Been looking at my maps and flip-tiles and such. Some of them, I went to the store and put both the physical product and the pdf in my shopping cart. Went to the cart, and both products have a "you purchased this product on Nov. 21, 2019" link to the order. But only the physical product is actually in the order. So my question is "does Paizo's system distinguish between the pdf and the physical product when telling me "you purchased this product"? It appears not, but I'm not sure.
I think the "You purchased" message is just for the physical product -- because if you've purchased the PDF, you'll get the "(in your downloads)" message under the Add PDF button.
Makes sense, I suppose. Except that if I put a pdf for something for which I already have the physical product into my shopping cart, it's gonna give me that "you bought it already" message. Guess I'll have to double-check my downloads.
Actually, I was incorrect. I went through my order history, and even the PDF-only products I've bought have the "You purchased this product" message on the product page, in addition to the "(in your downloads)" one. PDFs I got through Humble Bundles have "(in your downloads)" but not "You purchased this product."
So it seems like if you gave Paizo money for physical or digital products, it will tell you you've already purchased it. If you own the PDF, it will say "(in your downloads)" on the product page.
Hm. Guess I'm going to have to inventory my stash of physical products again.