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by msisk6 818 days ago
I've had my Amazon account since '98 or so. I still have items on my wishlist from the 90s.

Think of all the database upgrades over the years to move that data forward...

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I created an Amazon account when Amazon was pretty new and just sold books. Ordered a few books and then forgot about it. A couple of years later, when Amazon got popular I tried to login again and it did not work, so I wrote them an e-mail and they said it had been deactivated because of inactivity but now they had restored it. Different times.

When Amazon got really big and dabbled in the ad business I deleted it, so I don't have it anymore. Only created a new one when the pandemic hit.