Life as a Work-at-Home Internet Mogul

Since I sell products there, Amazon sends me a weekly out-of-stock report to let me know what customers are looking for but couldn’t find there.  Amazon hopes that I’ll rush right out and find all of these products so I can make us both a small fortune.  That would be the smart thing to do, right?  Instead I always read this report for sheer entertainment value.  Then I delete it.

The way I see it, this list is a microcosm of our society’s buying habits.  Our society scares me.

These customers were so desperate to get these listings that they went to the trouble of putting themselves on a waiting list.  Not a bad idea.  Except that when I think too hard about it, I can’t understand why there would be a waiting list for Me and My Likker (A Revised Edition) .  This was listed in my last Out of Stock report post which was about 6 months ago.  Not only is it still on the waiting list but, according to Amazon, there were many recent customers added to it.  Contrary to popular opinion, hillbillies can read.  Apparently there’s internet in them thar hills too.

People fascinate me almost as much as these lists.  Here’s an example of what I can only guess is a popular activity since this book is sold out and buyers are waiting impatiently to get their hands on it, among other things. 101 Sexy Dares has one copy available at $399.99 or, if you’re smarter than the average dumb person, you’d buy the Kindle version for $14.27 plus the Kindle for $259.99 and still be ahead.

I’m hesitant to admit in writing that I might just find this book hysterically funny:  Cyanide and Happiness: I’m Giving You the Finger.   I’ve never been easily offended and the more unpolitically-correct, the better.  Now if I had just known about this book and it was sitting on my shelf right now, I could cash in BIG.   But I guess my adult serious side has now surpassed my formerly- juvenile sense of humor because I’ve never heard of this comic book and will probably never see it on This Old House or Antiques Roadshow.  Guess I’ve aged.  Boo.

The Olympics is surely the cause for the run on this book: When I Grow Up I’m Going to Be a Hockey Star .  How did Wayne Gretzsky or Bobby Orr succeed without this one?

This book has nothing to do with pins that say cool things.  It’s about a magazine that was published in 1950 for less than a year.  And people are still lining up to get the reprint.   Best of Flair is definitely something to look for at your next estate sale.  This one will net you a few lobster dinners if that’s your thing.

Last one for today.  Did you know that you can get certified to be a PMP?  There’s an exam and flashcards are available for study.  Just not right now on Amazon. Flashcards for Passing the PMP Exam is possibly something that my husband could use because he’s a PM.  He doesn’t use the title PMP because he’s not certified.  Or maybe because it just sounds stupid.

On a somewhat serious note:  Silliness was in order today due to a variety of sucky events over the last couple of days beginning with a funeral for a childhood friend and (hopefully) ending with some crappy business issues.  More silliness may be required.  Forewarned is four-armed.  sick  ;-)

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