On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:00:20 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> wrote:

>I could practically buy everything I need online...... apart from the fact
>I like going shopping to see what's new around, and to smell/taste new
>things.
>
>As stated in a previous thread, I just ...
>
>bought my BIL 3 cases of wine for his b'day ($129 delivered to the door!!),
>bought some more cheese making product,
>bought myself a new pair of New Balance shoes ($80 delivered),
>
>All in the space of 15mins!!

>The shopping is *endless*!!!


Retail sales is undergoing drastic changes. Good for the buyer, not so
good for the guy paying rent at a big store.

In the past few weeks I upgraded my wife's coffee drinking. Retail
stores carry the major brands and are mediocre. Going on like, I
found dozens of appliances and brand I never heard of. I bought her
an espresso machine, a grinder, and the drip coffee maker shipped
today. Even the coffee came direct from the Kona grower.
(Smithfarms.com)

Even my tea comes from teatrader.com Good price, great selection and
quality and just a few thousand miles away in another country.

I'd like to buy locally, but they just don't have some of the items
available. Rather than drive 50 to 100 miles, just a click and it
comes to the door.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:00:20 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> > wrote:
>
>>I could practically buy everything I need online...... apart from the fact
>>I like going shopping to see what's new around, and to smell/taste new
>>things.
>>
>>As stated in a previous thread, I just ...
>>
>>bought my BIL 3 cases of wine for his b'day ($129 delivered to the
>>door!!),
>>bought some more cheese making product,
>>bought myself a new pair of New Balance shoes ($80 delivered),
>>
>>All in the space of 15mins!!
>
>>The shopping is *endless*!!!
>
>
> Retail sales is undergoing drastic changes. Good for the buyer, not so
> good for the guy paying rent at a big store.
>
> In the past few weeks I upgraded my wife's coffee drinking. Retail
> stores carry the major brands and are mediocre. Going on like, I
> found dozens of appliances and brand I never heard of. I bought her
> an espresso machine, a grinder, and the drip coffee maker shipped
> today. Even the coffee came direct from the Kona grower.
> (Smithfarms.com)
>
> Even my tea comes from teatrader.com Good price, great selection and
> quality and just a few thousand miles away in another country.
>
> I'd like to buy locally, but they just don't have some of the items
> available. Rather than drive 50 to 100 miles, just a click and it
> comes to the door.

With the price of gas, it makes sense to buy online, especially if the
seller is offering free shipping. Which many do! I don't know how they can
manage to do that but I sure do take advantage of it. Also for gifts that I
send to other states, I try to order online and have the items shipped
directly there. The price I have to pay for postage is obscene! The only
exception I make to this is for my MIL because I usually buy her clothing
and it has to be labeled with her name. So I just suck it up and do pay the
postage for her gifts. I can't send her food items because she is on a very
strict, special diet. Her medical condition is such that she chokes on
regular food. And sadly she is not even allowed to be around regular food
because she will try to eat it. She almost died, choking on something she
shouldn't have. She does like to give out little gifts we used to take her
little packets of candies, cookies, crackers, little bottles of lotion and
the like when we lived close enough to visit. But we were asked to stop
bringing the food because she was sometimes eating it. I do send her
flowers once in a while though.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:00:20 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I could practically buy everything I need online...... apart from the
>>>fact I like going shopping to see what's new around, and to
>>>smell/taste new things.
>>>
>>>As stated in a previous thread, I just ...
>>>
>>>bought my BIL 3 cases of wine for his b'day ($129 delivered to the
>>>door!!),
>>>bought some more cheese making product,
>>>bought myself a new pair of New Balance shoes ($80 delivered),
>>>
>>>All in the space of 15mins!!
>>
>>>The shopping is *endless*!!!
>>
>>
>> Retail sales is undergoing drastic changes. Good for the buyer, not
>> so good for the guy paying rent at a big store.
>>
>> In the past few weeks I upgraded my wife's coffee drinking. Retail
>> stores carry the major brands and are mediocre. Going on like, I
>> found dozens of appliances and brand I never heard of. I bought her
>> an espresso machine, a grinder, and the drip coffee maker shipped
>> today. Even the coffee came direct from the Kona grower.
>> (Smithfarms.com)
>>
>> Even my tea comes from teatrader.com Good price, great selection and
>> quality and just a few thousand miles away in another country.
>>
>> I'd like to buy locally, but they just don't have some of the items
>> available. Rather than drive 50 to 100 miles, just a click and it
>> comes to the door.
>
> With the price of gas, it makes sense to buy online, especially if the
> seller is offering free shipping. Which many do! I don't know how
> they can manage to do that but I sure do take advantage of it.



Same same.

If postage is too high, I don't bother.




