"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>> news >>>>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:35:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>>>>>> > At least one Indian grocery I checked at didn't have it. Should I
>>>>>> > be
>>>>>> > searching for Mideastern stores instead, or what?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > One thing I use it for is baked custard - but it's good for
>>>>>> > sprinkling
>>>>>> > over fruit salad too. With rose water and maybe a little sugar.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Lenona.
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>>>>>> I got them online but can't remember where.
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>>>>> It's plastered all over the internet. Normal people want to buy
>>>>> things in person.
>>>>
>>>> Well I don't know what you mean by "normal" people but online
>>>> businesses are outselling the brick and mortar places and putting them
>>>> out of business.
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>>>> Why should I go to a store when I can spend a lot less time and no gas
>>>> to get it delivered to me? And usually for free? And usually in a way
>>>> that will benefit me? Like through Swagbucks so that I can get gift
>>>> cards for Amazon.com? Usually costs less money too. Win win.
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>>> Me too. Normal people don't wander around stores looking for things that
>>> a lot of stores don't even carry. It makes for crabby people in my
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> Cheri
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>> Indeed! Heck, my elderly parents even do a lot of online shopping. My
>> dad needed new pants and shoes. My mom ordered them online and that
>> saved her a lot of time. She did look in stores and couldn't find the
>> shoes anywhere. She could find the pants but one pair here and one pair
>> there.
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>> Yes, I do go to Target almost every week but our store is one of the
>> smaller ones. The last few things I bought from them were not even in
>> stock in my store. Sure it takes me a few days to get the order if I
>> order online but... That's better to me than having to drive to some
>> other city. I'll do it if there is an immediate need but I try to plan
>> ahead so there is rarely an immediate need.
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> I do grocery shopping, etc., go to Costco and places like that every so
> often, but I don't like to shop or browse stores at all. I prefer to buy
> online for non-perishables...oh, and I'm normal, in spite of shopping
> online. LOL

Me too. Having worked in retail for so many years, hanging out in a store
is not my cup of tea. And I especially dislike malls. Used to be that I
liked to go into little gift shops but after my husband pointed out that
these days you can get pretty much anything, anywhere and I realized that he
was right, those gift shops lost their appeal. Perhaps if we are on
vacation or something and have nothing better to do, then I might go in one.
Otherwise I find that I can do a lot better with gift shopping or unusual
items online. If I didn't get my compression hose online, I'd be paying
three times the price and getting stockings that hurt my feet. The only
ones I can find in any stores in the compression I need are the Jobst and
you have to go to some medical supply place to get those. Yes, most
drugstores sell compression hose but only in a higher or lower compression
than what I need.