Boron wrote:

> 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.


Yup...same here...this past winter I'd even order hooch delivered to my door via Amazon Prime Now...at first I thought it was "decadent", but it was storming outside, and their price was fairly competitive. Sometimes I'll order fresh items delivered, very handy in a pinch.

I order most pantry staples online, and as someone else mentioned I've also ordered Rustoleum for a small painting job.

I'm usually too shot from work to have the energy to run around shopping. And I am car - less here in the city, so Amazon Prime is a great help...essential, in fact.

I recently visited a local Barnes & Noble to check out some stuff, I found the whole retail experience extremely annoying, like ten chummy clerks chirping at me every few minutes, "Can I help you...are you finding what you want?". I know they are well - intentioned, but I don't care for a lot of useless human interaction, makes me weary.


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Greg