--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 03:19:14 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> wrote:

>"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:00:20 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>I could practically buy everything I need online...... apart from the
>>>>fact I like going shopping to see what's new around, and to
>>>>smell/taste new things.
>>>>
>>>>As stated in a previous thread, I just ...
>>>>
>>>>bought my BIL 3 cases of wine for his b'day ($129 delivered to the
>>>>door!!),
>>>>bought some more cheese making product,
>>>>bought myself a new pair of New Balance shoes ($80 delivered),
>>>>
>>>>All in the space of 15mins!!
>>>
>>>>The shopping is *endless*!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> Retail sales is undergoing drastic changes. Good for the buyer, not
>>> so good for the guy paying rent at a big store.
>>>
>>> In the past few weeks I upgraded my wife's coffee drinking. Retail
>>> stores carry the major brands and are mediocre. Going on like, I
>>> found dozens of appliances and brand I never heard of. I bought her
>>> an espresso machine, a grinder, and the drip coffee maker shipped
>>> today. Even the coffee came direct from the Kona grower.
>>> (Smithfarms.com)
>>>
>>> Even my tea comes from teatrader.com Good price, great selection and
>>> quality and just a few thousand miles away in another country.
>>>
>>> I'd like to buy locally, but they just don't have some of the items
>>> available. Rather than drive 50 to 100 miles, just a click and it
>>> comes to the door.
>>
>> With the price of gas, it makes sense to buy online, especially if the
>> seller is offering free shipping. Which many do! I don't know how
>> they can manage to do that but I sure do take advantage of it.
>
>
>
>Same same.
>
>If postage is too high, I don't bother.

How can shipping costs be higher than driving store to store... my
last fill up cost $4.03/gal for regular, I can't hardly drive anywhere
with two gallons of petrol.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:



> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!

Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:03:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!
>
>Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
>best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
>postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
>much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.

Agreed-- and when you look at the comparative cost to the pony
express, or Franklin's original rates in the 1700s, it is a steal.

I don't mail nearly as much as I used to, but I think postage is *way*
too low. Especially 1st class. Door to door for 3000+miles for less
than 1/2 a dollar? [and probably in 2-3 days] The buy of the
century.

the chart on this page only goes back to 1880-- it gets worse before
that, but there wasn't a real fixed rate-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History..._postage_rates

Jim

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
news
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!
>
> Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
> best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
> postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
> much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.


Not to mention, you can often find free shipping codes for many online
sites. Just google the name of the company + shipping codes.

Jill

In article >,
says...
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> news
> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!
> >
> > Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
> > best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
> > postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
> > much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.
>
>
> Not to mention, you can often find free shipping codes for many online
> sites. Just google the name of the company + shipping codes.

Especially if you share an order with a friend, to reach the "free
postage" level of spend.

Janet

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:54:52 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> news
>> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!
>> >
>> > Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
>> > best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
>> > postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
>> > much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.
>>
>>
>> Not to mention, you can often find free shipping codes for many online
>> sites. Just google the name of the company + shipping codes.
>
> Especially if you share an order with a friend, to reach the "free
>postage" level of spend.

With many items I simply order two, I'm going to use both anyway and
saves me from having to order so often, also saves money because
typically on the next order the price is higher. I get all my OTC
drugs and toiletries that way, lots of pet foods too, my cats like
Greenies treats, so I buy bulk, Amazon is cheaper than any other
store.

On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:03:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:12:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> The price I have to pay for postage is obscene!
>
>Do you pay more than the rest of us? I think postage is one of the
>best bargains around. How far can you drive with the money spent on
>postage? $4 for gas gets me a delivery of 14 miles on way. That
>much in postage gets me hundreds of miles for a small package.

The USPS will even give you cartons for free and all you can fit for
one low price. I keep a stock of the various sized cartons, saves me
driving to the post office, I leave the carton in my rural mailbox
with my check taped to the carton, the PO carrier handles it. There
are three places in town here for UPS drop off. Many on line sellers
will email a label for free returns, Amazon does.

"Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>With the price of gas, it makes sense to buy online, especially if the
>seller is offering free shipping. Which many do! I don't know how they can
>manage to do that.

Far less overhead, they ship directly from a warehouse. Even when
paying for shipping it costs less than driving, and is far less a risk
of an accident unless one is prone to falling off their PC chair. I
like shopping on line because my time has value... driving all over
creation to find what I want stops me from shopping stores altogether.
I buy as much as possible on line. And on line it's much easier to
compare prices. Lat week I bought a new weather station on line and
saved about $20. La Crosse works great right out of the box:
http://www.windandweather.com/Weathe...103_C9041.html
Do NOT buy anything from Ambient Weather.
Within the next week I will be ordering an impact wrench and a set of
metric sockets... will make it far easier to remove the blades from my
mowers for sharpening.
http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-9072...3321963&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Ingersoll-Rand...3322581&sr=8-2
I enjoy on line shopping, I haven't been to a maul in more than 20
years