if this was a comic - this would be a crossover edition.
this is one that brings together two previous rants and merges them into a whole new one.
i get ebay, i don't use it, but i can understand the attraction of it.
i get charity shops, i don't use them, but i can understand the attraction of them.
it is not that i don't like getting second hand stuff - it is just that ebay is just temptation writ large - so much to choose from, so many things to look at. just too much stuff, and you never know what you might find - if you keep looking. so in order to keep my sanity i avoid ebay. simple really. i have nothing against charity shops - it is just that it is not like i go out of my way to spend lots of money of clothes, so it is unlikely that there is going to be much savings on the clothes, besides it is unlikely i am going to find a hugo boss suit that fits me in any charity shop.
it is not that i have a problem with second hand stuff. a ton of my comics are second hand, a large number of my books have been bought from musty fusty bookshops that sell used books by the hundreds.
so there i am on amazon, i am not sure why i am on amazon because i haven't read the books i last got from amazon (like that was ever going to happen, like i have ever waited to finish books before buying new ones). as ever while on amazon it isn't hard for me to find a book or graphic novel to buy,
oh i know what i need: a new moleskine notebook. looky there amazon have them at a nice low price.
hold on what is this?
not only do amazon sell them, but they have various sellers in their marketplace section.
oh and someone is selling used moleskine notebooks.
what?
used notebooks.
the seller doesn't say how many pages they have used or what they have used them for, or even if the pages are still in the notebook. maybe they have written some poems in them and when you buy their used notebooks you get to read their words. perhaps they have hit a writer's block and this is a way of getting past the blockage by giving up the words they have written. maybe they are like david icke they have plumped the secrets of the world and they want to share with the adventurous explorers of the unknown. for all we know they could be the part of the 'dan brown code' wherein a super successful author goes in search of talent - hey it could happen.
i will never know because when it comes to buying used things the last thing i want that has been used is a notebook. when i buy a notebook i want it fresh and virginal so i can despoil it with my own words, thoughts, ideas and musings. they may not be much but they are mine and they deserve a new moleskine.
this is one that brings together two previous rants and merges them into a whole new one.
i get ebay, i don't use it, but i can understand the attraction of it.
i get charity shops, i don't use them, but i can understand the attraction of them.
it is not that i don't like getting second hand stuff - it is just that ebay is just temptation writ large - so much to choose from, so many things to look at. just too much stuff, and you never know what you might find - if you keep looking. so in order to keep my sanity i avoid ebay. simple really. i have nothing against charity shops - it is just that it is not like i go out of my way to spend lots of money of clothes, so it is unlikely that there is going to be much savings on the clothes, besides it is unlikely i am going to find a hugo boss suit that fits me in any charity shop.
it is not that i have a problem with second hand stuff. a ton of my comics are second hand, a large number of my books have been bought from musty fusty bookshops that sell used books by the hundreds.
so there i am on amazon, i am not sure why i am on amazon because i haven't read the books i last got from amazon (like that was ever going to happen, like i have ever waited to finish books before buying new ones). as ever while on amazon it isn't hard for me to find a book or graphic novel to buy,
oh i know what i need: a new moleskine notebook. looky there amazon have them at a nice low price.
hold on what is this?
not only do amazon sell them, but they have various sellers in their marketplace section.
oh and someone is selling used moleskine notebooks.
what?
used notebooks.
the seller doesn't say how many pages they have used or what they have used them for, or even if the pages are still in the notebook. maybe they have written some poems in them and when you buy their used notebooks you get to read their words. perhaps they have hit a writer's block and this is a way of getting past the blockage by giving up the words they have written. maybe they are like david icke they have plumped the secrets of the world and they want to share with the adventurous explorers of the unknown. for all we know they could be the part of the 'dan brown code' wherein a super successful author goes in search of talent - hey it could happen.
i will never know because when it comes to buying used things the last thing i want that has been used is a notebook. when i buy a notebook i want it fresh and virginal so i can despoil it with my own words, thoughts, ideas and musings. they may not be much but they are mine and they deserve a new moleskine.
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