Do you order online or are you oldskool?

Jay · 07-11-2009, 11:11 PM

I know online is the place to go for lower prices but I just can't resist walking into a shop and buying even if I pay more.

The fact that I have a place to return to should anything go wrong, I don't have to wait for delivery, when I want it i walk in and buy it.

Is anyone else the same or do you find you make most of your purchases online?

Hell my gf has now started doing the food shopping online

**Iccz** · 07-11-2009, 11:14 PM

Got half of my christmas shopping done and out of the way, just a few more bits to get done, all of it online.

I only go to the shops if I need to.

Jay · 07-11-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Iccz

Got half of my christmas shopping done and out of the way, just a few more bits to get done, all of it online.

I only go to the shops if I need to.

It seems like more and more people are going the same way as you, I mean it makes sense, cheaper prices, no trawling about the shops that are packed out during christmas.

But yet I still prefer to walk into a shop

danmc_82 · 07-11-2009, 11:16 PM

I get as much as possible online nowadays but I love going to the city centre around christmas, its very christmasy

qwerty321 · 07-11-2009, 11:22 PM

For clothes I definitely stick to shops. I purchased a shirt online once which was the first time I ordered any clothing online and didn't look anything like the picture so sent it back.

Unless it was the exact item of clothing I had seen in a shop I probably wouldn't bother.

Parents do food shopping instore.

Apart from that, everything else is online for me. Even my Dad is starting to buy tools from Amazon. He found some great bargains recently which he is well chuffed about!

Singh400 · 07-11-2009, 11:26 PM

If I can do it online (yes you can make jokes

), I can. But sometimes, instore is better

Sniper Ash6 · 07-11-2009, 11:28 PM

If its cheaper and easier then I'll order it online

If i can get it straight away in the shops then im happy to.

I see arguments for both sides really

CDR · 07-11-2009, 11:42 PM

For something that needs fitting (Clothing, footwear etc) In-store is better.. but online has more choices and less hassle, no chavs or 15yr olds with pushchairs pushing their way past!

addyb · 08-11-2009, 1:06 AM

Online all the way for me unless its something i absolutely have to have there and then!

Clothes, shoes, trainers etc will always be bought instore.

dejongj · 08-11-2009, 7:12 AM

I had to be in London yesterday, and yuk Oxford street is such a horrible place. Don't get why people flock there since each and every store can be found in each town in the uk...But hey ho...

Anyway as I was at Grosvenor square I though I pop in to look for a coat I wanted....Didn't have the size in the store...So I ordered it online from the same store in the size I wanted, utilising 4% Quidco cashback and a 15% discount voucher...Neither of which could be used in the store...

And yes all our supermarket food comes from Ocado, supplemented by fresh elements from two local farm shops....

riemann01 · 08-11-2009, 10:06 AM

Online

It is much cheaper and you can get quidco too! :D

deckingman · 08-11-2009, 12:07 PM

I'd rather gnaw my leg off than traipse around shops. Wherever possible, I let the keyboard do the work. Anything else, well that's what I employ a wife for.

I'll get my coat.....

krish · 08-11-2009, 1:04 PM

I bought my house online
... well not really, but it all came down to receiving and reading an email after subscribing online to a particular agent's mailing list

Almost everything that involves me parting with my cash has an online element
- learning of various "instore" bargains, financial/money-saving tips, banking and utilities virtually 100%, home/auto insurance 100% (especially since Quidco

).

Prefer not to purchase normal food online as I'm one of those obsessives about freshness and a resonable SBD/UBD/BBD (always grab items towards the back of the shelf

) which I wouldn't trust a shop-employed picker with .... but occasional special provisions or vino, I certainly have.

Clothing - usually grab quality bargains galore from US trips and outlets at Bicester Village and Braintree Freeport.

If it saves time and money (after Quidco cashback

) but doesn't compromise on quality it's a no-brainer for me.

Fozzybear · 08-11-2009, 1:11 PM

I went through a long period of buying pretty much everything online but after increasing amount of faff with deliveries, delays and problems with broken stuff I mostly stopped buying online some time ago and now I'll buy from a shop if I can, unless it's really, really cheap online. But even then I'll mostly just decide to live without it - a lot of the stuff I bought online I only bought because it was cheap, most of it was stuff I didn't need and I still have a huge pile of dvds I haven't watched from that period.

