Was digging through the depths of my computer’s hard drive and came across a pretty amazing find…the email receipt I got for my first ever order from Amazon back in summer 1997.
A few things to note…
- not sure why but I used my work email address for the order when I’m pretty sure I had my own email (jhammond@dlcwest.com) DLCWest was one of the main ISPs in Regina in the earliest days of the Net (and a popular BBS before that) which is why I used them at work and home.
- a reflection of the times that it was a text-only message with no graphics or fancy HTML
- I’ve been collecting books on the Beatles for over twenty years!
- Funny to see my old address and phone number
- No free shipping let alone Prime Memberships in those days
- In those early days, Amazon was still only books and it’s insane to think how they’ve grown to be such a force across so many sectors of retail and their founder has become the richest person in the world.
