I had an epiphany last night, I thought I had one of those V8 ideas. You know the kind that slaps you in the forehead and makes you think, why hadn’t I thought of that before. This was one of those ideas. Unfortunately it does not solve any of our societies great problems, the only thing it does is help me get cool stuff. I wanted to create a ‘universal’ wishlist. A one stop shop for B-man gift oddities that spans the entirety of the internet and is not confined by an individual e-tailor. This way I won’t have to maintain a separate wishlist for each of the internet retailers that has what I want.
As is typical with my ideas, they aren’t original. My wishlist prayers are answered with wishlist.com . When you register, you can collect items from all over the internet to put on your list. You can set priority (how bad you want it) and quanity for each of the items. You can even create ‘sub-lists’ or categorize your items into separate lists. When someone buys, or intends to buy one of your chosen treasures, it puts it in ‘reserve’ so that you will not get more than what you asked for. Once you’ve received it, you can mark it as appropriate on your list. The thing that make the whole site usable is their ‘wishlist bookmark’, it amounts to a Java Script that collects pictures, prices and details about the items you desire for your list.
Now that I have my own wishlist.com account, there is no product, no matter how obscure that I cannot wish for. Everthing is within my grasp now!
