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ok we don't have the same tastes. Since you're in USA, you could have a Bexley also for that price http://www.bexleypen.com/category-s/1514.htm.

In any case, you can still sell all the pens you accidentally bought, and get your better pen. :)

 

That is true. But the most expensive pen I bought was $19....and it's.....pink :wub:

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That is true. But the most expensive pen I bought was $19....and it's.....pink :wub:

:D haha. I'm starting to suspect there was purpose in the accident. ;)

Everything is impermanent.

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My phone hasn't gone on any buying sprees, but I did wake up one morning to find that it had been reading a book out loud to itself all night.

Fortunately it has good taste - it was a Terry Pratchett Discworld novel.

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Ouch! Good thing there weren't any items with the name Tiffany attached to your cart.

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Funny story, enjoy everything you got in that order!

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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I have an iPhone 5. I was driving to Bismarck one day for court, and had the phone on the passenger's seat. At some point I get a call from one of our detectives I work with who was a bit concerned because he had just gotten a call from my phone and there was no reply when he picked up. To this day I still don't know how the phone wound up dialing him. A hang-up call from a prosecutor to a detective is a surefire way to get somebody's attention.

I almost never order anything via my iPhone as I simply don't trust it. Way too easy to fat finger, etc. Try sleep texting ;P

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I have to say I laughed out loud. And your hubby is a keeper.

My husband IS a keeper!!

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Ouch! Good thing there weren't any items with the name Tiffany attached to your cart.

 

I'm glad I didn't have something really really expensive that I couldn't have gotten bailed out of too!

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I'm glad I didn't have something really really expensive that I couldn't have gotten bailed out of too!

 

There's always a next time.

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I'm curious how pocket dialing the ebay order works? They usually have confirmations a dozen to bid on that many auctions/listings.

Simple. Rather than clicking on Buy It Now there is an option of putting it in a shopping cart. I had a number of things in that cart that I was planning to buy....just not all at once.

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There's always a next time.

I'm trying to not have a next time!!!

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I go to the wall, pick up the horn, crank the handle. speak into the speaker; "Hello, Mable, give me Alice."

Technology has gone down hill since then.

LOL, yes, yes it has. Voicemail specifically brings out the worst in me, I can never speak intelligently to a machine.

 

I have an iPhone 5. I was driving to Bismarck one day for court, and had the phone on the passenger's seat. At some point I get a call from one of our detectives I work with who was a bit concerned because he had just gotten a call from my phone and there was no reply when he picked up. To this day I still don't know how the phone wound up dialing him. A hang-up call from a prosecutor to a detective is a surefire way to get somebody's attention.

I almost never order anything via my iPhone as I simply don't trust it. Way too easy to fat finger, etc. Try sleep texting ;P

My tablet ordered, all on its own, the entire contents of my Amazon cart a week ago. I play price roulette on Amazon all the time, so the cart was over $200 full (and oddly, none of it pen related). I caught it in time but the creepiness of it bugged me more than the hassle did. Maybe these miscreant devices get bored of being told what to do all the time, and want to shake things up a bit.

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lol. yes. focus on the bright side. at least you do have new ones to play with :)

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I will eventually. All are now in transit and about 1/2 are now in the US

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Haven't had that happen to me, but I've gotten up in the morning to find that the cats have tried to order pay-per-view movies. At least I *hope* it's movies and not the adult channels....

If they ever figure out how to get my credit card out my purse, I'm in trouble.

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My tablet ordered, all on its own, the entire contents of my Amazon cart a week ago. I play price roulette on Amazon all the time, so the cart was over $200 full (and oddly, none of it pen related). I caught it in time but the creepiness of it bugged me more than the hassle did. Maybe these miscreant devices get bored of being told what to do all the time, and want to shake things up a bit.

 

Scary!!! Just to clarify... were the items in the actual cart or just in the "Saved for later" section? I never keep any items in the actual cart, but have like 300 items in "Saved for later" list. I use it to keep track of the stuff I want/ need, like a personalized short cut, a wish list for myself. I would be in a BIG trouble if my tablet decides to order all of them at once...

 

 

Haven't had that happen to me, but I've gotten up in the morning to find that the cats have tried to order pay-per-view movies. At least I *hope* it's movies and not the adult channels....

If they ever figure out how to get my credit card out my purse, I'm in trouble.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

:lol: :sm_cat: And I thought my kitty was smart that she learned how to change channels on TV... She loves most sports, but has such contempt toward the commentators, so tries to change the channel when they show up during half time or after the game....

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I'm curious how pocket dialing the ebay order works? They usually have confirmations a dozen to bid on that many auctions/listings.

 

After my having confirmed the link between my ebay iOS app and Paypal, there's no barrier between the check out function and payment. I suspect the same applies to the OP. (Yet another reason to have a good password on the phone.)

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A password only works if one does not shove their phone in their pocket unlocked....

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