Now that The iTunes Store and XBOX Live both have my credit card details saved, I’m beginning to realise just how easy it is to click a big shiny “buy it now” button without thinking.
In the last 6 months, I’ve spent over $300 dollars in iTunes alone, most of it on $1 – $5 iPhone apps.
Now i realise the whole “buying stuff online” phenomenon is a few years old, but as an old man i only really trust companies i can sue later, like Microsoft or Apple. Thus, I’ve never felt comfortable buying shit from strangers on eBay.
But the other day I Googled a DVD (The 3 Disc Special Edition of Hot Fuzz featuring a commentary track with Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino) and found myself at Amazon.com. 20 minutes later i had a shopping cart totalling just over $400 US Dollars. (About $72,000 Australian Dollars including shipping)
That’s when it hit me. If Amazon ever opened in Australia, i would just spend all day, every day, on my fat arse buying shit on the web.
So for the love of Christ Amazon, please never open in Australia, and please keep those international shipping rates ridiculously high. (Same goes to ThinkGeek, and Threadless)
