Do you shop online over going to the store?

United States
February 2, 2007 3:59pm CST
I have to say I'm guilty of being an internet shop-a-holic. I frequent sites like Ebay and Amazon and look for the best deals I find online before I hit the stores. I look to see if I can save some extra money. I only go to the stores if I can't find what I'm looking for online at a cheaper price. Do you guys comparison shop like this? Anyone have any tips on how to find better deals?
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11 responses
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Yes I do a comparison online and find they are usually much cheaper. I start with shopping the actual stores I may shop at offline. A lot of times they are cheaper online. Then I go to the clubs like Sam's, then on to ebay and amazon. I have a lot of good deals online compared to the stores.
@cabergren (1181)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Sometimes I like to shop online to find the best price. Then I will go to that store and buy what I was looking for. It saves time and gas not to have to go from store to store. But I also shop online. It is so fast and convenient.
• United States
3 Feb 07
For me, it depends. I still do all or most of my food shopping at the local supermarket or some other stores. The only other shopping I have done was maybe gifts. Depending on what I wanted to get & how much time I had depended on going online or going to the store. If I had a lot of time taking shipping into condieration, I bought online. If I needed it immediately, i would get it from a store. Before Tower Records closed up, I did most of my shopping online. There was a lot more available online than from the local Tower Records stores. Not only that. If I bought a nice bundle, it the discounts made up a whole lot more than the shipping charges.
@SageMother (2277)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I don't usually buy clothing or shoes online but mostly crafts items and make up ingredients. I sent awauy for a kit to blend my own mineral make up and once I get the hang of it, I will just buy the ingredients and blend it from sctach. I figure I will save over 50% compared to what they charge for the I.D. Bare Minerals finished product on the home shopping network. I also buy all of my essential and base oils online, mainly because I am too lay to go over to the local pagan shop to buy the stuff, and it is cheaper online because I am not paying for a fancy bottle.
3 Feb 07
I nearly always look online at prices before I try looking in shops. It's so much more convenient to just compare websites than to trundle round the shops, writing down prices everywher eyou go. I generally use a kelkoo search to find the product prices, compare them on ciao, and then buy online using quidco to get cashback.
@ekwits (510)
• Thailand
12 Feb 07
I prefer to go shopping outside because u won't know what quality product is gonna be when you shop in internet.
@Timinator (739)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I rarely ever shop, but when I do, it is almost always online. I buy college text books at amazon because the used prices there are half of what they are in stores. I also like to browse the selections of stores like circuit city online. You just type in what you want and there it is. It is much easier than driving to the store to see what they have.
• United States
2 Feb 07
I like to look online first, then go to the store and see if I can find what I'm looking for. Saves money on shipping and handling that way.
• United States
3 Feb 07
I'm a big shopper online. I like to compare everything and try and find the best deals for products. Even if I don't find a really great deal, I like to get the best product for my money. So I'll research brands and everything before I really decide which one I'd like to buy.
@Vhaeos (153)
• United States
2 Feb 07
The main reason I prefer online shopping is because generally it has such a better selection then any local store. Futhremore, generally the prices are better, too. (Especially when it comes to electronics. Big name stores aren't so great.)
@taramoon (740)
• Spain
2 Feb 07
I'm a online shopaholic to, i love amazon, and www.qvc.com or www.qvc.co.uk