First Amazon Purchase

by Will Wilkinson on May 3, 2010

Following Megan’s “Monday Meme” lead, I’ve gone to see what was the first thing I ordered from Amazon. It was March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day!), 1999. I was in my second semester of the philosophy Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland. I ordered Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science by Alvin I. Goldman. The rest is history.

bhandarigroup

I have to try this one on Amazon. I haven't purchase anything yet..
lemmycaution

"Medicine & Culture : Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France "-1997
Jirka

They are growing up.Im from Czech Republic http://amazon-cz.blogspot.com/ and closest to me is in Germany and Austria.
ribock

How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker; Dead Right, David Frum. January 29th 1998.
dskirsa

My first purchase was actually a random gift for someone else. Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski on August 21, 2001.
Mommsen1625

Ken Alder, "Engineering the Revolution : Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815" - 1998
Glen

I want to play! But for the life of me, I can't figure out where people are finding their whole order histories on Amazon.
Will Wilkinson

Your Account > Your Orders > Show: Orders placed in .... drop down to earliest year.
Glen

Oh, okay. Apparently I didn't order anything on Amazon until 2004. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 7 on DVD.
Steven Horwitz

Mine was: Listening to the Future : The Time of Progressive Rock, 1968-1978 by
Bill Martin on Dec. 23, 1997. I was there before Will and Megan!