Amazonus Interruptus
May 4th, 2005I have yet another completely fabricated disease, a malaise of the information age. Sometimes, when I have a free moment, I browse Amazon.com and add a lot of stuff to my shopping cart. I can’t even begin to tell you how much stuff. A lot. Then I order it.
I put it on my credit card.
It’s an Amazon.com Visa, so I get extra points towards an Amazon.com gift certificate when I use it. (This is called feeding the demon.)
I get a confirmation email.
Then I get guilty and go back and cancel my order. Because, really, did I need that stuff? And who knows how long it will take to get it. What’s wrong with just buying one book at a time, in person, or browsing a used bookstore? And also I like to be good with my money and not go into debt. So I just don’t need to do this.
Until the next time I have a free moment. And I wonder, “When is Lint coming out?” And “I wonder what other people who read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency are shopping for…” And the eternal cycle begins again.
Related link: My Wishlist. You know, you could spare me the burden of my pain by just buying me stuff.
May 4th, 2005 at 11:57 am
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber was good. Next time you almost buy something, you should almost buy that.
May 4th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
I think you should buy it for me.
May 6th, 2005 at 12:27 am
That is a cool wishlist. I think I should buy it for me!