1990's eBay

[valuestore]

Amazon was just starting out, little brother to eBay. Auctions format dominated the landscape, fixed price was Amazon. eBay was exciting, open a bid at a penny, set your limit to $10. Press send, within seconds auto out bid $10.01. you count your coins and try again for $12.02 or bow out like poker. It was a different eBay, miss it. 

[chapeau-noir]

I miss my youth and being able to run a 7 minute mile. The coffee is better nowadays, though.

[reallynicestamps]

Your item sells and you get an email - apparently from Western Union-- telling you a money order is on its way and to ship .

You ship. The money order never arrives. WU was not involved in any way. The email was a scam.

Your item sells and the buyer sends you a check.

You ship.

The check bounces.

You buy an item and send cash.

The item never arrives.

The seller closes their account.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

[valuestore]

Coffee today is the same coffee in the 1990's. Like potatoes, can say it tastes better today but it's always been the same potato. 

[valuestore]

Cheque or western union, forgot that yes, snail mail payments. elon musk and PayPal to the rescue, did you have the early years  payPal debit card ? 1996-98 I recall before X then eBay bought them up. 

[pls-consignments · Accepted solution]

I remember the thrill and excitement of bidding on an auction. That's what made eBay so unique. Everybody had an equal advantage. There were no sniping apps, much less fraud, and it was exciting to learn the value of the stuff we had buried in the basement. 

[valuestore]

X.com, PayPal..  I've seen that somewhere else before. Ohh yeah the Tesla space X guy. 

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

I miss my youth and being able to run a 7 minute mile. The coffee is better nowadays, though.

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Right now I am happy to wake up, my computer starts and my coffee maker turned on.  

But according to a recent survey, 8 out of 10 gen Z's would be fine with a AI generated partner. Is this where he world is heading.

2 ends of the extremes where the twain shall never meet. 

[valuestore]

After 30 years of marriage, I have questions. 

[sreu3058]

Is there AI generated teenagers we can get preprogrammed for trade-in?  
ha ha j/k (a little)

[valuestore]

I'm ,14 and want to get a tattoo, mom said it's ok. What is the AI alternative to this pot hole. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@valuestore wrote:

Coffee today is the same coffee in the 1990's. Like potatoes, can say it tastes better today but it's always been the same potato. 

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It isn't actually: Growing conditions, regional source development, availability of various beans...not to mention methods of preparation, are always changing.

I'm not talking about a can of Folgers, which yeah, probably has not changed.

[valuestore]

So you're saying coffee bean growing conditions have improved since the 1990's?

[chapeau-noir]

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@valuestore wrote:

So you're saying coffee bean growing conditions have improved since the 1990's?

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I'm saying that availability and variety have improved since the 1990s. I'm an advanced fiend - I know of what I speak. Sure couldn't get Ka'u Maragogipe (Giant Elephant Bean) in the 1990s. FWIW, I live in the Pac NW - we drink so much coffee that it's detectable in our water supply.  

ETA: Let's talk about coffee!

[chapeau-noir]

BTW, I do agree that eBay was more fun in the 90s (well, I started in 2001 but started selling online in the late 90s - eBay was just another platform to me). Lots of things online were more fun, though, before it turned to a combination of enlightening and en**bleep**ification.

Thing is, 1990s were 30 years ago - things change.