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pros and cons of Christmas shopping online

Posted on January 31, 2010 - Posted in Shopping - Posted by online-store-online-shopping-store

pros and cons of Christmas shopping online

I recently discovered the world of online shopping. I could not find a product I wanted in Canada so I went online and low and behold there it was. So I ordered it and it arrived a few days later by the post lady. Since it was electronics I thought there was no more to pay. Well if she wasn’t blonde and pretty I would have argued about the taxes I had to pay. Dumb me the taxes were our sales tax and goods and services tax. Oh well, I paid and got my product and I’m happy.

So then I told some friends about my shopping spree and they stated , oh my you have to give out your credit information and personal information. So I tried to explain encryption to one of my friends and stated it was secure unless a good hacker wanted my pennies. He gave me a funny look and I said you don’t know what i’m talking about, and its the same as if I asked you about installing a carburetor. He said whats a carburetor.

Well we laughed and as the conversations continued he started having interest as to what I was saying. I’m not a computer guru so we got down to shopping which he loves to do.

I explained the ins and outs of the process and he said well it sounds great. After explaining that it is great as when its snows you don’t have to leave your house , not even to pick it up. It comes to your door. Well he was thrilled at the idea.

We both agreed on the thought of online shopping, but what about those decorations in the store, the music, those little dolls that kids press and make them sing. We might miss them. As well as all the people we might meet as we pushed and shoved our way through the aisles on our way to the check out.

Well that struck a note of fear in our eyes and both again agreed, lets shop online and wait for the after Christmas sales to arrive when we can shop at leisure for that particular item we forgot, and then go and sit down at home and have a favorite beverage and go back to the computer to enjoy those decorations that the websites forgot to change.

I guess online or in person shopping has its advantages and disadvantages. I prefer my computer chair.

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Just a regular fellow retired on disability who has a computer hobby

pros and cons of Christmas shopping online by Greg Wood

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