What was the first thing you ever bought on amazon?

[TellingBone]

Was looking for something in 'your orders' and idly clicked the drop-down box to look at previous orders by year.

Mine: 2001 - The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams et al

August 1999! Sex Tips for Girls by Cynthia Heimel and Bitch: in praise of difficult women by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Erm.....

I was studying history at the time

March 2003 leather iPod case

@Aquamarine1029

Omg, this is so funny. I just looked at my account and my first order was for a biscotti cookbook in November 2000.

That is very niche.

2001 - CD
Motherland by Natalie Merchant

Oct 2002 Schubert Lieder vol 2. I was a lot more cultured then

Haha I've just checked and it was The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy in Nov 2000...for an elective I gave up after a year 😁

I was a late adopter 🤣

2014. First of many charging cables!!

It’s saying “the Goddess Diet” in 2001, but I know I made purchases earlier than that. I had Amazon deliver “Goblet of Fire” to my flat on the morning it was released in 2000 and that was definitely not my first Amazon purchase.

Mine is a book I have no recollection of: I'm Too Busy to be Stressed: How to Recognise and Relieve the Symptoms of Stress by Hilary Jones. I suspect I bought it for work as I used to work in a slightly related field.

My first personal purchase seems to have been Only Human: A Comedy by Jenny Diski (RIP)

March 2000 - learn Hindi through English in 30 days. I still don’t know it.

1998/9, a thrilling book on town and country planning in the UK. It was cheaper than the university booksellers.

2003 - 2 Narnia videos, an Anne Tyler book and CDs of 2 of my favourite albums.
I’m surprised I was still buying VHS then!
(& always find it hilarious that all those oldest orders were literally only books/music/video and now it’s a one-stop shop)

2004 - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Though my app says 2002 a book called "the A-Z of everything" (a gift for someone I think?!) I definitely bought uni books in late 90s from Amazon

An economics textbook. It was my weak spot but important background for my main subject and I was trying to gen up ahead of PG applications & interviews. Twenty years ago. Time does fly.

Baby Mozart on VHS

VHS in 2002!? Surely not!

The Complete Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm, in May 2000. I don't remember ever owning this, so I must have given it to someone as a gift. How strange!

2001, Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall by Lucian Randall and Chris Welch. Though I think I bought a few things off amazon.com before the UK one started.

2001 How to Eat by Nigella Lawson. Still use it a lot!

Mine was 2001 - How to be a Domestic Goddess! I still use it too which is more than I can say for most of the past orders on my account!

1999 - Last Chance Saloon by Marion Keyes

Mine doesn't go back past 2001.
I used to buy books from them in the late 90's
But in 2001 I was still buying books and a couple of videos.

A kids book on the 20th Feb 2000. I didn't buy anything else until the end of September!

Actually finding it quite depressing going through these past orders. So many things bought and then not used...especially books about completing your PhD and furthering your academic career....back when I still thought I might have a career!

Curb your Enthusiasm box set in 2006.