# Things we don't hesitate to buy.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613 "2003-09-30T02:22:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/1 "2003-09-30T02:22:59Z")
I just went on amazon, saw that the new Discworld book is out and bought it without a second thought.
What things have/do we buy/have bought in the past without thinking twice about it.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/2 "2003-09-30T02:24:18Z")
It’s probably a good idea to at least read some of the page before you buy, that way you won’t buy an audiobook by mistake like I just did.
:smack:
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/3 "2003-09-30T02:30:07Z")
Now that’s _weird_. Turns out I didn’t buy the audiobook afterall. I went to cancel, and it showed that I had ordered the standard book afterall.
So either I went wrong somewhere or amazon’s site has a mistake (the buy button for the audiobook actually buys the text book)
I killed my thread. ☹
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### Author:  [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/4 "2003-09-30T03:04:47Z")
Hey! Anyone in here?
::sees Lobsang talking to himself::
_Oh! Sorry!_
::tiptoes away::
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### Author:  [@emacularius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacularius)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/5 "2003-09-30T03:11:11Z")
Tool CD’s.
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### Author:  [@peterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peterW)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/6 "2003-09-30T03:41:12Z")
Toilet paper. The alternative would be…uncomfortable.
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### Author:  [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/7 "2003-09-30T03:52:18Z")
I have to stay away from Amazon. It’s just too damn good, and too damn easy. But I think this year I am going to send everyone a book for Christmas. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/8 "2003-09-30T03:52:59Z")
Another Discworld fanatic. Heck, Mr Prachett could publish his what he ate last week and I’ll still buy the hardcover version.
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### Author:  [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/9 "2003-09-30T03:54:46Z")
Err - make that "…could publish what he ate… "
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/10 "2003-09-30T03:58:00Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \*
> \*\*Err - make that "…could publish what he ate… " \*\*
literally??
or _literally_
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### Author:  [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/11 "2003-09-30T04:03:51Z")
Things I don’t hesitate to buy:
Just about any craft supply marked down to 50% off, on general principles. I’ll figure out SOMETHING to do with it.
Hardcovers of new Diana Gabaldon, JK Rowling or Robert B. Parker books.
CDs at folk concerts.
Black shoes with chunky high heels (NOT those gawdawful Herman Munster ones - the menswear-inspired ones with the stacked heel I can hardly ever find anymore.)
Paper.
Pomegranates.
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### Author:  [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/12 "2003-09-30T04:16:10Z")
I bought the new New Pornographers CD without a second thought. It was a good choice.
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### Author:  [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/13 "2003-09-30T04:47:14Z")
Tampons, I never hesitate when it comes down to personal hygiene.
Disney movies. I gotta have them all.
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### Author:  [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/14 "2003-09-30T04:51:23Z")
Name-brand macaroni and cheese.
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### Author:  [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/15 "2003-09-30T10:03:05Z")
Besides the usualy necessities… probably a good looking casual shirt from Marks and Spencer.
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### Author:  [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/16 "2003-09-30T10:04:09Z")
…besides the _ **usual** _…
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### Author:  [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/17 "2003-09-30T12:10:37Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \*
> \*\*Err - make that "…could publish what he ate… " \*\*
Err – make that “Pratchett” 😃
And I bought the third Cartoon History of the World by Larry Gonick without even looking at the price.
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### Author:  [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/18 "2003-09-30T12:13:35Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Elysian \*
> \*\*Err – make that “Pratchett” 😃
>
> And I bought the third Cartoon History of the World by Larry Gonick without even looking at the price. \*\*
Err – make that “Cartoon History of the Universe III” :smack:
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### Author:  [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/19 "2003-09-30T12:15:40Z")
Diapers and wipes!! I have an 8 month old… nuff said?
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-dont-hesitate-to-buy/204613/20 "2003-09-30T12:20:58Z")
Food, shelter, and clothing.
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