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 Monday, January 22, 2007

My First Amazon.com order

Inspired by Steve I looked up my first Amazon.com order. It was for Medusa's Child by John Nance. I paid $16.77 on October 1, 1997 when I was still a senior in college. Wow, I can't believe Amazon.com has been in my life for almost 10 years.

Nowadays I order something from them like every other week. They are a great place to order Diapers from...

Posted Monday, January 22, 2007    Permalink    Comments [4]  View blog reactions

 

Monday, January 22, 2007 7:21:22 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
My first Amazon order - June 3rd, 1997 - "Overdrive - Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace".. Kinda funny that 10 years later.. He's still trying to control it!
I'll never forget the original amazon.com homepage - ugly gray background the A w/ a river flowing through it, and I remember being scared that my order was going to be lost in cyberspace somewhere - but I have to admit.. Amazon has never let me down!
Andrew
Monday, January 22, 2007 9:15:39 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
hmm, it appears my current account only goes back to '99, which i know isn't my first order.

looks like my first purchase with this account was:
"Our Dumb Century : The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News" on April 13th, 1999. the book sits next to the toilet to this day - can't beat The Onion for good, ahem, quality time.
jbranc
Monday, January 22, 2007 8:17:17 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
You beat me. Mine was October 22nd, 1997. Interestingly, it was "Apple: The Inside Story of Intrigue, Egomania and Business Blunders". This was just before I started consulting for Microsoft, I think...
Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:14:16 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Thanks for the tip ; )
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