My boyfriend and I were talking the other day about how he need to get
an external hard drive. Simple enough...I referenced him to NewEgg.com
as this is where I was referred to when I bought mine. The site is
great: easy to navigate, consumer ratings and comments, variety of
brands and options and best of all, great prices compared to any store
he would find around here. Why NOT purchase his external online???
His
response: There's no fun in shopping anymore...what's the point of
going to a store when everything is cheaper online...I miss shopping
when I can go to the store and LOOK at what I want to buy...it's taking
out half the fun!
I was thinking about this, and it's totally
true. Shopping online usually DOES have the best price. And like
places such as NewEgg.com, the prices are significantly cheaper than any
store we can find and usually there is no shipping. In addition, if
you can be patient for 3-4 days, the shipping is pretty timely as well.
But I do miss the days of spending too long driving around to stores to
find the exact thing you want at the best price...but there is almost no
point now. I'll go look because I can, but I usually end up buying
them online anyways. Even Google has made it easier with their iPhone
application: the Google Product Search. A person can literally stand in a
store, enter the product they want and find all the prices and
locations of where they can be found. Why would someone purchase the
product in front of them when it's $50 cheaper on a website?
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