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Mike 03

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2. Great. It just so happens that although I rarely buy stuff

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:17 PM

Mar 2025

on Ebay anymore, over the past month I've bought

2 books from France
1 art collectible from the UK
1 art collectible from Germany
Nothing from the United States

I'm crushing my domestic discretionary spending to smithereens. I think with my current supplies I might be able to go quite a long ways, especially reducing purchases from Amazon (which for me would be a big deal--admittedly and sadly).

I even apologized to someone at the store in France. She was kind and sympathetic, which honestly I did not expect.

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I'm doing my part to help the economy... In Europe [View all] Xipe Totec Mar 2025 OP

Me too, buying European Laurelin Mar 2025 #1

Great. It just so happens that although I rarely buy stuff Mike 03 Mar 2025 #2