Online shopping

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  1 February 2012     17:42150840
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  good to know we are the best at something, sadly it is does not help our towns and cities.
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9054400/Britons-are-biggest-online-shoppers-in-developed-world.html
• Guest 686

  • Registered: 5 May 2009
  • Posts: 556
  2 February 2012     16:52151074
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  Unfortunately for the Hight Street shopping on line is often cheaper, it's easier to shop around for a bargain and you can stay in the warm and wait for the postman/delivery.
  
  Personally I do a fair amount of shopping on line provided I know exactly what I want. For the stuff I'm likely to want the chances of finding the same thing in a local shop is fairly unlikely. And before anyone else says it - I'm lazy too!!
  Phil West
  If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  2 February 2012     20:00151118
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  phil,how can you squeeze a melon on line to see if its ripe enough to eat.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  2 February 2012     20:23151124
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  quite right brian a lot of stuff has to be seen before purchase, however much as i try to avoid online shopping i do end up using the argos website.
  
  i always try to buy at the one in town to help keep it going but so many times they are either out of stock or if it is a large item it means a 3 day wait for delivery.
  
  i then go online and have the item the following day.
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
  • Posts: 13,883
  2 February 2012     20:33151127
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  Online shopping will continue to grow, because it is cheaper in many cases and definitely more convenient for those in employment. Then there are those who like me absolutely hate traipsing round shops for anything and everything.
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• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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  2 February 2012     20:37151128
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  When using Argos unless it is something that can not go in a car, I reserve on line and collect from Dover.
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• Sarah P

  • Location: Dover
  2 February 2012     20:40151129
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  Thats what I do Jan , that way I dont have to wait in and I can check out the product to be sure its what I want. Boots do the same with free delivery to the local store , but unlike Argos you do have to pay for the item when you order it
• Guest 686

  • Registered: 5 May 2009
  • Posts: 556
  3 February 2012     13:12151245
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  Post #2: I wouldn't buy a melon - on line or in a shop as I don't like them. However, food shopping I leave to She Who Must Be Obeyed and the weekly ritual.
  
  Posts #4 and #6: Me too. Far easier than traipsing down there to find that what I want isn't in stock.
  Phil West
  If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!