If you’re anything like me, you hold onto little gizmo ideas that, while you’re pretty dang sure they’ll improve your life, you can’t find the conviction to purchase the practically-guaranteed-to-better-you treasures during everyday life.
Well, God bless Amazon, because they’ve invented a privately-owned and blatantly-branded holiday to grant us all permission to indulge on these blessed consumer items without a second thought. Without guilt. And better than Christmas, during Amazon Prime Day the whole point is to buy stuff for yourself. Forget buying the things you want and then attempting to rationalize how it’s the perfect gift for the wife or the kids. Nope. During Prime Day, the whole point is to unapologetically purchase all the little nagging gizmodos that would have completed you if your family would have been insightful enough to buy them for you at Christmas.
And all these quality of life necessities come with laughably small price tags. I mean prices slashes so dramatically that I’m positive the suppliers are tip-toeing the knife’s edge of bankruptcy just to participate in Prime Day. I feel so bad after taking these vendors for everything they have and a bag of chips that I immediately log on and leave them a four-star review, whether I’ve received the product or not. I just want them to know they don’t have to end it all in an effort to earn my patronage…but I appreciate the sacrifice.
Even though Amazon has one-day delivery on many of these items, I often forget what they were by the time I receive them…28 hours later. Man, but opening those packages soon reminds me of the undoubted utilitarian nature of each and every one of those totally-not-impulsive purchases. To tell you the truth, it’s hard to believe I’ve been driving all these years without an emergency energy power bank and a miniature air compressor. And the wife is gonna love me for adding smart outlets to every room. The new kitchen sheers will never dull. And the solar lawn lights are adding value to the whole damn neighborhood.
All thanks to Prime Day. I’ve knocked half a dozen things off my to-do list and only created six new ones. And I’ve done it for a fraction of the retail cost. I’m essentially a consumer hero–keeping the sweatshops running, balancing the budget, doing my part. But it wouldn’t be possible without Amazon. Thanks Prime Day, for relieving me of my burden.
At the Desk This Week
As you read this, I’m somewhere between Houston and Nampa driving home my new/used C-Max Energi. Yep. I done doed it. Hopefully all goes well, and I’ve got our family vehicle for the next decade. Or I’ll die in a fiery crash, and this will be the last thing I ever write, thus leaving generations to come wondering if I somehow knew the future…
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