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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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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They probably drank a lot while dating too.
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