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The Tesla bankruptcy thread and talks of Amazon in it got me wondering about the progression of my Amazon dependency.
So I took a look at my account.

My 1st purchase was October 13, 2002 and it was The Boondock Saints Import DVD.
I remember purchasing this online in college but did not realize it was Amazon.
I did not make another Amazon purchase until 2009 I made 4 purchases that year.
In 2017 I made 101 purchases.
I now have an Amazon credit card that gets used for pretty much all purchases be it from Amazon or not.
There is also pretty much not a day that goes by I do not at least use the Amazon app be it to check prices or read reviews.
Pretty impressive evolution.


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1998 - it was a gift for my brother (book)

1999 was my 2nd purchase and it was also book purchased as a gift but for my Dad. Book still displayed prominently.



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July 29, 2000. I ordered the Patton and Gettysburg DVDs. I've ordered stuff every year since then. It ramped up to about 40 orders per year starting in 2011 and stayed right around that number since.



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November of 1996. A couple of business books. Nothing again until 2001, when I got some funny Xmas CDs. Since then, it's escalated on a logarithmic curve.




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September 2, 2006

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2002- Bob Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" CD.
 
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August 2009 when I bought the Beatles remastered stereo box set and Marvin Gaye's deluxe version of Let's Get It On. That was my only purchase that year.

2010-15 orders
2011-8 orders
2012-5 orders
2013-5 orders
2014-7 orders
2015-38 orders
2016-73 orders
2017-71 orders
2018-19 orders so far

I was deployed in late 2010 and majority of 2011 so I didn't order much, had other priorities. Also deployed late 2013 and half of 2014, Amazon did not ship to the APO where we were.

2015 was the birth of our daughter and we bought a lot of her stuff on Amazon.

2015 was also the year I went Prime and I'm convinced that taking advantage of Prime shipping had a lot to do with the huge increase in orders.


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Sep. 8, 2003. A software book.

Actually a good deal earlier then that, but Amazon annoyed me at some point so I abandoned my original account with them. I am to have no record of the original account.



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You guys are good if you can remember something like that! Eek
I have no clue but I imagine my first Amazon orders were for books (probably IT related) as that was what they were most into back then.
 
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You guys are good if you can remember something like that! Eek
I have no clue but I my first Amazon orders were for books as that was what they were most into back then.


You can see your orders back to, well, at least 2000 because it shows my first order as "More Guns Less Crime" by John Lott.
 
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July 29, 1999 I ordered:

How to Get Started in Electronic Day Trading: Everything You Need to Know to Play Wall Street's Hottest Game.

I don’t believe I ever read it but the ball was rolling.



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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook
Ordered on Oct 27, 1996

I think I had something prior to that date but it might have been under a different account.




 
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December 11th, 2007

Microsoft Flight Simulator X, which was a Christmas gift for my Dad.
 
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Never ordered from them.
 
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Ha!! Good thread...Big Grin

28-AUG 1999 I bought two books, both by Stephen Coonts (I was a YUGE fan):

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January 31st 2000... ordered a movie on VHS. Big Grin
4 orders in total that year.

2017 I had 100 orders.


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April 25, 2004

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Originally posted by smschulz:
You guys are good if you can remember something like that! Eek
I have no clue but I my first Amazon orders were for books as that was what they were most into back then.


You can see your orders back to, well, at least 2000 because it shows my first order as "More Guns Less Crime" by John Lott.


Well no shit. Smile
I just checked.
2001 > book on Hacking Exposed: Windows 2000 and a Larry Elder Book: Ten Things You Can't Say in America

Whatta you know? Eek
 
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October 2007, a bunch of Lego's for my godson's for Christmas. They were 8 years old (twins).



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The book Generation Kill in June of 2008.




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