 - 18:19

      Your first sentence should have ended with a question mark!

      Now, where can I get some counselling after being exposed to such depravity?

  • cute as duck on 18/09/2021 - 09:56
    +6

    Not surprised this post was written from an unvax'd. If this was prior to the pandemic, I could have sworn this was a troll post.

    • virtualsid on 19/09/2021 - 10:05
      +1

      Someone worried about Amazon knowing their vaccination status posts online about their vaccination status in a roundabout way. Niiiice.

  • Zapwap on 18/09/2021 - 10:17
    +2

    Ok so you are afraid if amazon knows your vaccination status and you've bought hired their best special agent to spy on you?

  • CalmLemons on 18/09/2021 - 10:26
    +1

    These threads are honestly here for the sake of it rather than being a real issue.

    Like, there are honestly REAL issues going on in the world.

  • factor on 18/09/2021 - 10:45

    I hope you don't buy any food items from Amazon. You're just experiencing the first wave - a government leaflet in the box. The next wave is a government vaccine in your food.

  • Banonos on 18/09/2021 - 10:46

    E.g. a neo-nazi can add a anti-semitic pamphlet or a muslim can add a islam pamphlet. Although they accept the content doesn't mean it is appropriate.

    those sentences. duck me!
    dont even hide your bigotry.

    • FittyFitty on 18/09/2021 - 12:19

      Yeah, pretty nasty shit; I mean, OP could have included Manna Beans, the CCP and the global Zionist movement in for good measure…

  • lazydaisy on 18/09/2021 - 10:58

    I’m shocked you took the time to make this post.
    Our lives are full of unsolicited advertising, you just toss or delete what you don’t like and move on.

  • R4 on 18/09/2021 - 11:19
    +3

    'a neo-nazi can add a anti-semitic pamphlet or a muslim can add a islam pamphlet'

    They could but they won't, and in this case, they didn't.

    It's a pamphlet from the government asking you to get vaccinated - where's the problem?

    Just get vaccinated.

  • retailsaver on 18/09/2021 - 11:24
    +10

    Way to go putting Muslims in the same basket as Neo Nazis. Whatever the equivalence to anti-semitism is against Muslims, you are it.

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