Recently I’ve noticed a couple of changes to the Amazon.com wish list. First, you can prioritize and sort your items on a scale of 1 (“must have”) to 5 (“don’t buy this for me”). The default rating is 3 (a lukewarm “like to have”). In my case any utility this might have remains unrealized; right now I’m too lazy to go back through each thing on my list and ask myself, “Is this a like-to-have? or a must-have?”
The other change–at least I think this is new–is a printable view: all items are listed on one page, with minimal information and without individual pictures, though since there’s no indication of media type anyway, it’s sometimes difficult without the picture to tell whether the title of an item refers to a book vs. CD vs. DVD, etc. Still, it’s nice to have a printed list when you’re out buying presents in a bricks-and-mortar store, and I think it’s actually more handy for your own wish list. Often when I’m at a bookstore, I think, if only I had a copy of my list to remind me of the things I’ve been meaning to check out.
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Hey Schmeff? Can I see your wishlist–could they make that into like a gift registry, but without the requisite white dress and sobbing parents?