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What were your first purchases on Amazon and eBay?
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:01 am
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:01 am
Amazon:
Set of New Testament commentaries by John Calvin. Said used and was about $75 at a time when you could get same set at Barnes & Nobles (had to order from store on Vets) and The Strand for about $120. I think this was around 2000. At that time and for the next five years I believe the only thing I ever bought from amazon was books. Can’t remember my first non book amazon purchase.
eBay:
Pair of vintage used Reebok pumps around the year 1999. I had always wanted a pair as a child. I found a used pair on eBay for $10. When they came it was clear they were fake. I used them in one game in high school and never wore them again.
Set of New Testament commentaries by John Calvin. Said used and was about $75 at a time when you could get same set at Barnes & Nobles (had to order from store on Vets) and The Strand for about $120. I think this was around 2000. At that time and for the next five years I believe the only thing I ever bought from amazon was books. Can’t remember my first non book amazon purchase.
eBay:
Pair of vintage used Reebok pumps around the year 1999. I had always wanted a pair as a child. I found a used pair on eBay for $10. When they came it was clear they were fake. I used them in one game in high school and never wore them again.
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Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:11 am to TulaneLSU
Ebay: Won an auction for a used Fleshlight
Amazon: Fleshlight lube on subscribe and save
Amazon: Fleshlight lube on subscribe and save
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:34 am to TulaneLSU
Amazon, if I had to guess older Xbox NCAA football games.
eBay bling bling necklaces I use to buy.
eBay bling bling necklaces I use to buy.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 4:57 am to TulaneLSU
Amazon:Parts to repair my washing machine.
I've never used E-Bay...
I've never used E-Bay...
Posted on 9/26/19 at 5:33 am to TulaneLSU
LSU @ Auburn tickets back before sites like StubHub came to be. NFL talent all over the offensive side of the call. I think we scored 7...maybe 10 points.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 5:41 am to TulaneLSU
Amazon: a textbook
eBay: golf clubs
eBay: golf clubs
Posted on 9/26/19 at 5:57 am to TulaneLSU
Ebay: 3 tickets from the 1932 Rose Bowl between USC and Tulane.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 6:00 am to TulaneLSU
eBay I bought my dad the Maravich book. The black one from 70 I think. He had it in high school then his mom threw it away when he went to college. I had gotten my first job real at 15 or 16. He still has it.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 6:11 am to TulaneLSU
eBay: Hardcover of "Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire" that came out in 1999.
Amazon: Probably a book or CD. Our office needed a new Bunn coffee pot in the late 90s, and I was the only one who had an account to order one. The older folks were skeptical.
I remember going to England in 1999 and telling people there about Amazon. Looks like the UK version launched in '98, but the people I spoke to had not yet heard of it.
Right before that trip, I emailed a company in London a credit card number and asked them to send me a Barbour coat. It showed up, with the mailman asking for about $35 in duties. I was amazed it worked. Even with duties, it saved me over $100 compared to buying it in the nearest store that carried them.
Amazon: Probably a book or CD. Our office needed a new Bunn coffee pot in the late 90s, and I was the only one who had an account to order one. The older folks were skeptical.
I remember going to England in 1999 and telling people there about Amazon. Looks like the UK version launched in '98, but the people I spoke to had not yet heard of it.
Right before that trip, I emailed a company in London a credit card number and asked them to send me a Barbour coat. It showed up, with the mailman asking for about $35 in duties. I was amazed it worked. Even with duties, it saved me over $100 compared to buying it in the nearest store that carried them.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 6:39 am to Twenty 49
Amazon: A tv
eBay: I don’t remember
eBay: I don’t remember
Posted on 9/26/19 at 6:53 am to TulaneLSU
Amazon- Throwing knives and a non stick baking sheet liner 
Posted on 9/26/19 at 6:56 am to CaptainsWafer
Amazon: System Dynamics Textbook in 2006. At least according to my order history.
eBay: Edelbrock intake manifold for a Ford 302 motor
eBay: Edelbrock intake manifold for a Ford 302 motor
Posted on 9/26/19 at 7:00 am to TulaneLSU
Only thing I bought on Amazon til like 2014 was college textbooks. You could get them for a couple dollars used compared to hundreds new in the bookstore.
OT: Just another way colleges are just money grubbing scams.
OT: Just another way colleges are just money grubbing scams.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 8:26 am to TulaneLSU
eBay-golf clubs
Callaway X-14 Steelheads and an old Tommy Armour blade putter.
Use them to this day.
Actual quote from those days:
Mrs M to granddaughter,
"Look darling, the Golf Club fairy brought grandpa a new golf club!"
Amazon-books probably.
Callaway X-14 Steelheads and an old Tommy Armour blade putter.
Use them to this day.
Actual quote from those days:
Mrs M to granddaughter,
"Look darling, the Golf Club fairy brought grandpa a new golf club!"
Amazon-books probably.
This post was edited on 9/26/19 at 8:28 am
Posted on 9/26/19 at 8:32 am to dupergreenie
quote:
Ebay: 3 tickets from the 1932 Rose Bowl between USC and Tulane.
I didn’t even know that eBay was around in 1932.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 8:33 am to TulaneLSU
Ebay- Straightpipe for my 95 Dodge Neon. I think that was back in 1998.
Amazon - I remember getting a book back in 2001, but can't remember what it was.
Amazon - I remember getting a book back in 2001, but can't remember what it was.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 8:37 am to TulaneLSU
My first ever purchase on ebay was a Stingray pump paintball gun. I got into a bidding war with someone else but ended up getting this bad boy for $115.00. It only took the small co2 cartridges, was a pump and couldn't hit a house from 20 yards.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 9:02 am to Eric Stratton
quote:
My first ever purchase on ebay was a Stingray pump paintball gun. I got into a bidding war with someone else but ended up getting this bad boy for $115.00. It only took the small co2 cartridges, was a pump and couldn't hit a house from 20 yards.
Hold up, you paid that much for a Stingray?
I got the Stingray 2 set from WM and I don't remember it being more than $50.
This post was edited on 9/26/19 at 9:07 am
Posted on 9/26/19 at 9:27 am to Korin
you losers could at least post some proof--probably should've bought some amazon stock instead of this plasma.
Posted on 9/26/19 at 9:27 am to Korin
Yes, I got the a set with the cartridges, evolution hopper, mask, cleaning kit..... and the guy on ebay had convinced my childhood self that the clear version was super rare.
I didnt say it was a smart purchase. My 10 year old self got hosed.
I didnt say it was a smart purchase. My 10 year old self got hosed.
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