Shopping from the Comfort of my Computer Chair
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
United States
December 1, 2007 3:46pm CST
I just ordered 3 more gifts. Love the convenience of online shopping. I have to pick up the pants I order for my grandson at JC Penney's. That is a small price to pay for saving a buck on shipping. The book I ordered for my mother will be delivered to my home. I was fortunate to have some money in my PayPal account and ordered it from Barnes and Noble. I am keeping a list of the things I purchase so to keep the amounts equal.
Do you order gifts online? Have you ever checked out the stores that you can make purchases and pay with your PayPal? There are quite a few.
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14 responses
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
1 Dec 07
Yeah I do a lot of Christmas shopping online. I didn't know that JC Penney took paypal. I will have to take a look at them myself this year. I go to Amazon alot myself and to Overstock.com. Overstock.com takes paypal also. I got my neice a barbie video movie from there.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
1 Dec 07
I am a big time internet shopper. With gas prices the way they are right now, it makes sense to purchase online and have it delivered to your door. There are so many stores that have free shippin if you just keep your eyes open.
I too love the stores that accept paypal. I have been purchasing my husbands BIPAP machine masks online and using my paypal account for a couple years now.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
1 Dec 07
Thanks for the information I didn't know you could make purchases with paypal! Wow you learn something new every day! I love the beauty of being able to avoid the crowds, the mad dash, the mad frenzy of rushing around to get all the presents before Christmas Day, just being able to sit in the warm with a hot drink as you calmly peruse the sites looking for gifts! No comparison, happy shopping!
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I do as much of my shopping online as possible and I LOVE IT! Especially this time of year and winter time in general, even after the Christmas rush, because I hate being out in the cold to go shopping. I wasn't aware of what stores accept PayPal but I have a PayPal debit card so that's what I usually use anyway. I sure beats fighting the traffic and spending most of your money for gas, doesn't it?
Annie
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
2 Dec 07
Hello Elusive butterfly. I have never tried to buy anything online yet, but I think that I will give it a try some day when I have got enough earnings on my paypal. I am inexperienced about online shopping and do not have much trust in the products that they provide us with as it is one of the disadvantages that we can not see the items in real, but pictures only.
So based on your own experience, could you please let me know more about online shopping, like how about the quality of the product that you buy? Are you always satisfied with the things that you got online? Do they overcharge the transfer of the item you buy and such?
Thanks for your discussion and response in advance. Good weekend.
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@running727 (2)
• China
2 Dec 07
Yeah!I love shopping.But I have not bought anything except software online.It would be a long time to get the thing you bought.I can not hold on.
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
3 Dec 07
I love ordering gifts online. That saves me time and also I don't feel like I have to fight the crowds this time of year. I ordered some things off ABC Distributing and Walmart.com for some people for christmas. I'd much rather order online then go to the stores to get stuff.
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I also do some of my shopping online. Just the other day I got both of my grandsons Christmas gift from walmart. The shipping was fee and I got it send right at my door. The shipping was only 98cents.And on top of it it was 10.00 dollars cheaper online. I use my credit card. I dont have a paypal account, but I have to get one now.
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@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I love shopping online. I don't have to worry about stores being sold out, or waiting in long lines. The only thing I hate about online shopping is the shipping costs. Sometimes they are outrageous. That, and sometimes I have to have that gift right now and it doesn't always happen that way. It's rather frustrating to say the least. However, I like shopping online because I like using my Paypal money that I get from online ventures to make purchases. It's relatively easy and a lot less hassle.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I do a lot of my online shopping through EBay, but I also do some of it through a couple of other online merchants as well. I always use PayPal to pay for my online purchases. Usually I can save money by buying online, and I don't have to fight the store crowds either. The only thing I worry about is whether or not the items I order will be here in time for Christmas because I have had a couple of bad experiences with backordered gifts before. Usually I don't have a problem though.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I have Christmas shopped a little bit online this year. I bought my 10 year old step daughter a digital video camera and my 8 year old son a sewing machine through JC Penney. We had a coupon for free shipping and there was a sale.
I keep meaning to look up the stores that take PayPal but I keep forgetting to do it! I looked quite awhile back when I was looking for sites that I could use PayPal to buy plane tickets on. Thanks for reminding me to look again!
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@BlueStarMom1 (931)
• United States
2 Dec 07
I do a lot of shopping on line. I love the ease of doing it at my own pace and when I have time. I order a lot during the year, not just at Christmas. I use a credit card but pay pal is a good avenue to. I don't really care for shopping and when I have to I have a list and practically run through the stores so I can get out. I love shopping on the inter-net and how easy it is to compare prices from other sites. It sure beat running from store to store to try to find the best prices.
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
3 Dec 07
I have to confes I have never liked shopping online cause I didn't want my checking or cc info out there in cyber space. But once selling on Ebay and payPal I learned some tricks of the trade and now do it when I need to. I figure you dont' have to pay state sales tax if you shop on line. State law, not mine. And you pay shipping instead of the gas and car wear and time to go to the store to get it so that is an even exchange. With PayPal, i put only in there what I intend to spend. If hackers get to it before I do, not much I can do about it- i could get mugged and loose it to. But at least they can only take the little that is there instead of a whole credit line. So I I like doing it when I can. Makes things alot easier nad faster and I just have to wait for the item, which, good grief, what's wrong with that!? I have to go order Sweet Home Alabama for my daughter. She said they've watched it so much iti s starting to skip and wear out! On line and have it here by friday or hit how many stores searching for it and spending gas and time in line and so much time to do it!