when/what was your first amazon.com order?

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twinrider1

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Sep 28, 2003
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Cool thread...

Sept. 2006

Two books....
Beauty of the Burst and Gibson Electrics: The Classic Years.
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JMapleton

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Around 1998. I won a $25 gift card somehow, I don't remember and I bought a book.
 

IGemini

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Nov 5, 2010
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Haven't a clue. Amazon says I had a couple orders in 2005 it won't show and I can't remember what they were.
 

IndyColtsFan

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July 17, 1997. "Billions and Billions-Thoughts on Life and Death" by Carl Sagan. I swear that I don't remember ever owning that book.
 

bignateyk

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Apr 22, 2002
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Sony Cybershot in 2007, but I have a hard time believing that was my first order since that was a year after I graduated college.

My guess is I had another account at some point and forgot about it.\

I wish there was a way to see how much you've spent there in total (without having to add it all up from hundreds of orders).
 

trmiv

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Oct 10, 1999
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First order on current account was on June 27th, 2001 and was:

George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Anthology

Pretty sure I had another account before that on that I stopped using. No idea what that order was.
 

rivan

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Jul 8, 2003
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Order Placed: October 25, 2000
Order Total: $148.48

The Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection [DVD]
12 Monkeys [DVD]
Best of H.P. Lovecraft : Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre [Paperback]
American Beauty (The Awards Edition) [DVD]
Country Grammar [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [Audio CD]
Platoon [DVD]
Casablanca [DVD]
 

de8212

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Jan 2, 2000
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Shipment 1 of 1
Shipped
Shipped on July 9, 1999
The Official Pgp User's Guide
Philip R. Zimmermann
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
 

tedrodai

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Jan 18, 2006
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Jan 14, 2002 apparently. Bought an ebook novella:

Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Recovery

I got over my Star Wars fandom in 4 short months though when Episode 2 was released.
 

KidNiki1

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Haven't a clue. Amazon says I had a couple orders in 2005 it won't show and I can't remember what they were.

same for me...two orders in 2005, but

We are temporarily unable to display your orders.

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sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
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long time ago. I don't think the current history system goes back that far.

edit, yeap, only goes to 2000.
 

abaez

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Jan 28, 2000
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January 18, 1999 I placed my first order. And looking at it now... 3 weeks to ship? They've gotten a bit better.

Shipment 1 of 1
Shipped on February 2, 1999

* Trainspotting Trainspotting
Danny Boyle(Director), et al
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

* Cemetery Man Cemetery Man
Michele Soavi(Director), et al
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC
 

SphinxnihpS

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Feb 17, 2005
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1996 - The Street of Crocodiles -Bruno Schulz

...because amazon got started as a book seller mainly, and you couldn't find that book anywhere.
 

AstroManLuca

Lifer
Jun 24, 2004
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January 15, 2003
Sennheiser HD270 Control Studio Monitoring Headphones

They sucked BTW. Last time I buy closed headphones, my ears get hot enough without them. Oh, and the cable broke within a few weeks; luckily I was able to get a replacement, after which I quickly sold them on eBay.