January 17, 2009
I’d set the title as just ‘ but I dunno if the joke would be clear.
So, I got an Amazon Prime account.
I dunno, I was ordering Jonathan’s birthday present and I was looking at that button I always see… I freely admit, the one month free trial made me desperately want the service. So, coming from all the extra money I have coming in now, I decided to take the plunge. Bam.
I then spent the next 20 minutes pre-ordering at least a few hundred dollars worth of stuff with my new 2-day shipping.
Granted, the majority of this stuff are games I would have went to the store and bought anyway. Retro Game Challenge? Dragon Quest V? These were not options for me, so I shouldn’t feel so bad pre-ordering them. At the same time, MAN, I JUST SPENT AT LEAST 300 FUTURE DOLLARS IN 10 MINUTES WHAT HAVE I DOOOOOOOONE!
Still, I’m going to abuse this for all its worth now that I have it. I’m going to try to get all my games for Amazon to keep my money away from the bastard pawn shops that are EBGames (something I was trying to do anything, but still, I often want things so niche that my only options are there or the internet, and the internet shipped too slow… UNTIL NOW!) and hopefully that will help quite a bit in covering the cost. And I mean, I’ve already had Jonathan ask to order something for his ladyfriend using my shipping, so hopefully I can abuse it a bit for my friends as well.
No matter what, though, I do honestly thing that it’s fantastic that they offer it in the first place. It’s a fairly priced and completely cool little service. Amazon almost IS shopping on the internet, and I honestly think that’s for a good reason. I wish they were paying me for this plug, though. Heh.