I Shouldn’t Be Allowed on the Internet
I accidentally spent $50 on Amazon.com. You know that button that says “Buy Now with 1-Click?” Yeah. They mean that.
If you press that button there will be no order confirmation, no chance to change any of the details. Just a page that says “YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED. IF THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, TOO BAD. IF YOU ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO PUSH THE 1-CLICK BUTTON OUT OF CURIOSITY, CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY THAT WE’RE SENDING YOU THE PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF JUST CHARGING YOU AN IDIOT SHOPPER FEE.” Or something to that effect.
I am a fickle online purchaser. I make my selections, carefully weed out my cart until it contains the perfect blend of absolute necessities. I proceed to checkout, enter my card information, then delete my entire cart and cancel the order.
It’s probably some kind of neurosis with a long scientific name that is easily treatable with medications, and I should probably see somebody about that. But those medications are probably expensive and cause weight gain as a side effect and frankly, I’d rather be crazy than poor and fat.
But the fact remains, when I don’t get the chance to confirm and cancel my order, it kind of unsettles me.
That, and that $50 came out of the “Christmas fund” so J is all pissed off now because a) we have $50 less to spend on family, and b) he was going to give those books to me for Christmas.
And you wanna know the really sick part? I could probably find a way to cancel the order before anything has been shipped. Yet somehow, I just can’t bring myself to do it.
Santa is totally bringing me coal this year.
November 27th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
If it happens again, click the ‘edit order’ button on the screen that comes up after you click the 1-click button. You have 30 minutes to cancel the order. You can also turn off one-click ordering altogether so there’s no chance of getting stuck again.
What a drag, sorry it happened to you!
November 27th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
I’m soo staying away from that button!
November 27th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
When the Amazon box arrives, can’t you give it (unopened) to your husband so he can still give it to you?
I have done shopping like what you explained, at Target. I load up the cart with tons of stuff I want & then, I abandon it. It was Tarzan’s idea & it does cure my shopping jones. Plus, it gives some bored kid there some work to do. (But I’ve only done it a few times)
November 28th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Why are you buying books off Amazon???? Try half.com. Seriously, brand new books, dirt cheap!
November 29th, 2006 at 2:37 am
Oh thank goodness my (your)neurosis is curable with medication!! *wink, wink* Besides, poor and fat…yeah, already there! I hate shopping at Amazon because of that 1-click thingy AND the fact that I ‘lost’ a $50 gift card there! Dunno what happened - I carefully selected, and reselected all my schtuff, entered my code, and BAM! All gone. No confirmation, no being able to retrace my steps, nada. That was over two years ago and I’m still bitter!
November 29th, 2006 at 11:22 am
Hrm. Maybe I could “accidentally” buy something
Sounds like a good excuse to me!