"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread (pt 2)

[Herr Vogel]

No one here needs to know my degenerate hobbies.

'Adult' toys are passé, and lack the element of limited availability.
Depending on where the bar for 'degenerate' is set around here, my money's on 'anime nudie figurine', 'waifu body pillow', or somesuch.
And whatever it is, I'm sure no one cares. Or at least I wouldn't.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Don't mind me, just vaguely venting.

Pre-order something on Amazon... the kind of thing that... if you want it at a reasonable price, you have to pre-order. The kind of thing that is very limited, and once it "releases"... it's near impossible to find again at a reasonable price due to scarcity.

So, I pre-order on Amazon... because it's being fulfilled by Amazon. That's great!

... First e-mail comes... they're going to delay the shipment.

Okay. Well, it released now... and everywhere else is selling out... but I'll stick with ya Amazon.

Month later... Sorry, we have to cancel your order.

Oh? Well go **** yourself with a rake.

That's not how pre-orders work. If I'd known you were incapable of handling the order, I'd have gone with a different outlet. Now I'm **** out of luck because of your incompetence.

Alright.

Feel better.

Back to the regularly scheduled thread.

I gotta admit, I did wonder what it was. But after reading other comments im not sure I’d want to know

I honestly didn’t know you could pre-order on Amazon (obviously you can’t, based on your experience). Is there some incentive to ordering through amazon instead of a normal retailer, or was it just a convenient factor?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I gotta admit, I did wonder what it was. But after reading other comments im not sure I’d want to know

I honestly didn’t know you could pre-order on Amazon (obviously you can’t, based on your experience). Is there some incentive to ordering through amazon instead of a normal retailer, or was it just a convenient factor?

I've used Amazon to pre-order other things in the past, like video games or books. But those are things you know will have an ample supply... so, never had an issue with it. Even get discounts for doing it as a Prime member... oddly enough... significant discounts, too.

The thing I pre-ordered, though, is something I've never seen Amazon get in the business of doing pre-orders on... so maybe they tried it, and failed when they realized the high number of orders compared to whatever stock they were going to be given. Lesson learned, I guess.

For me, it was convenience... since I use Prime... and the shipping/price combo was good compared to importing the item.

Depending on where the bar for 'degenerate' is set around here, my money's on 'anime nudie figurine', 'waifu body pillow', or somesuch.
And whatever it is, I'm sure no one cares. Or at least I wouldn't.

 

[Ericpwp]

I preordered an electronic toothbrush that they must have misplaced a decimal point on the pricing. It got cancelled. I thought it was worth a shot. To good to be true it was.

 

[JettaKnight]

'Adult' toys are passé, and lack the element of limited availability.
Depending on where the bar for 'degenerate' is set around here, my money's on 'anime nudie figurine', 'waifu body pillow', or somesuch.
And whatever it is, I'm sure no one cares. Or at least I wouldn't.

It's uncanny how the new guy knows you so well, GPIA7R.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

'Adult' toys are passé, and lack the element of limited availability.
Depending on where the bar for 'degenerate' is set around here, my money's on 'anime nudie figurine', 'waifu body pillow', or somesuch.
And whatever it is, I'm sure no one cares. Or at least I wouldn't.

See...I'm not nearly as degenerate as some of you people....I don't know what these things are and didn't even think of them even existing.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I've used Amazon to pre-order other things in the past, like video games or books. But those are things you know will have an ample supply... so, never had an issue with it. Even get discounts for doing it as a Prime member... oddly enough... significant discounts, too.

The thing I pre-ordered, though, is something I've never seen Amazon get in the business of doing pre-orders on... so maybe they tried it, and failed when they realized the high number of orders compared to whatever stock they were going to be given. Lesson learned, I guess.

For me, it was convenience... since I use Prime... and the shipping/price combo was good compared to importing the item.

With every reply I become more and more curious


Ive never thought to pre order games through them though. Usually download them from the Xbox store or steam. Might have to check this out

 

[printcraft]

It's uncanny how the new guy knows you so well, GPIA7R.

It's like he has a camera in his house or something.

 

[MCgrease08]

Starbucks to eliminate plastic straws in all stores by 2020

This'll be overturned in a week. Two, at the most.

It turns out the stupid new sippy cup lids Starbucks is using to replace straws ... actually use MORE plastic than the old straw lid combo.

https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/...see-the-company/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

[ArcadiaGP]

OKAY THANKS RACHEL

 

[OakRiver]

OKAY THANKS RACHEL

That's not really a cure, that is a mitigation strategy. Like telling someone who just found out she is pregnant that she should have used birth control with her partner.

 

[rob63]

I said "vague" for a reason...

No one here needs to know my degenerate hobbies.

My money is on an open-carry holster for a Hi-Point. *

* The colonoscopy thread has reminded me that I need to use purple a lot more, I'm genuinely surprised what people take seriously.

'Adult' toys are passé, and lack the element of limited availability.
Depending on where the bar for 'degenerate' is set around here, my money's on 'anime nudie figurine', 'waifu body pillow', or somesuch.
And whatever it is, I'm sure no one cares. Or at least I wouldn't.

Most places, people would freak out if you said you bought a parts set for a machine-gun, here, no one would raise an eyebrow. I don't doubt there are websites for people that do all kinds of things most of us would consider degenerate. It would probably be a fascinating study to compare the views of different groups on that subject.

 

[Nazgul]

Wow. Guy comes home from work, opens up the garage and finds his wife and her mechanic dead parked inside.

Apparently she had been banging the mechanic in exchange for free car repairs and the two of them were boning in the car while it was running inside the garage. Carbon Monoxide got them both.

https://www.wthr.com/article/man-finds-wife-and-her-mechanic-dead-mid-tryst-couples-garage

Worked as a mechanic for 36 years, this never happened to me!!

Guess I was a crappy mechanic...

Don

 

[ArcadiaGP]

... There it is. This tiny thing made the news.

£30K

Trump will think twice before visiting the UK again.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[HoughMade]

Yeah, it seems outlandish now, and to many of us it always will, but someone on INGO predicted that this is an area which will see significant change over the years as a brand of "civil rights". He would love to be wrong...but he isn't.

 

[printcraft]

Close minded and afraid of change you say?

Well, this one is all for dropping pedos off a bridge, we're not doing that now so it's progressive.
Cumberland Gap bridge is nice, maybe the Golden Gate bridge, they are very scenic.

 

[JettaKnight]

Yeah, it seems outlandish now, and to many of us it always will, but someone on INGO predicted that this is an area which will see significant change over the years as a brand of "civil rights". He would love to be wrong...but he isn't.

You're no Nostradamus - the Bible predicted that long before you.

 

[ghuns]

I'm sure Mr Wilson's neighbors will be very interested in his views.

 

[HoughMade]

You're no Nostradamus - the Bible predicted that long before you.

Nope, no Nostradamus. I just pay attention....and read.