For me a lot of the benefit was that it 'felt' hassle-free somehow, that I didn't have to go into town and face crowds in overheated shops, not just that it was cheap. I started finding that I was looking at stuff online and wondering "if I order it when will I get it, will it be the right thing, how will they deliver and will I have to go to a depot to pick it up, will it be in one piece, how much agro will it be to send back?"... and then I'd just decide I didn't really want whatever it was anyway. A few times I also found I'd order something, say Dark Knight on DVD cheap, it would turn up in a bit of a state and then within a few weeks it was cheaper in one of the sales in town.

PoochJD · 08-11-2009, 1:47 PM

Hi,

I buy most of my DVD's online, and most of my music requirements too, but I also still use high-street shops for plenty of things like magazines and books; food and drink, and other similar items.

Sometimes the ability to actually handle, examine and buy an item right there and then, even for a bit more money, is still an enjoyable experience.

Pooch

**IronGiant** · 08-11-2009, 3:46 PM

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Originally Posted by krish

I bought my house online

Bloody hell, the delivery charge must have been crippling...

Singh400 · 08-11-2009, 4:23 PM

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Originally Posted by IronGiant

Bloody hell, the delivery charge must have been crippling...

Silly mod, free delivery!

Toon · 08-11-2009, 4:31 PM

Mainly oldskool.

shahedz · 08-11-2009, 6:23 PM

online where ever possible! Hate the head ache of going into shops!

johnny-17 · 09-11-2009, 12:02 AM

Mostly shops, occasionally online.

I still prefer to see stuff first and I'm not always around to take deliveries etc.
I know it's a 'man thing' to avoid shops, but the human interaction isn't an issue for me and online is usually my choice if I can't find what I want in-store.

Online is good for a lot of things but I would't like to think it was my only option.

kayzee · 09-11-2009, 12:14 AM

Always online... only time I've been into shops this year is when I've had vouchers I can't spend online!

Although I did go in a shop to today with my brother as he wanted a new TV. Found a 40" LG LCD for £400... not bad. Within 15 minutes online when I got home I had found a 42" LG plasma for £360

ya just can't beat online!

Ian J · 09-11-2009, 7:23 AM

I'm old fashioned and still believe that it's the thought that counts and not much thought goes into a few mouse clicks.

kayzee · 09-11-2009, 8:44 AM

If I do wanna feel the product as it were... I'll go into town, look at it, then come home and order it for a cheaper price.

Recent example saw a pair of jeans I liked, £50 a pair. Came home, found a deal two pairs for £60 (of the same make)

BamBamMickey · 09-11-2009, 12:13 PM

As long as it's cheap, i don't care.
ie. i will go and get it if it's cheaper, or online if it's cheaper.

mark1080p · 09-11-2009, 12:21 PM

Shop Online all the way...Absolutely HATE shopping in town because:
1) Far more expensive.
2) Pay to park your car.
3) lose your wife in clothes shops.
4) find her, to then lose her again in Yankee Candle trying to buy Xmas smelling candles.
5) shop queues are 10x longer than normal.
6) 10x more dawdlers who block aisles.
7) Old people Still cant grap the concept of escalators..

Rant Over

Most peeps wanted cds, cameras, dvds, games & blurays.. so play.com/the hut etc are absolute saviours. I have now done ALL xmas shopping.

orpheus · 09-11-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian J

I'm old fashioned and still believe that it's the thought that counts and not much thought goes into a few mouse clicks.

Exactly why I don't buy anything for my Brothers. This normally amounts to swapping gift vouchers or computer games. What's the point?

**Iccz** · 09-11-2009, 1:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian J

I'm old fashioned and still believe that it's the thought that counts and not much thought goes into a few mouse clicks.

I don't care too much about the thought going into things I want to buy, I know what I want for myself most of the time and browsing online and buying online make life easier for me.

As with presents for people, isn't it the thought that goes into the present and now how you got it what matters?
You could still end up with the same product at the end of the day, just maybe at a different price and without having to have gone out?

Chadford · 09-11-2009, 1:11 PM

Shops

Shops (much like ordering Chicken In a good restaurant) are for people that don't know what they really want.

orpheus · 09-11-2009, 1:14 PM

The main advantage to shops for me, is that you can talk face to face with people in the event of problems. These days I've come to expect problems with most goods I buy. Buying online often makes the process of resolving after-sales problems more difficult.

Chadford · 09-11-2009, 1:17 PM

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Originally Posted by orpheus

The main advantage to shops for me, is that you can talk face to face with people in the event of problems. These days I've come to expect problems with most goods I buy. Buying online often makes the process of resolving after-sales problems more difficult.

In my experience that's Just not true - in fact totally the opposite.