"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Boron wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:27:22 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:57:26 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 9/1/2017 10:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I ordered a coffee grinder yesterday (8/31) at about 2 P.M. It
>> will >>> be delivered today. I ordered one of those metal lemon/lime
>> squeezers >>> about an hour after I ordered the coffee grinder. It
>> will be here >>> tomorrow. The reason I didn't order anything until
>> after 2 was >>> because my husband thought we should go out and see
>> if I could get >>> what I wanted locally. Out of stock at one place
>> and twice as costly >>> at another. Bah! Stay at home and shop and
>> let the stuff come to >>> you.
>> >>> Janet US
>> >>>
>> > >
>> > > I like to support local businesses, but often I can't. Amazon
>> > > has most everything at a good price and in stock. Malls are
>> > > closing all over these days. I buy from the seller that offers
>> > > me the best deal for me.
>> > >
>> > > Lemons at the Stop & Shop are 79 cents. At WaMart they are 35
>> > > cents. Same size, same color.
>> > >
>> > > What kind of coffee grinder did you get?
>> >
>> > Krups. Nothing fancy, just a kitchen tool. The one that died this
>> > week is a Krups and I like it. I've had it for 8-10 years. I could
>> > have gotten it from Costco.com but the delivery is slower.
>> > I always get my lemons from Costco as I can't duplicate size or
>> > quality elsewhere --
>> > 9.26 a.m., coffee grinder just arrived!!!!! Hooray. Coffee this
>> > morning :-)
>> > Janet US
>>
>>
>> I used to be quite torn when I ordered from Amazon or other online
>> retailer, thinking I might be harming business at local merchants,
>> then came to believe that by shopping at any one local merchant over
>> other local ones could have a similar impact. I stopped fighting it.
>>
>> I order 90% of my non-food items online these days. It just isn't
>> worth the effort to schlep around going from store to store looking
>> for exactly what I want or trying to get a better price.
>
>
> Now that's the one I won't do. I enjoy grocery shopping! I do take
> the drudgery out though with some repeat items at a good price on
> Amazon.

I get some things online such as heavy cases of water and cat litter. And
it's cheaper for me to get some shelf stable things that way, plus I often
get Swagbucks for shopping and I redeem them for Amazon gift cards. I have
used Prime Now for groceries a few times. Mostly when I didn't feel up to
going out. Only problem was when they didn't deliver the almond milk and
that was rather needed for the smoothie that Angela wanted. She got all the
rest of the ingredients. Just not that.