What do you like to buy using the Internet?

Chaz Spaz · Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 67

Me - CD's

My wife - shoes for her & coats for the kids

My son - vintage video games. I ask him why he wants those obsolete systems and games, he says because they're part of history and he wants to be a game programmer someday. Hmmm....I think he just wants to play video games. :laugh

bbchris

Hey Chaz!! Great to see you here!! Your wife buys shoes??? Do they always fit? Your son sounds smart! :laugh

bbchris

Chaz, maybe your son would like this link?

Bud! Oh NO! How did you do that?!?!?

I would never have guessed that you like Tibetan art :wgrin

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

it's kind of funny i guess..... i had it plugged into a power strip that is great, heavy duty, protects from surges etc. and for years i've followed a chain of events to turn all my stuff off. but one dday last week i wasn't paying attention and was in a hurry and i snapped off the power strip thing without turning off everything else first. i immediately realized i'd forgotten to turn off the board first.

(((insert here what a clear headed person would do at this point....yes, turn off the board at this point)))

so once i realized that, i of course turned on the power strip again so i could turn off everything.

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid mistake.

Bud Bennett

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bbchris

Arrrgggg BUD! I feel for you. That happens to the best of us.... What are you going to do now?

The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

"Was it the same copy?"

Nah, I doubt it. That's an old and rare book, but I bet the one in the lib. got stolen.

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ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

what am i gonna do? try and get it fixed for less than the $200 i can buy another one for at ebay. damn i wish i hadn't done that. oh well, a hard lesson was learned.

Bud Bennett

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stained glass :

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

tibetan buddhist art mostly, but i'm careful to buy from people who have art that is new- meaning not stolen from temples but work that is done by refugees or at the thangka school in kathmandu.

oh, and i screwed up BAD and most likely broke my 24 chanel recording board so i guess i'll be in the market for another one of those. DAMNIT!

Bud Bennett

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stained glass :

Edited by: ilikepie2 at: 11/23/04 17:26

Steve Iannetti · GweiLo Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 697

Mostly CD's, DVD's and Books.

Also, some small electronic stuff like a Palm pilot, Midi cables, memory chips, etc.

Generally, nothing more than a $100.00 except this Dell computer I am typing on, which I did buy on line.

axella · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 148

Addendum:

This week, I ordered a 120w amp and quadbox, and a 31 band stereo graphic equaliser, on-line, from a music dealer in Sydney. My card was debited for $1154 yesterday, so I guess I'll be getting the stuff tomorrow.

When I was a kid, my mother used to order from the Sears catalog a lot. In fact, I ordered my first guitar from them, a Sears Silvertone acoustic, when I was 13.

On-line ordering is a just natural progression from the catalog days for many. Others are paranoid about ordering over the internet because they don't understand security encryption, and fear that their credit card details will get out (they can, anyway, if ANY company which store cc details is hacked, and this is not limited to on-line ordering!). It's not much different to when people used to go through the garbage at major stores, looking for cc carbons.

Chaz Spaz · Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 67

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Hey Chaz!! Great to see you here!! Your wife buys shoes??? Do they always fit? Your son sounds smart!

Thanks Chris! The shoes don't always fit and I get stuck bringing them to the store to mail them back. :ohno

My son is a straight A student, he does very well in school. Thanks for the link, we saw that history of video games on PBS a while back.

bbchris

LOL Chaz! hahahaha Your wife sounds like a smart lady! And you must be so proud of your son! Well done! I'm sure you'll continue to nurture his enthusiasm for learning.

The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

SHIT!

I forgot to bid on the Batman book... It's also "From the 30's to the 70's"..

And it was the only one on ebay..

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Rabuck · Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 80

Karen and I get lots of stuff online

We bought her wedding dress on Ebay.

Ebay comes in pretty handy for like when we found out they stopped carrying the brand of bags for our vacuum cleaner at the store where it came from...well they got em on Ebay.

I bought a mic from musiciansfriend.com

I like to go there and fill my cart with expensive guitars....then I can go back and look at them and sigh.

Indie C.D.s from here and there.

Lately I have been buying a lot of 3d models and props and textures for Poser...it can become an expensive hobby if you are not careful....(yes, I am a geek) :larree

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