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Post by chiver78 on Jul 31, 2018 8:30:50 GMT -5
NBC News linkDrunk Americans spend a total of $30B online each year — but what they drink impacts how crazy they get The average American buys $447.57 worth of stuff while drunk — more than double what people said they spent on drunk purchases last year. A new survey from rehab facility Archstone Recovery Center found that when people log on to Amazon while hitting the sauce, they can incur a financial hangover, as well. The amount people spent tended to vary based on their preferred type of alcohol: Gin drinkers tended to splurge the most, spending an average of more than $82. Even whiskey drinkers, the most frugal group when classified by type of alcohol, wound up spending almost $40. (Beer drinkers were the only other group to spend less than $40, and people drinking red or white wine spent about $42 and $46, respectively.) ******click the link for the full article******
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 31, 2018 9:33:57 GMT -5
I don't drink so wonder what my excuse is. LOL!
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Post by chapeau on Jul 31, 2018 10:48:07 GMT -5
I might spend a few bucks on pizza, nachos, or tacos when I’m drunk, but I don’t do this at all.
Unless you count sitting down with a glass of wine while I’m shopping online for clothes. But I don’t buy more stuff than I’m planning to when I sit down...
But I hate, hate, hate to shop for anything and tend to avoid it until we’re in danger of actually having to eat that can of pumpkin that moved here with me in 2002 or wearing literal rags to school or work. Yes, I have had to run out at lunch to buy TP so there will be some to put on the empty roll when I get home from work. DH keeps a roll in his trunk for emergencies.
Hmm, maybe I can train myself to buy TP when I’m drunk...
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 31, 2018 10:52:42 GMT -5
I match the $447.57 average dead sober.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 31, 2018 11:48:51 GMT -5
I cannot find either my DD's nor my very good Lands End raincoats. We lost one a few years back, now I can't find the other one. I need to get 2 and they are not cheap. We would wear them a lot on trips, lightweight, could wear a sweater under them and very warm, that way. I ordered one replacement and it was so bad, sent it back. Maybe try LL Bean.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jul 31, 2018 11:55:22 GMT -5
Zero. I don't drink alcohol.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 31, 2018 12:30:58 GMT -5
First: Who studies these things?
Second: alcohol is not a factor in how much I spend online.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 12:37:52 GMT -5
I really wonder how much I spend on drinking while online, particularly while on this board.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 12:43:36 GMT -5
I like the cologne Issey Miyake, while I was drunk getting ready to go out for the night (don’t judge me it was following friday happy hour) I knocked over 3/4 of a giant bottle, broken glass everywhere, room smelled like a French hoor for a week, you get the idea.
I decided to order more on Amazon while out, stupidly buying the giant bottle that my enormous wingspan is due to break again.
It has become a drunken time loop, a self fulfilling prophecy if you will.
Break-Order-Delivery
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Post by cktc on Jul 31, 2018 12:51:43 GMT -5
I do massive amounts of e-shopping sober. E-shopping is a solo/boredom activity and I don't usually drink alone.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jul 31, 2018 16:06:39 GMT -5
I really wonder how much I spend on drinking while online, particularly while on this board. I totally blame this board for my increase in alcohol consumption!   |
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 31, 2018 21:16:12 GMT -5
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Jul 31, 2018 22:36:59 GMT -5
NADA!!!! I don't drink anymore! And when I did, I never really did online shopping. That was a job best left sober. Now, shooting my mouth, through my fingertips, oh, that's a whole 'nother ball of wax. Let's not go there.  |
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Post by resolution on Jul 31, 2018 22:42:28 GMT -5
I don't ever really feel the urge to shop when I have been drinking. I am much more likely to log on to an online forum and explain to people why they are wrong.
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Post by wyouser on Aug 1, 2018 6:40:54 GMT -5
I dunno…...is Amazon now doing 30 minute booze delivery for online orders??  |
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Post by swamp on Aug 1, 2018 9:19:40 GMT -5
I drink gin. I rarely shop online unless I'm specifically looking for something.
So who is the other gin drinker out there counterbalancing me?
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Post by chapeau on Aug 1, 2018 18:25:44 GMT -5
I drink gin. I rarely shop online unless I'm specifically looking for something. So who is the other gin drinker out there counterbalancing me? Also a gin drinker, not a shopper. Somebody out there is spending some serious bucks... |
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Aug 2, 2018 12:04:39 GMT -5
I cannot find either my DD's nor my very good Lands End raincoats. We lost one a few years back, now I can't find the other one. I need to get 2 and they are not cheap. We would wear them a lot on trips, lightweight, could wear a sweater under them and very warm, that way. I ordered one replacement and it was so bad, sent it back. Maybe try LL Bean. Was that the London Fog one? |
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Aug 2, 2018 12:06:55 GMT -5
I don’t drink much and never shop online while drinking. All my online shopping is done sober!
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Post by countrygirl2 on Aug 2, 2018 12:59:25 GMT -5
Audrey Classic Double Breasted Trench Coat with Detachable Flannel Liner & Hood
QTY: 1
Color - Black
Size Type - Regular
Size - X-Large
$119
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Post by kadee79 on Aug 3, 2018 23:10:40 GMT -5
Audrey Classic Double Breasted Trench Coat with Detachable Flannel Liner & Hood QTY: 1 Color - Black Size Type - Regular Size - X-Large $119 I have a London Fog like that without the liner. Mine is beige & I got it at Sam's for $40...love it. It's below the butt length & has a tie belt if you want it...but love having the hood too, which is detachable. |
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Post by kadee79 on Aug 3, 2018 23:12:25 GMT -5
I only drink when we go out to dinner so I'm not on the net during those times. I've never bought anything on line while having consumed any alcohol.
My choice is tequila anyway...margarita...straight up NO ICE & salt on the glass rim.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 4, 2018 8:48:32 GMT -5
For those who can't fine good deals online, just get drunk. Problem solved. |
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Post by countrygirl2 on Aug 4, 2018 14:38:18 GMT -5
The coat is nice, got to try it on without the liner think it will be way to big,
its supposed to be a 16-18, wonder if the large will be to small? I haven't
tried that yet.
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Post by mroped on Aug 5, 2018 8:53:42 GMT -5
I can hardly find my way around on a computer while sober. Imagine what happens if I’m drunk!
But then again, when the hell did I buy those boots that I never wear?😂
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Post by ZaireinHD on Aug 20, 2018 0:38:12 GMT -5
I match the $447.57 average dead sober. YUP!! 
I see these commercials and think - that looks soo good. and get so interested into purchasing that Tequila or Brandy! but here in NJ. that means a special trip and purchase from a liquor store. which there is one on the way home. but to stop in and remember what I saw in a commercial to purchase; and what about the cost is another story. 
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