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Sorry to say: Probably another wrong intuition.

I have bought multiple cars in my lifetime. But I have *never* bought one right after another. This is not intuition, it's a fact.

No one is suggesting this can't happen --- but is it likely? Is it the norm?

"Personalized" ads assume it is --- and erroneously so in my case.

Start looking at cars online and you'll be bombarded with car ads for months after you've made a purchase. That ad money was just wasted on me --- and I'm sure on many others as well.

"Context sensitive" ads make no such erroneous assumption --- and they still have you covered in any case. You are shown ads only as long as you continue to express an interest in the subject.



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