J-rap Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Going to "Orders" and scrolling down to my very first order in 1999, I see that it was Mary Pride's The Big Book of Home Learning! What was your first order?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Punch Out for Wii, Rome (TV series) and Saving Private Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Fun post. :-) The first thing I ordered were actually Christmas presents for family: 2nd season fo Highlander and 2nd season of Gilmore Girls. The first book I ordered is The Cloud Garden: A True Story of Adventure, Survival, and Extreme Horticulutre Apparently I opened my amazon account in 2004. I do know I ordered textbooks form amazon in college, but it must have been under my parents' account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2005. Counterexamples in Analysis When She Hollers (Cynthia Voigt) Double Your Money in Antiques (????? That must have been for someone else) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I have never ever ordered from Amazon. I don't do international shipping, too expensive. I go with either Fishpond or Booktdepository for the free international shipping. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) 2001- a puzzle storage case and a stroller snack and activity tray. I don't have another order under my account for 8 more years. Since I know I had ordered in that time period I must have been logged in as my husband. It is funny how I went from ordering two things around the holidays to almost monthly now. My dh had his account long before I had my own. He probably opened his when Amazon started in 94. Edited December 30, 2017 by kewb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 We had an account under dh's name for years before opening mine in '05. I bought books for ds8 (in 2005). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders, Audubon's First Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals, and N. Audubon Society Field Guide to Mammals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) In 1998, Our Babies, Ourselves...ds was 6 months old. (As I mentioned in the other thread, my most recent purchase was his sophomore English class textbook!) Edited December 30, 2017 by Joules 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On December 17, 1999, MomsintheGarden purchased two Christmas presents for two nieces who lived in a different state: The World of Beads Basic Beadwork for Beginners Eighteen years later both books are still available on Amazon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Zyflamend and Clif bars. Because once upon a time, I used to run marathons. Those shipments seem to have stopped once the Haba baby toys orders started. (Cute. That was back when I would only buy wooden toys.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Introduction to Solid State Physics in 2000 I was designing a quantum mechanics laboratory for a client. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Dec 1999- Elmo's radio control puppy. It was for my now 19 yo who was 18 months old for Christmas. It was a total bust. He was terrified of it. I haven't thought of that in years! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2003, our first handheld computer, an HP ipaq 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osprey Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2003- some video game called Jak II. It was in December and I don’t play video games, so it must have been for a Christmas gift. I really thought my first purchase would have been a textbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwalker Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2003- some video game called Jak II. It was in December and I don’t play video games, so it must have been for a Christmas gift. I really thought my first purchase would have been a textbook. Jak II is fun, I played it with ds when he as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2002 I ordered CandyLand and Chutes and Ladders. They were $4.99 each and they must have been running a shipping special because the shipping charges were deducted. 2003 had one order-a book for dh. 2004 is where the trouble really began....I ordered ds18's school books (recommended by WTM 1st edition). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2001 I ordered Triplet Trouble and the School Trip for my then 9yo. I'd forgotten she loved that series and it was unfindable. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2003, our first handheld computer, an HP ipaqI still have one of those. I turned it on a couple of months ago and it still works! It probably came from Amazon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Four books: Geraldine McCaughrean's Greek Myths and God's People, also DK Classics The Odyssey and.... The Well-Trained Mind!!!!!!!!!!!! Starting to homeschool got me started on Amazon. May 2000. I had pulled one son from 3rd grade mid-year and then middle dd from 1st grade start of last quarter. Had been using WTM from library if I recall, and wanted own copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Houghton Mifflin Math for North Carolina. I have no idea what that is. I don't remember that book AT ALL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 4 grown up books. My first educational book was in my 3rd order a few weeks after my first order. This was in 1998 when I had a 6 year old that didn't live with me full time, and a 2 year old, and 1 on the way. I bought a Montessori book so I could start working with my toddler but I hadn't even heard about homeschooling yet. That was 3 years later. However, I was very into reading to my children from the time they were able to sit in my lap and look at the pictures and teaching them small things. I loved Montessori for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLife Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I actually remembered my first order without looking it up...a purple eyelash curler...lol. But, I decided to check my account. I also ordered the devotional Night Light. This was 2005. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLife Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Fun thread, btw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I see a couple of books for dh's MBA classes and Bonsoir Lune (Goodnight Moon in French) for myself and oldest dd who would have been 2 at the time. Good times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I only had 6 orders in the first 3 years. For contrast, I had 84 orders in 2017. :lol: In 2000, my DH ordered Star Wars Episode I - Widescreen Edition. A couple months later I ordered Quicken 2000, which we used until 2008!! (got my money out of that one). 