Comments on: To The Person Who Has Everything, From The Person Who Hates Shopping http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/08/to-the-person-who-has-everything-from-the-person-who-hates-shopping/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: RobF http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/08/to-the-person-who-has-everything-from-the-person-who-hates-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 RobF Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:17:58 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=682#comment-2310 I haven't checked out Kraken/Ironrod's blog yet, but plan to do so. I've recently become interested in the various details of starting a small business. It seems like it would be one of the most frustrating yet satisfying things one could do. On the shopping front, I used to agonize over my Christmas list trying to come up with near-perfect gift ideas for everyone, then I would proceed to try to track down those exact items around town or online. However, a few years ago I switched my shopping strategy from hunting predetermined targets to more of a gathering approach, browsing a small selection of shops and collecting appropriate items as they caught my eye. Curio City Online has fit in well with my new strategy, and I have been able to do a decent chunk of my gift shopping there the past two years. (In particular, the microwave popcorn bowls have been a huge hit.) I'll leave any gender analysis of my shift in shopping paradigms as an exercise for the reader. I haven’t checked out Kraken/Ironrod’s blog yet, but plan to do so. I’ve recently become interested in the various details of starting a small business. It seems like it would be one of the most frustrating yet satisfying things one could do.

On the shopping front, I used to agonize over my Christmas list trying to come up with near-perfect gift ideas for everyone, then I would proceed to try to track down those exact items around town or online. However, a few years ago I switched my shopping strategy from hunting predetermined targets to more of a gathering approach, browsing a small selection of shops and collecting appropriate items as they caught my eye. Curio City Online has fit in well with my new strategy, and I have been able to do a decent chunk of my gift shopping there the past two years. (In particular, the microwave popcorn bowls have been a huge hit.)

I’ll leave any gender analysis of my shift in shopping paradigms as an exercise for the reader.

]]> By: N http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/08/to-the-person-who-has-everything-from-the-person-who-hates-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2298 N Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:50:47 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=682#comment-2298 The blog is fascinating (I read it end-to-end last week), and the store works well (I submitted a purchase on Wednesday and received the goods in great shape on Saturday). It was tough finding items from the store that I wanted to pay for, but fortunately I have a gift-giving opportunity in the near future and managed to find an item. The blog is fascinating (I read it end-to-end last week), and the store works well (I submitted a purchase on Wednesday and received the goods in great shape on Saturday). It was tough finding items from the store that I wanted to pay for, but fortunately I have a gift-giving opportunity in the near future and managed to find an item.

]]> By: Andy http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/08/to-the-person-who-has-everything-from-the-person-who-hates-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Andy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:52:32 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=682#comment-2296 My wife is just starting her own business (linked in my name) and I've been reading the Curio City blog (and encourage my wife to do the same). It's fascinating and a good way to keep my wife's expectations from going sky high. My wife is just starting her own business (linked in my name) and I’ve been reading the Curio City blog (and encourage my wife to do the same). It’s fascinating and a good way to keep my wife’s expectations from going sky high.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.popehat.com/2008/04/08/to-the-person-who-has-everything-from-the-person-who-hates-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Andrew Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:39:19 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/?p=682#comment-2295 I've occasionally reading his blog for a while now -- I find it simultaneously fascinating and scary. I’ve occasionally reading his blog for a while now — I find it simultaneously fascinating and scary.

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