General Chat

I like having a browse round the shops, however the only way I can do that these days due to mobility problems is on my scooter, my nearest town is just under 3 miles away and when the weather is dry and not to cold, I take a trip in to town once or twice a week and buy my groceries and various other bit's and pieces, that said when it is wet or wintry I do all my weekly shopping online, because it is not very pleasant on a mobility scooter in inclement weather :-(

I buy most large or bulky items on line, computer, furniture, domestic appliances, and I also buy most of my clothing online.

I have only had one really bad experience and that was when Do It All (Focus) went to the wall. I had just ordered a new bathroom suite a few weeks before it went bust - took me about 3 months before I was able to get my money back through my banks debit card purchase guarantee scheme.

If you are flexible with the time you want your groceries delivered - Tesco are now doing £1 delivery slots ;-)

I know you can't buy on Twitter.

I just put it in to keep e-Bay company. I don'tdo much apart from play Scrabble on Face Book either.

Do like to use the internet to see what Aldi and Lidl are going to have on offer and had a real coupe by looking at the Tesco site before we did the parish lunch to find everything we were going to need was reduced.

There are some things that you can't find in shops and for me that is where shopping on line comes in handy.
I've never used it for grocery shopping as like to pick my own,but I use E bay,Amazon etc if I'm looking for something specific.
I have just bought a professional digital piano...most expensive thing Ive ever bought on line,but it is what I wanted and I contacted the seller...had about 30 emails conversation with him before I bought and really very pleased with it.
I have bought hard to find books,DVDs ..including an Ealing comedy that my late husband was in when he was a schoolboy at school in Ealing....Hue and Cry.....
Would never buy shoes.
There is a place for this way of shopping,especially when you live in rural areas...or find it difficult to go shopping in a store.

When you walk around the shops you can see all the stuff for sale on the shelves. So it's a lot easier to browse. When shopping online you have to know what you're looking for. So I think you're less likely to do impulse buying.

if I buy on line I just say to Stray I want XYZ

AND SHE DOES IT FOR ME ITS JUST SO EASY :-D :-D

You can't buy stuff on Twitter. It's a social networking site. ;-)

I have never looked on E- Bay or Twitter.

Have never felt the need.

The only reason I used Amazon was because I typed in a book title I wanted and that was the cheapest it was offered.

Like car boot sales, I think it is only too easy to buy things you neither want nor need when you see them on those sites.

Graham,
they are for my Flymo which always needs the plastic blades replacing..they chip and break so easily.
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I usually buy 'nowt' online - 'tho the quality ain't as good as it was when I were a lad and the totter came calling.

B

You have to watch how much some sites/sellers charge for p+p. I've seen things on Ebay selling for pennies; but the p+p has been about £10.

I'm not sure if lawnmower blades are any everyday thing. :-S

As much as possible.................I loathe shopping :-| :-|

I found my favourite brand of OK sauce on line.....can't find it in the shops.....but I held back my excitement over finding it when I saw the price....£10 and that wasn't including P&P.

These days I look online before making major purchases as it is very often cheaper.....not always though.

Nothing wrong with Ebay - it isn't their fault if the post man is a plonker. Their resolution process works a treat to I have used it twice this year and they sorted things out within 24 hours. On one occasion the seller couldn't supply and didn't refund in the timescale he promissed, the other the order apparently got lost. On this occasion a prompt from Ebay and it was sent next day courier.

We don't yet use it for food, mainly because we like to see what we are getting and we enjoy the twice weekly trip out to the supermartket. However we occasionally buy meat on-line from a local wholesale supplier - £25 min to make it worth while but the quality is usually better than the supermarket.

Otherwise we by most things on-line. Ebay, Amazon, direct to suppliers, whatever has what we want at a reasonable price. We have bought all out domestic appliances on-line, beds, etc.


The list so far this year includes

Coins, Trainers, Clothes, Books, Tools and hardware (Toolstation have next day delivery for orders over £10 - cheaper than driving there....!) Bits for the garden pond filter parts, Computer network card, Light bulbs, wife's craft stuff

Himself buys golf balls & gloves online. Much cheaper than the club's pro shop!

I look at StrawberryNet for cosmetic specials, but haven't bought anything yet.... I can get most of what I want locally, but the only mascara I like is an Estee Lauder one, and no shops locally sell those products; the nearest shop is about an hour drive, in another State.


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i use Amazon an awful lot for everyday things like lawnmower blades to flea drops for my dog..lol, things like that are often much cheaper than the shops.I always buy my books and music on there as well.It saves trawling from shop to shop to find things.

Sometimes i buy things from Ebay, but not as often.

I never buy clothes online as i like to try things on before i but them,i did last year buy some children's pjs but they were very small , the seller was really good and quickly replaced them with a bigger size and paid for the return postage., but i would not order clothes again.


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I buy most things online. I started when I lived in a rural area and it was cheaper and less time consuming than getting the car out, driving to town, paying a parking fee etc., and then I just continued doing it when I moved to the small town I live in now.

I have a monthly supermarket delivery, though I do shop separately for fruit and veg, bread and most meat. This month my delivery charge was £1.

Don't buy shoes online as I don't have an average fitting, but go online for just about anything else . Touch wood, I have never had to send anything back or wait very long for anything to be delivered.

We had some very near to the use by dates on some items such as two boxes of those yogurt drinks think 6 in each and 2 days life.....complained and got money back.....also I ordered a large joint of topside which we would cut into 3 small joints. they sent silverside....I complained and again received money back and kept the beef ....very nice it was too :-D

My daughter works for a big supermarket as a ' picker' (online deliveries) so it keeps her in work whilst still at college

I've heard bad reports of people doing their grocery shopping online and ending up with bruised apples and such. I think it's better to be able to cherry pick fresh produce yourself.

Kindle books from Amazon, also my rotary washing line, car seat covers, Norton Security - all from Amazon

QVC is my No: 1 on line shop - they are fantastic to deal with - in over fifteen years have never ever had a problem with anything from them - excellent prices, easy pay systems with no interest and no quibble 30 day money back guarantee on everything, including food [which I have never bought] - clothes and shoes, even if you've worn them, and earrings - which would never happen with another supplier

Books for Kindle
Clothes for me (Sixteen47) as the high street clothes in my size are just so bad
Clothes for him - he hates shopping for them
Shoes - for my width
Sweeties - from A Quarter Pound of - for good old fashion sweets

Oh anything and everything. Also I find I can get some really unusual gifts which these days you just cannot find on the high street as they are all the same.

In fact, my gifts are always commented on (smug smile) :-)

I LOVE INTERNET SHOPPING