On the evilness of Amazon wishlists...

[graculus]

Okay, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration, except that those of us with little-to-no willpower where shiny things are concerned probably shouldn't be allowed free access to sites like Amazon and Ebay.

Even when we know we will hopefully be moving house at some point in the (hopefully) near future, said websites should help us in our ongoing struggle to resist the buying of more books, cds and dvds which will only require packing along with the rest of the stuff. They really should.

BTW, I read this story and was a little boggled - anyone else around here have just the number of albums etc. quoted? That would be 178 if you're a man, 135 if you're a woman. Personally I have that in just cds, without taking into account the vinyl and the couple of boxes of cassettes I have lurking around the house, and would probably have more if I didn't have a clear out every so often...

Meanwhile, my criminal records check came back today, so that's another hurdle in my quest to new employment overcome. Considering that a goodly number of people I work with are either working their notice or are seriously thinking about giving in their notice, it's nice to be the one who's going in a proactive manner, because I'm going to something and not just running from the current situation.

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[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

I think the entire internet is a conspiracy to part me from my money.

[obelix]

LOL I own a lot more CDs then 138 as you well know ;-)

And yes the internet is one huge wormhole for my pocketbook... Did I mention I finally broke down and bought a hard disk MP3 player? One that can hold 20GB of music and vids?

It's shiny, it's pretty, it's mine!

[mortuus.livejournal.com]

I've got about 400 CDs and a few more dozen just electronically on my computer.

Though far too much of my paycheck still goes to Amazon (mmmmmm... books...), the wishlist has been my savior. If I put what I want there, then I can control to urge to buy it and can keep my purchaces to a trickle (relatively speaking, anyway). Keeps the impulse buying managable.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Okay, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration, except that those of us with little-to-no willpower where shiny things are concerned probably shouldn't be allowed free access to sites like Amazon and Ebay.

Yep, I do so agree with you. Maybe we should set up a self-help club. One that helps us spend er. stop spending money :-)

Even when we know we will hopefully be moving house at some point in the (hopefully) near future, said websites should help us in our ongoing struggle to resist the buying of more books, cds and dvds which will only require packing along with the rest of the stuff. They really should.

Now this I can truly sympathise and empathise with, as it was us for most of last year!!!! And for the three months at the beginning of this year when we were in rented accommodation pending buying our new home. Certainly when we came to repack the boxes of books and DVDs that we'd taken to the cottage, we had to find a new box to take the extras that somehow managed to sneak into the cottage.

[sazandra.livejournal.com]

My love affair with buying loads of CDs pettered out before we got a computer and the joys of Amazon etc. I had got to the stage where I had almost everything I wanted to get. Okay I have bought quite a few CDs in the last 5 years but they've been out numbered by the DVDs bought.

I hate to think how many CDs, LPs and singles I own - hundreds and hundreds of them.

You probably don't want to know this but here are my firsts:

first 7" single: Spandau Ballet - Musclebound/Glow
first LP: Abba - Greatest Hits 2
first 12" single: New Order - Blue Monday
first CD: Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
first DVD: either a season 2 or season 3 Stargate SG-1 DVD (can't remember exactly which one now)
I have no idea what my first boughten videotape was - probably some movie