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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by PhasmaFelis on Saturday November 11, 2017 @04:51AM (#15675667)
> I've had situations where items didn't arrive until weeks later and I had already forgotten that I'd bought anything.

I love that! It's like getting a present from myself.

(Depending on how important the item was, of course...)

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Re:Alibaba hits nearly $18B in ‘Singles Day’ orders in 12 hours by cjsuk on Saturday November 11, 2017 @06:15AM (#15675886)
I do this with Chinese electronic modules. I order a bunch of interesting things and get mailbombed about a month later. $10 spent is hours of fun! Granted most of it is crap but it’s fun finding that out and tutting and shaking my head in disgust.
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