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ghoti_mhic_uait ([personal profile] ghoti_mhic_uait) wrote2016-10-31 01:15 pm
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Bobcat in a box

[livejournal.com profile] marnanel mentioned recently that Bobcat in a box, a service based on an XKCD cartoon, which buys cheap things on ebay and sends them as a surprise. I haven't given it any keywords yet,but I intend to give it quite a few so I'm more likely to get things I like while still being surprising.

If I post about the things I get here, is that of interest to you? Or should I only post if I get a bobcat?


Update: I just got my login/setup email! This is where I add keywords, and then tomorrow the bot buys its first thing for me. Note for others: it took 3 days for my email to arrive and the keywords are select-from-a-list rather than write in. Sadly, 'bobcat' is only on the negative list, so I'm going to email and ask if I can have it added to my positive keywords. I've chosen a gazillion keywords (the more keywords the more random it is - unless you have no keywords at all - because it's an OR not an AND so it could be from any one of the keywords) and just a couple of negative keywords (because I don't want Nestle, or anything sex-related).
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[personal profile] emperor 2016-10-31 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
WCPGW?

[maybe I should start offering cheap bobcats with free shipping...]
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[personal profile] deborah_c 2016-10-31 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bobcat unexpectedly packaged in 40' shipping container. Would not buy again"
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[personal profile] deborah_c 2016-10-31 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you should post about bobcats, real or virtual, literal or metaphorical!

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
:)

[identity profile] ceb.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
+1

[identity profile] ringbark.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'd be interested. Last time I looked, the UK wasn't an available destination, but I see it is now! I might play myself soon.

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The videos look like people mostly get stuff I'd be at least amused by. So I am optimistic.

[identity profile] atreic.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds fun to hear about!

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2016-10-31 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Good :)
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[personal profile] juliet 2016-11-01 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
Both things and bobcats would be of interest to me!
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[personal profile] gerald_duck 2016-11-01 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
This reminds me a lot of the Amazon random shopper a guy set up a few years ago. (-8

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2016-11-01 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I can see why. I hadn't seen that before but I'm glad it exists.
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