-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
What have you bought recently?
- Thread starter wdwmagic
- Start date
We have one right down the street from us.
prberk
Well-Known Member
Let's see, yesterday I bought toilet paper, pop, Doritos, milk, bread and frozen pizza because today I'm snowed in.
So, you bought items from each of the essential food groups then...
It has been a pretty busy couple of weeks for me. I got a new stereo and speakers to replace the 16 year old OE in the wife's SUV. A mini 32 GB USB stick for the previously mentioned stereo. Season 6 of Big Bang Theory on Blu-Ray. A TV mount for my Kinect 2.0 and a few t-shirts from several of the 24 hour t-shir sites.
prberk
Well-Known Member
You know, Steve, what I am seeing here is a clear preference among the respondents here to purchase things (even regular everyday things) online. Kind of surprising a little bit, until I recognize that the sample group here is made up of people reading a message board online (people are already online regularly).
But I do think that the tendency just to order online is growing very rapidly. I still like to buy things in person mostly, though. I want to sample and decide, or get it on my way home, etc. And shipping can still be an issue for some things. I am single, and if I order to have things delivered to my home, no one will be at home during the day to sign for it; yet at work delivery to there can also be an issue (depending upon how big it is, etc.). I hate it when UPS or FedEx tries to deliver something and misses you, then leaves a note to call but by the time you call (the next day), they are out missing you again. It is nearly impossible to get them to either leave it or redirect it.
But I do think that the tendency just to order online is growing very rapidly. I still like to buy things in person mostly, though. I want to sample and decide, or get it on my way home, etc. And shipping can still be an issue for some things. I am single, and if I order to have things delivered to my home, no one will be at home during the day to sign for it; yet at work delivery to there can also be an issue (depending upon how big it is, etc.). I hate it when UPS or FedEx tries to deliver something and misses you, then leaves a note to call but by the time you call (the next day), they are out missing you again. It is nearly impossible to get them to either leave it or redirect it.
Last edited:
lilclerk
Well-Known Member
Amazon Prime is my best friend. But I work from home, so I'm always here when stuff is delivered.
I prefer to buy in person, but it is getting to the point where doing that is almost hard.
Case in point, my wife's car stereo. My store choices basically consisted of Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Best buy had a decent selection, but had very little in stock. Wal Mart had a much smaller selection, but still little to nothing in stock. Installation kits and a wiring harness had to be ordered no mater where I went.
So I turned to online retailers. In this case I wound up at Crutchfield. Not only did they have a huge selection, and identical pricing, but everything was in stock and they provided everything I needed to do the install (wiring harness for the radio and speakers, dash kit and speaker adapters) for free. The free installation items saved me $60 by themselves.
I could not even get the micro 32 GB flash drive locally. Sure, there were places that had it, but at twice the price of online.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
This week my on line purchases include a Breaking Bad t-shirt, a fine Hawaiian drinking shirt, a bottle of Rebellion rum and a Bristol Stool Chart air freshener for the current Mrs Saks Mini.
Soarin' Over Pgh
Well-Known Member
It's a lot easier to buy online and almost instantly compare prices between, say, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Toys R Us. I've noticed that a lot of my local stores don't carry nearly as much merchandise as they used to, and stores that are close in location to each other- like the Best Buy, Target and Walmart within a 3 minute drive of each other here- either do price matching, or one store will not carry item at all in store, conceding that another has a better price on said item.
I don't always have time to chase after "the best deal" and it's become far easier to be at work, have five extra minutes, hop onto Amazon and order the 10 yards of blue fleece fabric, Sock Monkey hat, flip flops, and tulip bulbs and have them sent to my house than it would be to stop at a fabric store for the fleece, Target for the hat, DSW for the flip flops, and Home Depot/Lowes garden center for the bulbs.
As much as I like to physically get my rump into the store and peruse and sample items, there just isn't enough time for that lately... and the harsh winter we've had this year is only making online shopping THAT much easier!
prberk
Well-Known Member
I HAVE to think that this change is really affecting our economy. Because when the dust settles, brick and mortar stores produce more jobs (including ancillary ones, like contractors for renovation, wider distribation workers, and rents in shopping centers) than do online (even with growth at UPS/FedEx and in the online companies' own warehouses, etc.). And, of course, more local jobs mulitipiies into more local companies like restaurants and other services that grow also.
NYwdwfan
Well-Known Member
Some workout clothes from Old Navy (again...online). It's so much faster for me to buy online and take 5 minutes to return what I don't want in-store than actually go to the store and find my size, try stuff on, etc. Besides, I always go through ebates (or a similar site) to get cash back on online purchase, and I always use a free shipping code or I wait until one is available.
Soarin' Over Pgh
Well-Known Member
Absolutely.
Minnie1976
Well-Known Member
A safety chain for my chamillia bracelet. It has all my Disney beads on it so I don't want to lose it.
Disney t-shirts for my granddaughter for our Disney trip in 7 days.
A child's slide for a small grandchild.
Groceries.
Probably gas for the car on Monday, 35 cents off per gallon from shopping at Winn Dixie if I go to Shell. That would make it under $3 per gallon. Yea!!! Highway robbery the price of gas.
Disney t-shirts for my granddaughter for our Disney trip in 7 days.
A child's slide for a small grandchild.
Groceries.
Probably gas for the car on Monday, 35 cents off per gallon from shopping at Winn Dixie if I go to Shell. That would make it under $3 per gallon. Yea!!! Highway robbery the price of gas.
Minnie1976
Well-Known Member
Well, I bought a new filter for our small aquarium this morning since they never seem to last more than 6 months
(yay- Mickey crocs for mommy!)
...and I'm about to have to buy a whole lot of the World's Finest Chocolate since DH didn't realize we were expected to sell $120 of chocolate in 2 weeks for DD5's softball fundraiser(we are sooooo doing the $60 buyout next year).
Those crocs look like mine, but I got them about a year ago. Love them!!! My grandchild's school was just selling world's favorite chocolate so I had to load up on those bars and she wanted the gummie bears.
Boy have those bars gotten smaller than they use to be. Pieces of almonds and not the whole ones in yester years, but still good. None left.
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
I bought two swimsuit cover ups for my upcoming trip to Playa del Carmen Mexico.
HouCuseChickie
Well-Known Member
I'm curious how the prices compare to Monoprice.com.
Epcot-Rules
Well-Known Member
A house on 7.75 acres with a fish pond and large workshop.
HouCuseChickie
Well-Known Member
Today I bought lots of ribbons, ponytail holders, themed buttons, and hot glue to make softball themed/team color hair streamers for DD5. So...I bought...and then I crafted.
PrincessNelly_NJ
Well-Known Member
Gas... at 3.56 a gallon *grumble*
This pretty darn tasty heart shaped chocolate filled donut that I really didn't need and a new comforter from Target.
*grumble*This pretty darn tasty heart shaped chocolate filled donut that I really didn't need and a new comforter from Target.