I woke up last Saturday morning and somehow, a Malkoff drop-in for a D-Mag is showing up on my bank statement???
Another classic sign of flashaholism I'm afraid. Lights, batteries, accessories just appearing on your credit cards and bank statements. Suddenly you know the first name and grooming habits of both your letter carrier and UPS driver.
It is when you start pressing F5 "refresh" on your browser on a courier delivery tracking page, hundreds of times a day, that you know your affliction has moved to a new level. Other tongue-in-cheek warning signs are:
- camping out by the front door day and night to be the first to respond to a delivery doorbell
- hiding lights around the house so your spouse / family can't find them
- getting a dog just to use your light more on night walks
- setting up separate bank accounts to disguise your buying activity from those who may not share your affliction (try to infect them too)
- dedicating a room in your home for taking beam shots. Particularly troubling is if you find yourself suddenly cleaning that room more than any other to avoid clutter in your photographs
- you buy a light with a certain type of form factor and functionality, and then buy another with basically the same feature set before the first even arrives at your door
- having lived without lights or with inferior lights for decades, finding that suddenly you must have at least seven lights within easy reach at all times or you experience a mild to serious form of panic attack
- you find yourself remembering when you bought or traded lights, but not important anniversary dates
There are a great many more warning signs, but I've got to go press F5 on my browser now and wait by the front door.
Fortunately for you, upgrading a M*glite is far from a sign of a debilitating affliction. The things demand upgrading. You'll need to have a lie down on the couch when you show three or more of the above symptoms, or get to acquiring light seven or seventeen.
PS: Word is the Malkoff products are like Lay's potato chips. Betcha you can't buy just one.
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