I'm a dumba$$

[swamp]

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Last year DH bought Star Wars tickets for my birthday using our CC.    The movie theater was "The Alamo".    He didn't stop to think that I check our credit card statement on a regular basis.   I saw the charge and could not figure out what it was so I thought it was fraud.   He had to tell me what it was to prevent me from canceling the transaction.

[wvugurl26]

That stinks. I'm glad I got in and was able to create my own account and still get Prime shipping off DF's account.

[Deleted]

Dec 9, 2016 10:05:38 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Last year DH bought Star Wars tickets for my birthday using our CC.    The movie theater was "The Alamo".    He didn't stop to think that I check our credit card statement on a regular basis.   I saw the charge and could not figure out what it was so I thought it was fraud.   He had to tell me what it was to prevent me from canceling the transaction.

The first thing I would think is that Pee Wee stole my CC and was going to the Alamo to look for his bike.

[taz157]

Dec 9, 2016 10:00:59 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

My first thought:

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Dec 9, 2016 10:00:59 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

I blame Amazon. Everyone knows a Wish List is comprised of things you want but won't buy for yourself. So, if something IS purchased off of the Wish List, then it is clearly not by the Wisher. Why text the Wisher and spoil the obvious surprise?

[wyouser]

Dec 9, 2016 10:00:59 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

Don't you just love technology?

[justme]

Dec 9, 2016 11:31:34 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

Dec 9, 2016 10:00:59 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

I blame Amazon. Everyone knows a Wish List is comprised of things you want but won't buy for yourself. So, if something IS purchased off of the Wish List, then it is clearly not by the Wisher. Why text the Wisher and spoil the obvious surprise?

Am I the only one to use the wishlists as things to come back to or that are interesting but I don't want to buy right now?

Probably cuz I don't really have anyone buying me gifts...

[taz157]

Dec 9, 2016 12:08:47 GMT -5 justme said:

Dec 9, 2016 11:31:34 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

I blame Amazon. Everyone knows a Wish List is comprised of things you want but won't buy for yourself. So, if something IS purchased off of the Wish List, then it is clearly not by the Wisher. Why text the Wisher and spoil the obvious surprise?

Am I the only one to use the wishlists as things to come back to or that are interesting but I don't want to buy right now?

Probably cuz I don't really have anyone buying me gifts...

I use it for the same thing. I do have people buying for me but I haven't told them about the wish list.

[wvugurl26]

I used to then I figured out there's a shopping list that is private. So now I put my to buy later items on that list.

[justme]

Oh there's a separate shopping list? I just have wish lists private. Well I think one or two aren't, maybe.

[engineerdoe]

Dec 9, 2016 12:15:38 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

I used to then I figured out there's a shopping list that is private. So now I put my to buy later items on that list.

I didn't know about the shopping list.  One of my wish lists is private and the other two are public for the people who want to shower me and my cat with gifts.  My wish list at ThinkGeek is also searchable.

[alabamagal]

Last baseball season the Atlanta Braves were planning to fire their manager after a weekend road trip.  The plan was for the general manager to meet the manager in person.  They also bought him a plane ticket home.  The manager received notification of his trip home from Delta before he was fired in person.  So basically he was fired by text notification!

[wvugurl26]

Dec 9, 2016 12:44:06 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Last baseball season the Atlanta Braves were planning to fire their manager after a weekend road trip.  The plan was for the general manager to meet the manager in person.  They also bought him a plane ticket home.  The manager received notification of his trip home from Delta before he was fired in person.  So basically he was fired by text notification!

I remember that story.

I think the shopping list is a newer list. I just add stuff to it now that I might buy later.

[1Day@aTime]

Dec 9, 2016 10:15:50 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

That stinks. I'm glad I got in and was able to create my own account and still get Prime shipping off DF's account.

I didn't realize you could do that! I've just been using DH's account and if one of us gets something for the other, we would just tell each other not to look at the Orders list.

I just went in and created a "Household" under his account.  

Thank you so much!

[Cookies Galore]

Dec 9, 2016 12:08:47 GMT -5 justme said:

Dec 9, 2016 11:31:34 GMT -5 GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl said:

I blame Amazon. Everyone knows a Wish List is comprised of things you want but won't buy for yourself. So, if something IS purchased off of the Wish List, then it is clearly not by the Wisher. Why text the Wisher and spoil the obvious surprise?

Am I the only one to use the wishlists as things to come back to or that are interesting but I don't want to buy right now?

Probably cuz I don't really have anyone buying me gifts...

I use my wish list for things I want and I mostly buy those things myself. If someone wants a gift idea then they can buy me something from that list. It runs the gamut from books and board games to hair care products to small kitchen appliances.

[Chocolate Lover]

I just made a separate list titled Maybe list, that isn't public and it's full of things I might buy or maybe not.

[whoisjohngalt]

I just keep everything in "save for later" in the shopping cart.  That way I know when items are at a good price.

[alabamagal]

Dec 9, 2016 13:08:18 GMT -5 1Day@aTime said:

Dec 9, 2016 10:15:50 GMT -5 wvugurl26 said:

That stinks. I'm glad I got in and was able to create my own account and still get Prime shipping off DF's account.

I didn't realize you could do that! I've just been using DH's account and if one of us gets something for the other, we would just tell each other not to look at the Orders list.

I just went in and created a "Household" under his account.  

Thank you so much!

If someone told me not to look at the orders list, first thing I would do when I was on my own would be to look at the orders list.......

[Plain Old Petunia]

Dec 9, 2016 10:00:59 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought I would be nice and surprise DH at Christmas by ordering something from his Amazon wish list.  

I forgot that Amazon sends him text updates when something ships. 

I had an ad pop up on FaceBook for an item which would make a perfect gift for SB.  It was a novelty sort of thing, which I thought he would find hilarious.  So, I ordered it.  A few days later the same ad popped up while he was on FaceBook and he showed it to me, laughing.  Drat!  That took all the fun out of it.  I hadn't thought about FaceBook doing me wrong like that.

[Phoenix84]

Dec 9, 2016 10:05:38 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Last year DH bought Star Wars tickets for my birthday using our CC.    The movie theater was "The Alamo".    He didn't stop to think that I check our credit card statement on a regular basis.   I saw the charge and could not figure out what it was so I thought it was fraud.   He had to tell me what it was to prevent me from canceling the transaction.

Out of curiosity, was that a gift you wanted?  Are you a Star Wars fan?

Just asking because Star Wars tickets aren't the first thing I think about when buying gifts women.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Dec 13, 2016 8:33:40 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

Dec 9, 2016 10:05:38 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Last year DH bought Star Wars tickets for my birthday using our CC.    The movie theater was "The Alamo".    He didn't stop to think that I check our credit card statement on a regular basis.   I saw the charge and could not figure out what it was so I thought it was fraud.   He had to tell me what it was to prevent me from canceling the transaction.

Out of curiosity, was that a gift you wanted?  Are you a Star Wars fan?

Just asking because Star Wars tickets aren't the first thing I think about when buying gifts women.

Yes to both. I'm not as into it as I used to be but I can still kick his ass when we play star wars trivial pursuit.

[naughtybear]

It's my "ooohh this looks interesting but I don't have the monies right now" list.