Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’

A Tale of Two Halloween Lights

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

See this?

This is a two-pack of Hompavo LED Flame Light Bulbs. It simulates having a flickering firelight instead of your outdoor lights for the Halloween season. I’ve been using them since 2021 and they still work fine. If you like that sort of thing for Halloween, I recommend them.

See this?

It’s “Red Light Bulb 9W (60W Equivalent) E26 Base, LED Colored Light Bulbs for Halloween Christmas Party Holiday Lighting 2-Pack.” They’re absolute worthless garbage. Both bulbs stopped working within minutes of screwing them in and turning them on. No wonder there’s page after page of one-star reviews.

Avoid

Gonna Pass on the Expedited Shipping, Thanks

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Actual screen cap from an Amazon order I placed yesterday (click to embiggen):

Think I’ll have to pass on the $12 million in expedited shipping costs. I don’t need it that bad…

Hephaestus Press Gone From Amazon?

Monday, September 10th, 2012

It took a while, but it looks like Hephaestus Press’ offerings have finally been removed from Amazon. If you don’t remember Hephaestus Press, they were the ones who published “books” that were just articles scrapped from Wikipedia, many of which looked like omnibus editions of several novels.

Given other evidence, it looks like they’re finally kicking all similar crap off their system as well.

Texas Tax Free Weekend August 17-19

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

It’s that time of year again. Texas is having it’s annual tax free weekend this weekend, August 17-19, for back-to-school goods like clothing under $100, school supplies, etc. And this year, the previously tax-free but now-tax-covered Amazon is participating as well.

Official state guidelines for what is and isn’t covered.

Testing Out that Amazon Link Thingee

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009