Any original Wounded Monitor Children still around?

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DaveJ

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: DaveJ
Originally posted by: John P
Weird all the members in this thread that joined in October 1999, does that correspond with the WMC event?

No, WMC was in 1998 I think. 10/09/99 was the date AT moved to Fusetalk from UBB.

Nope, they had moved to Fusetalk long before that, maybe a year or more before. On 10/09/99 our member database died, and every single poster had to re-join -- hence the oldest join-up date you will ever now see is 10/09/99.

Oh yeah, now I remember. Stupid memory, it's been way too long. :D

[edit] W00t, Rush postcount FTW
 

RKS

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I avoided the WMC fiasco but got great deals from Value America.
 

lizardboy

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Originally posted by: RKS
I avoided the WMC fiasco but got great deals from Value America.

Oh god, the early days of stackable Value America & Staples coupons were incredible. Value America especially just got raped into bankruptcy by the emerging tech deals/hot deals websites.

The $749 (??) Wal-Mart laptop was another incredible deal.

(I was a lurker for around a year before I finally registered).
 

cardiac

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Originally posted by: RKS
I avoided the WMC fiasco but got great deals from Value America.

I got the $50 check.....

RKS, we must have re-signed within minutes of each other on 10/09/99, because you are # 754, and I am # 709....
 

jorken

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I woke my mom up at like 1am so I could get her credit card to purchase the damn thing. Good times...
 

duragezic

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I think I was on here when it happened, but I wasn't in on it. Being like 13 I didn't have that kind of money, misprice or not! I did later get a good deal on one from Onvia though.
 

compuwiz1

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I still have the the order receipt from my 19" Hitachi Superscan monitor somewhere around here. ;)
 

GRIFFIN1

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I didn't get the monitor, but I did get a check. I wasn't one of the people that cried for months because I didn't get the monitor.
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: DaveJ
Originally posted by: John P
Weird all the members in this thread that joined in October 1999, does that correspond with the WMC event?

No, WMC was in 1998 I think. 10/09/99 was the date AT moved to Fusetalk from UBB.

Nope, they had moved to Fusetalk long before that, maybe a year or more before. On 10/09/99 our member database died, and every single poster had to re-join -- hence the oldest join-up date you will ever now see is 10/09/99.
yup, this.
 

Pocatello

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1999, wow, almost a decade. Thought it was yesterday. I was a member at voodooextreme, people were excited over the Hitachi monitor deal there too.
 

Zach

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Originally posted by: DaveJ
Originally posted by: John P
Weird all the members in this thread that joined in October 1999, does that correspond with the WMC event?

No, WMC was in 1998 I think. 10/09/99 was the date AT moved to Fusetalk from UBB.

I was late...

I remember the monitor thing though. I feel lonely now ....
 
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