2001 had one order of 3 books - 1 for me (freezer cooking), 2 for DH (Star Wars & Small Engine Repair). 2002: no orders. 2003 I started buying books for oldest DD (born early 2002): Before Five in a Row, Angus Lost, Big Green Pocketbook, First Art, Story Stretchers. 2004: it started to get busy on my Amazon account. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Introduction to Solid State Physics in 2000 I was designing a quantum mechanics laboratory for a client. Wow, that sounds very intense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 I only had 6 orders in the first 3 years. For contrast, I had 84 orders in 2017. :lol: In 2000, my DH ordered Star Wars Episode I - Widescreen Edition. A couple months later I ordered Quicken 2000, which we used until 2008!! (got my money out of that one). 2001 had one order of 3 books - 1 for me (freezer cooking), 2 for DH (Star Wars & Small Engine Repair). 2002: no orders. 2003 I started buying books for oldest DD (born early 2002): Before Five in a Row, Angus Lost, Big Green Pocketbook, First Art, Story Stretchers. 2004: it started to get busy on my Amazon account. The increase in my orders over the years is very similar to this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Mine only goes back to 2009 and I bought the Everything Kids Science Experiments Book, and The Reading Lesson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In 2001. I ordered some some rock and mineral books for my niece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2008- a microbiology textbook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanabug Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2006 - The Healthy Baby Meal Planner My oldest was 6 months old and I was beginning to make all my own baby food... which she refused to eat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 ha! It seems we have 2 of the same threads going. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 ha! It seems we have 2 of the same threads going. LOL Oh funny! Great minds... :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I ordered Your New House in 1998. We were house-hunting. This fall it will be twenty years in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2005 Little Visits with God I've placed 88 orders this year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) 2005Two books:What keeps teachers going? By Sonia NietoDemocracy Matters: Winning the fight against Imperialism by Cornel West From 2005 - 2013, I only placed 2-4 orders a year. 2013 that increased to 17 which has stayed pretty consistent since, though I had a couple years with 43-45 orders. I should probably drop prime. lol. Edited December 30, 2017 by xixstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 My first order placed in September 2003. The order was for gifts for a baby shower-- a changing table, covers for the changing pad, a baby monitor, and a toy train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Neat post! My first purchase was a CD in October 2001. "Epilogue" by With Sirens Entranced. I don't remember them or the CD. It must've been someone I saw live and decided to buy their CD afterwords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I'm sure I was ordering things before Nov 2000, but that's what it shows for my first order. (and only order for 2000) it was a bunch of stuff on the same order for christmas. 3 calendars, 3 videos, two small kitchen gadgets, and an alarm clock. it came to $109. Now, I spend more than that in a single order. (not all the time, but too often.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) 2005 - The Teenage Liberation Handbook. I had to think for a minute about why I ordered that since ds was only 8 at the time, then I remembered that's when my niece came home from middle school and my brother asked me to help homeschool her. For the first 2 years all I ordered was books. Then I added CDs and DVDs. It wasn't until 2009 I branched out and started ordering other things - non media items. Edited December 30, 2017 by Lady Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbelle Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 A baby rattle for our first child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) 2005 - Purrfect Pagoda - a very large cat cat condo, and a month later a counter-high mini refrigerator. We still have the refrigerator, although it is only running on one mode - freeze solid. The temperature controls are no longer working. Edited December 30, 2017 by RosemaryAndThyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Norton Anthology volume 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2006 3 books: Adventures in Gentle Discipline Playful Parenting Unconditional Parenting DD was just moving into the toddler phase as she started walking in Nov of that year. Pretty much everything I've ordered was a book (one CD, a couple of sets of markers in 2016). It wasn't until DH got Prime last year that we started to order a lot more (and a lot larger) items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2004: The Tightwad Gazette and a reading comprehension workbook for grade 2. And then I didn't order another thing for 5 years. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 July 1998, it would have been books for DH's birthday I think. How the Irish Saved Civilization : The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe Exploring Church History America's Least Competent Criminals : True Tales of Would-Be Outlaws Who Have Botched, Bungled, and Otherwise Haplessly but Hilariously Fumbled Their Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2hunangirls Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Fun question! May '99 - My Utmost for His Highest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) I'm sure I've ordered stuff from Amazon pre-2010, but that's the first order listed. 8 different things, all for toddlers, some special needs. ETA: that first order was 8 things. There are other things I ordered in 2010 as well. Edited December 30, 2017 by luuknam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Btw, one of them was a book on how to potty train your autistic kid. He's potty trained now, and has been, since, uh, Dec 2011. The order was May 2010... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 well, I am 100% sure all of my orders are not showing up. I went and looked for the first order when I got prime. I remember what it was, and when during he year - just not which year. it's not there. and I have years with no orders showing at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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