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'Sipping and Shopping' Can Lead to Interesting Online Purchases
abc ^ | 7-30-2014 | RHEANA MURRAY

Posted on 08/02/2014 5:56:35 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

For Courtney, the forgotten purchases never amounted to more than a few hundred dollars at a time -- usually shoes or clothes, she said.

It often happened after a few drinks with friends, and many of the purchases were items she had already considered buying. She just needed an extra push: alcohol.

"You have a little more liquid courage, and you just pull the trigger," she said.

Marie, who owns a marketing company in Chicago, said her husband is a "repeat offender."

"It wasn't until packages started arriving that we realized that he gets a little paranoid when he is drunk," she said. "Night vision binoculars were the first to arrive, followed by security equipment for the house, a small telescoping club."

"And, because it was so practical, a sword," she joked.

They eventually canceled his Amazon account, Marie said.

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1 posted on 08/02/2014 5:56:35 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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2 posted on 08/02/2014 5:57:24 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Citizen Zed

What’s the matter with a sword? She’s right though: One touch purchasing and harvey wallbangers don’t mix. Im having flashbacks to my ex wife drunk and on ebay...(shudders).

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3 posted on 08/02/2014 6:16:07 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Citizen Zed

They probably drank a lot while dating too.


4 posted on 08/02/2014 6:18:59 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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