You need a new coffee maker.

You spend three evenings looking at them. By Wednesday you have seventeen tabs open.

Eventually you narrow it down to two.

One has better reviews. The other has a larger water tank. One is cheaper, but only by twelve dollars. You watch a man on YouTube make six cups of coffee with both of them.

On Thursday, you order the first one.

Done.

The confirmation arrives.

You close all seventeen tabs.

Ten minutes later, you reopen one.

Maybe the larger water tank would have been better.

You read the reviews again.

At dinner, you mention it to someone.

“I thought you bought one.”

“I did.”

“So why are you still looking?”

“I’m not.”

That night, you check whether the order can still be canceled.

It can.

You don’t cancel it.

The next morning, it ships.

You open the page for the other one.

It’s on sale.

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