It's Good To Know That You Fail Sometimes
Most of my post titles are lyric quotes from a song. Leave a comment and try to guess what song I was thinking of/listening to when I wrote this post.
Amazon.com is not living up to my lofty expectations. Right now I need two things, and I can't find exactly what I'm looking for at the mecca of everything. (At least, not through their own store, their affiliate stores have it all.)
The first item is an alarm clock. Years ago my parents gave me one with a very big LCD display that let me read the time from almost across the room (or, for most anybody else, across the street). Last year it stopped working. I was borrowing one from the family I used to live with, but I've left their place and didn't think it a good idea to steal theirs. And since I don't exactly wake up to the little alarm on my watch, I need something better by my bed. And heck, a big display would be nice.
The second item is a Nalgene water bottle. Our new place is big, and unless I'm carrying around a water bottle I'm not gonna stay well hydrated. Their new OTG bottles look cool, but nobody at Amazon.com has them. Amazon.com partner stores have most of the other styles, but not usually in what I think are cool color or style combinations.
Sure, I could buy each one from a different online retailer and get what I want, but if I do that it costs much more to ship individually and I get less points on my Amazon.com Visa. And the Amazon.com partners each ship (and charge shipping) seapartely too.
Or, alternatively, I could head out to Wal-Mart or Target. Bets are they don't have Nalgene water bottles. And if they have alarm clocks, the chance they'll have one I like is pretty darn slim. I've been trying to look around at the stores in The Mall too since I can walk through there during my lunch break, but so far I've not found anything promising.
So maybe I'll get a crappy product that will do it. Or maybe I'll pay top dollar. I dunno. I'm one of those who tends to believe a quality product at a high price is more worth it, so I probably will end up paying top dollar.
Ohh, and apparently my mom is afraid to post comments on here. ;-)
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Ohh no way. I have the exact alarm clock you are looking for probably. But you sure can't have it!
And don't you have any Nalgene stores in the city that you could just pick one up at? Usually if you go to outdoor clothing and equipment stores they have a shrine of Nalgene. It's so hard to pick one out.
Well, I found one small rack at Sportmart today that had Nalgenes, but I ended up ordering one online anyways. Mom says that Wal-Mart has these alarm clocks all the time, so I'm gonna go look there.
well, the others beat me to it, but I was going to suggest rei.com for the bottle, and that Wal-Mart usually carries the alarm clock like you're talking about. Unless you had a super-special one, I'd think one of these should be fine for your purposes.
Sorry I haven't been reading lately; life has been hectic, and I hope to get back in the groove.
Well, you guys have it covered, but I still don't get the bit about what song was he thinking about when he wrote the post...
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