I'm paronoid. So much so that I hesitate to charge my card at any random place. I tend to pay cash, if I so much as have a hunch of 'maybe I'll return the item' I go over their return policy before I hand over the cash, and store the reciept for about a month. For starters, I only have sparadic moments of 'lets go shopping'. Juggling between work and school related activities, the rest of the time I'd rather watch a movie.
Oops going off on a tangent
What wouldn't I buy on the internet? a lot. The list of things I would purchase is much, much, much shorter. So I'll tell you what I would buy. Since I'm blogging, I'll story tell a tad. It took me quite a while to make any purchases online.
1. Appx. 7 years ago, I decided airline tickets were a safe bet. Specifically off the airline's webpage, cheaptickets, travelocity and no where else.Priceline had a 'bid your ticket'. eh-no. I thought that was their way of jacking your credit card information- without a confirmed ticket. Not me and my paranoia.
2. I decided that amazon and e-bay were ok too. This was appx. 4 years ago. I'd use them to purchase discounted textbooks.
Those are the only two things I would buy off the internet. (from designated sites).
My close friends on the other hand, specifically two of them, make all sorts of purchases online. I was over at Danny's house for dinner and we started talking about how great the steaks were, he said he orders them in from NY about once a month. What?? Apparently there's this great restaurant that he goes to in NY, and he asked them who supplies their meat- he was able to get them to supply steaks- rib-eyes- scallops-salmon etc to his house South of Tacoma. He pays an average of $1,500 dollars for prime quality. Needless to say- I quickly overcome the parnoia of eating meat that had been processed on the other side of the country and shipped to Danny's doorstep- The steak was awesome. It almost felt like I was dining at The Met in Seattle. Shipping steaks across state borders?-I wouldn't do it. I also wouldn't be too quick to buy clothes. My friend Sophie buys almost all her clothes off e-bay. Some new. Some used. either way its a bargain price compared to the retail stores. How do you know if will fit the same? used.... is it faded? stretched? She responds, "I usually go into the stores and try them on first..." but your right there?!? why not buy them at the store? It probably rounds off to the same dollar amount in gas, shipping costs, return costs(perhaps), not to mention an emotional toil if there's anything about them that was underdeliverd..
I think my biggest pet-peeve about shopping online- is the hassle of not getting what the person promised and having to ship it back. Paranoia kicks in -- back to where? whom? are they real?... too many scams out there. Ever read the book Bowling alone? Buying groceries online just because you can, not because you have to? really? I enjoy my willingness and ability to purchase (most) things in person.
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