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[NotYourTypicalMan]

Sweet! If you don't have a ruler, you can grab another piece of paper and use that as a straight edge.

If you want and actual ruler, they're pretty cheap on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/15-20-30CM...134372?hash=item3b36d70fa4:g:mk4AAOSwhPpdSlVS

Personally, I keep a tape measure at my desk for size reference because I buy a lot of stuff online, and you need to know how big things are going to be before you commit to buy them.

I tried to use paper before, but it's really soft and really easy to get bent, so I search for similar things and found my mousepad.

I think I've bought a ruler like that before, the20cm one but I lost it(I always lost some stuff in my home, I think there's a ghost)... I mean, I only draw for fun after 3 years of nothingness. And I'm a bit paranoid to buy something online .

 

[Deleted member 29316]

I tried to use paper before, but it's really soft and really easy to get bent, so I search for similar things and found my mousepad.

I think I've bought a ruler like that before, the20cm one but I lost it(I always lost some stuff in my home, I think there's a ghost)... I mean, I only draw for fun after 3 years of nothingness. And I'm a bit paranoid to buy something online .

Like you, I always lose stuff (rulers, erasers, mech. pencils...).

 

[RepresentingCaution]

And I'm a bit paranoid to buy something online .

I understand the fear, but honestly I've had more issues with my regular bank than with PayPal. And by that, I mean I've had zero issues with PayPal and have been using them for over ten years.

And by more issues with my regular bank, I mean there was only one time when I had to call the bank over some gas station charges on my card that I definitely didn't make since I don't drive. It turned out that it was an error and not identify theft, and they fixed it for me right away.

More recently, my regular bank sent me a card with my maiden name on it even though Husband and I went in there in person two years ago to set up a joint account and present all the necessary documents to get my name changed in their records. I called them on the phone to correct the matter, and they sent me a new card with my married name on it right away.

I got over my paranoia about buying stuff online pretty early since I was going through university, and buying used textbooks online was way less expensive than buying used textbooks in person at the university bookstore. Also, since I don't drive, having whatever I want at my fingertips is amazing. On rare occasions, the stuff doesn't arrive, but that's when you go into eBay and find the item and use their drop-down menu for "I didn't receive my item" and that always leads to a full refund.

Why am I such a proponent of online shopping? It's better for the environment to have a few delivery trucks dropping off packages than each individual person getting in a car to go to a store to pick up those items. I'll walk to a store when it's something I can get locally, but overall the internet is amazing.