Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Why I Love Shopping Online as Many People Do

There is always going to be a love and hate relationship with online shopping. Meanwhile the thing that I love most and probably what mostly everyone enjoys from the benefit of online shopping is being able to shop without leaving the comfort of your own home.

Unfortunately the part about online shopping that I despise of the most is shipping. Waiting for a package to arrive from shipment seems to take forever. While on the other hand when you visit your local department store, you can walk out with your purchases the same exact day and not have to wait for the UPS man to make a delivery to your home.

I love shopping online via eBay and Amazon because I can usually find some great deals! I also love shopping online for different household items or decor! The only thing I don't like to shop for online is for clothing. There are some clothing stores that I buy online because there aren't any in the area, but usually I stick to shopping in the real stores so I can make sure the fit is correct. I hate having to send back items that don't fit properly. It's a pain. Other than improper fitting of clothing, I haven't had any other troubles while shopping online.

If I'm not buying something that can be found in a dollar store, or something that's easy to break while being shipped, yes. I just find shopping online more convenient and comfortable. Nothing is worse than being watched like a hawk by store clerks or being held up because the person at the cash register is giving the sales clerk a hard time. I also feel like it's much easier to spot deals online. I often find that there were things that I bought in store that I bought a few weeks ago for more money! That never fails to annoy me.

I usually check online prices for big ticket items. Usually I can find what I am looking for a much better price. I know it's not fair locally. Sometimes even less pricey things pan out. I bought my last printer online. I went to Walmart's website, ordered it and picked it up in the store the same day for ten dollars less because I had ordered it online. They actually had to send someone to the floor to pick it off the shelf and put it in back for me. What a hoot.

I prefer to shop online because of the lifestyle that we are living in today, we are always busy, so I like to shop online and get my things delivered to me. Another reason why I like to shop online is because I get to find the best deals compared to going to the shop and paying for a full price. It's fast and time consuming, I can can save time going to the store which might be miles away from my house, so it's much better to shop online. I don't have to wast time going to the shop, looking for the product, when I can do other things in that time while my order gets delivered to my door. 


I do prefer shopping online for known brands. I shop a lot on Amazon, Puritan's Pride, Vitacost, and a few other online stores. I am least likely to buy clothes online, but I do buy shoes online because I have big feet and Zappos is about the only place that I can find stylish shoes that fit me. The one place I will shop for clothes online is Maurices because I know what size I wear there and they are fairly consistent with sizing. 

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