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Good for a conversation piece at parties, if nothing else. "Hey, you guys won't even believe what I got from my random shopper bot this week!"

Personally, I'd rather not risk having to explain why I just got 55 gallons of lube and an anatomically correct blow up donkey through the mail.

... or did the bot give you a reasonable excuse to family and friends as to why you have a 55 gallon drum of lube and an anatomically correct blow up donkey?

Hmmmmm. I sense a startup: "we hide your filthy, disgusting pornorgraphy habits from your family by hiding them amongst 'random' automated purchases. Get six days of boring things like glitter and used wing nuts and the seventh day you'll get your favorite, delicious porn. BUY NOW!"

It's set to buy only paperbacks and CDs...

I can see this buying spare parts for things you do not have.

It is until it buys "Fifty shades of grey" and a XXL baby doll.