"It's hell getting old" part 3

[amirm]

Some of you may remember my other rants about getting old. This is a follow up in that sequence.

A few days ago I see a recommendation by John for Cranberries. Being a fan of the band, I go and order their CD on Amazon.

A minute later my phone beeps with a new text message from Amazon. I pull that up and it says my CD from Cranberries with exactly the same title was just delivered to our house!!! What the heck?

I am thinking it is a mistake in their system. I check my orders and to my horrors I see two orders for Cranberries, one three days back and hence the Prime delivery and one just a few minutes ago.

Now, bless their hearts, Amazon tells you when you have ordered something before. But did not work this time because these were two revisions of the CD.

Here is the earlier order:

Here is the recent one:

The only silver lining is that I ordered the second one used from UK or something so I am not out 2X the price.

How bad is this going to get guys? Not remembering that you ordered a CD just a few days back???

As my late grandfather in law would say, "it is hell getting old."

 

[BlueFox]

Now, bless their hearts, Amazon tells you when you have ordered something before.

I wish HD Tracks would implement this feature.

 

[slowGEEZR]

Ha ha, I can't remember how many times I've bought the same music because I forgot I already had it.

 

[Mosin]

[FIXED=omission]Some of you may remember my other rants about getting old, and some may not...[/FIXED]

How bad is this going to get guys?

At least you remembered what kind of music you like, or did you?

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

I have at least 3-4 copies of Basia’s Sweetest Illusion CD. I remember losing my first copy so I bought a second one, and then later found the first. But I have no idea how or why I got the others.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[Ronm1]

This symptom, if I remember right Amirm, is a perk of this hobby. It is for that matter an artifact for collectors in any genre that does not deal with items that are large or expensive. Duplicates just appear whether one gets old or not.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I have 6 copies of A Star Is Born. I know I bought one as my ex-wife was a huge Babs fan, but I swear I have no idea how the others appeared in my collection. The only thing I can think of is they were mixed in with some small bulk buys I did.

 

[still-one]

I use the program Music Collector from CollectorZ. I have added all of my music (CD's, Downloads and LP's) and it syncs with both iPhone and iPad so I have a listing of all of my music with me at all times. There are Windows versions too.

 

[ALF]

Getting old, it is a privilege...

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I use the program Music Collector from CollectorZ. I have added all of my music (CD's, Downloads and LP's) and it syncs with both iPhone and iPad so I have a listing of all of my music with me at all times. There are Windows versions too.

I just had a look at it and noticed that with the Pro version I can enter my own user-defined fields. This would be handy as the Standard version won't allow me (as far as I can tell) to enter deadwax Matrix data, and I most definitely want that information included.

 

[audio-land]

It is one of side effects listening digital too much..

 

[Mosin]

It is one of the side effects of listening digital too much..

I hadn't thought of it before, but you're right.

Amir, that's definitely your problem.

 

[amirm]

It is one of the side effects of listening digital too much..

No doubt. I asked my doctor and he said it is called "digititis." Not believing him, I challenged him by saying that I thought "digit" in that refers to fingers, not digital music. He answered, "it was your fingers that ordered the duplicate CD, was it not?"

Made a lot of sense so I bought Ed's R2R music sampler tape. I already feel the positive effects.

 

[Ronm1]

I have 6 copies of A Star Is Born. I know I bought one as my ex-wife was a huge Babs fan, but I swear I have no idea how the others appeared in my collection. The only thing I can think of is they were mixed in with some small bulk buys I did.

Would be a little harder to forget that 911 in the garage or driveway. Now if a half dozen did appear not knowing why, I'd either be jumping for joy or very concerned.

 

[Mosin]

No doubt. I asked my doctor and he said it is called "digititis." Not believing him, I challenged him by saying that I thought "digit" in that refers to fingers, not digital music. He answered, "it was your fingers that ordered the duplicate CD, was it not?"

Made a lot of sense so I bought Ed's R2R music sampler tape. I already feel the positive effects.

The downside of that treatment is the inevitable tapeworm. Fortunately, that can be cured by developing a healthy vinyl fetish.

 

[still-one]

I just had a look at it and noticed that with the Pro version I can enter my own user-defined fields. This would be handy as the Standard version won't allow me (as far as I can tell) to enter deadwax Matrix data, and I most definitely want that information included.

Yep, you can create User Defined Fields. This is one of those programs I have used for years and they have really upped their game over the past couple of years.

 

[NorthStar]

Some of you may remember my other rants about getting old. This is a follow up in that sequence.
A few days ago I see a recommendation by John for Cranberries. Being a fan of the band, I go and order their CD on Amazon.
A minute later my phone beeps with a new text message from Amazon. I pull that up and it says my CD from Cranberries with exactly the same title was just delivered to our house!!! What the heck?
I am thinking it is a mistake in their system. I check my orders and to my horrors I see two orders for Cranberries, one three days back and hence the Prime delivery and one just a few minutes ago.
Now, bless their hearts, Amazon tells you when you have ordered something before. But did not work this time because these were two revisions of the CD.
Here is the earlier order:

Here is the recent one:

The only silver lining is that I ordered the second one used from UK or something so I am not out 2X the price.
How bad is this going to get guys? Not remembering that you ordered a CD just a few days back???
As my late grandfather in law would say, "it is hell getting old."

Lol Amir, it's funny. :b

* Sunny today where you are?

 

[NorthStar]

Getting old, it is a privilege...

Yes indeed; the true meaning of existence. :b

 

[amirm]

* Sunny today where you are?

100%. It is a magnificent, sunny and cool/crisp weather. Sky is blue. Water even bluer. Days like this is why you worship where you live. To make up for many days that is the opposite.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Yep, you can create User Defined Fields. This is one of those programs I have used for years and they have really upped their game over the past couple of years.

Good to hear, because when I first looked at them a few years back I wasn't taken with it.