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RSS Feed</title><width>86</width><height>37</height></image><item><title>Altered Playing cards (03-29-2009 16:37:38)</title><author>shiboing11</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&amp;TOPIC_ID=267&amp;REPLY_ID=1294</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:37:38 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There are 5 replies, with the last one on 03/29/2009 at 16:37:38 by shiboing11]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-04-2009 21:17:46)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=301</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:17:46 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-04-2009 17:15:04)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=300</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:15:04 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-04-2009 00:22:05)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=299</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:22:05 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-03-2009 21:50:28)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=298</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:50:28 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-03-2009 20:18:59)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=297</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:18:59 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>How to get 5% Off on anything from Amazon (02-02-2009 15:21:43)</title><author>nomaNendoro</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=296</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:21:43 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Hello All,<br />Thought i should post this as this might help someone trying to get some percent off on their purchase. I am not the inventor of this method. I saw this on one forums sticky and was very popular just see if it works out for you.<br />Here it is i am pasting the method below<br />--------------------------------------<br /><br />Since several have asked me how I get my Amazon gold box quick picks to look like the image I attached I decided to post the write up that I read which shows how to manipulate whats picked for your quick picks. So here we go:<br /><br />Basically your Quick Picks are your personal Amazon Deals of the Day (DotD) that have been catered to your past purchase history.<br /><br />This takes a day+ to work and is definitely hit or miss on what is offered.<br /><br />To see your current "Quick Picks"<br /><br />* Go to hxxp://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/</a> (make sure you are signed in)<br />* Click on "Today's Deals" next to the gold box at the top<br />* Scroll down to see Your Name's Quick Picks<br /><br />Now onto the 'manipulation'<br /><br />Step 1:<br />Let's say you want an Xbox 360, what you need to do is 'fake' Amazon into thinking you own something related to it, say an Xbox 360 Controller. So search for a Controller, and then at the details page do a search for "Rate this item to improve your recommendations" and next to Rate this item click on "I own it". What this does is link it to your recommendations<br /><br />Step 2:<br /><br />* At the top of Amazon's page, click on "Recommendations"<br />* This will list everything that is recommend broken down by category.<br />* Remove everything not related to Xbox by clicking "Not interested" this may take quite a bit of time if you've purchased a few items from Amazon. Another quick way to remove unwanted items is to click on "Fix This" on an item and then click on "Don't use for recommendations"<br /><br />Step 3: Come back the next day and see what Amazon has put in your "Quick Picks"<br /><br />Yesterday I did just this, I added that I owned an Xbox 360 Controller, cleaned up my non-related recommendations and then today I was offered a Quick Pick of 5% off the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle: $265.99 vs $279.99, a savings of $14<br /><br />This should work for practically anything, be it a CD, a book, or whatever, just add something that is somewhat related to what you want and chances are it might show up the next day.<br /><br />Resetting Your Gold Box Quick Picks (Thanks to baboymo)<br /><br />for those getting random crap in their Gold Box deals, here's a trick that will reset your picks to what you want.<br /><br />1. Go to recommendations<br />2. Click link that says "These recommendations are based on items you own and more."<br />3. Click each product that you used to get items in your Gold Box.<br />4. Scroll down to "rate this item to improve your recommendations" and de-rate and de-own it (it will save automatically).<br />5. Search for a similar product and rate and own it.<br />6. Next day your Gold Box should be filled with what you want.<br /><br />Note: It appears if you don't take advantage of the Gold Box deals, that's when you'll start to see random crap after several days. Just reset it and voila!<br />---------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy <img src="http://www.sharemyphotos.info/O/K.gif" border="0">]]></description></item><item><title>Leaving group (08-23-2008 17:11:15)</title><author>ScramperSue</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&amp;TOPIC_ID=295&amp;REPLY_ID=1293</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:11:15 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There are 5 replies, with the last one on 08/23/2008 at 17:11:15 by ScramperSue]]></description></item><item><title>March 2008 (05-21-2008 15:45:33)</title><author>howiewonderstud</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&amp;TOPIC_ID=230&amp;REPLY_ID=895</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:45:33 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There are 2 replies, with the last one on 05/21/2008 at 15:45:33 by howiewonderstud]]></description></item><item><title>Howie's gallery (05-21-2008 15:43:41)</title><author>howiewonderstud</author><link>http://mailartinternational.forumco.com/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&amp;TOPIC_ID=249&amp;REPLY_ID=1190</link><ttl>10</ttl><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:43:41 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There are 15 replies, with the last one on 05/21/2008 at 15:43:41 by howiewonderstud]]></description></item></channel></rss>