I made my first internet (or was it arpanet?) purchase in about 1986, using Usenet. Usenet had for-sale listings, subdivided by region; I was working at Boeing

I made my first internet (or was it arpanet?) purchase in about 1986, using Usenet. Usenet had for-sale listings, subdivided by region; I was working at Boeing Computer Services (part of Boeing, but a part that no longer exists), and had Usenet access. My wife said she wanted a dishwasher. I told her she had married one, but that didn't seem to work. One day I saw an ad for a portable dishwasher on the Usenet for-sale in my area. Contacted the guy (email? phone? I can't remember). We connected, and I bought it. I think both our wives were astonished at what computers could do. Took the dishwasher with us to Colombia a couple years later, and sold it a few years later for what I had paid + shipping. Now say that about your modern internet purchases!