Not just for Pipes/Tobacco but overall. We’ve had it for a number of years now, what’s your opinion?
I think where there’s no physical product involved it’s generally a good thing (electronic files/TV streaming etc) but I can’t quite see that the positives outweigh the negatives yet when there is a physical product
I think for large scale one-off purchases, online is good (but Ironically I think we’re less likely to buy this type of thing online) however I believe that for our consumables & things we use every day then online shopping is not the way forward
Sure my choice of potential suppliers has soared as has the range & options of any product I’m interested in but it seems the hassles have soared too with stresses and worries about deliveries, incorrect items, delays, returns, customer service levels.
It’s not that long ago I never used to buy something without the product being in my hand. I can touch it, feel it smell it etc etc, thanks v much here’s my money. My choice was naturally limited to whatever is in the store be it 2, 5 or 10 (even none) Do I even need 200 of xyz to choose from (obviously the answer is no I don’t ‘need’ it) but do I even ‘want’ 200 to choose from, well after a little thought it’s a resounding 'no' here too, I don’t really want 200 to choose from (ignorance was indeed bliss)
Generally when there’s 5 or 10 to choose from I have to dismiss 4 or 9 as unsuitable or not quite as good as... Now with 200 I’m still only buying 1 so that’s 199 I have to spend time dismissing & even if I bulk up & buy 5 I still have to eliminate 194
I’m spending more time rejecting items not to buy online than I ever spent buying in person, so it’s not as ‘quick & easy’ as they’d have us believe
& to tobacco… with just a few brands available locally & having to wait to try others when you go out of town or on vacation, was it really that bad? Do you really need the option of sourcing 200 different kinds while sitting on the can, is your life that enriched, are the savings that great that it’s worth the loss of a local store
Jeez I clearly remember the store I got my first shirt/tie for my first day of work, will any of the folks starting work next Monday remember their purchase in 30-40 years?
Maybe it’s just nostalgia but I miss the knowledgeable 40 something bloke or woman behind a counter where they’d been for 20+ years and would sell you 8 loose countersunk 30mm x-head screws from a bucket instead of having to buy a pack of 25 or 4 yards of rope/cable instead of pre-packed 50mtr roll or weigh out the tobacco or candy or adjust those trousers before you buy them or whatever it is
(that same person is now running round a warehouse the size of 10 football pitches with a gps pedometer attached to their ass that makes an 86db bleeping noise when they visit the toilets for longer than 4 minutes because the website promised delivery 800 miles away in 37 hours and the whole internet will bloody know about it if its late… just so it can be returned 3 days later because they don’t fit/don’t like the colour etc etc… Is that really what we imagined when they touted online shopping to us?
Yes for those with limited mobility and other difficulties you can see plenty of benefits in online shopping (although in the past these people were helped by friends & neighbours anyway and that doesn’t happen anymore either)
I fear as a society we may have already gone too far in decimating the stores and shops from our towns leaving just retail corporations & cities to shop in after traveling 50miles
? Happy New Year
I think where there’s no physical product involved it’s generally a good thing (electronic files/TV streaming etc) but I can’t quite see that the positives outweigh the negatives yet when there is a physical product
I think for large scale one-off purchases, online is good (but Ironically I think we’re less likely to buy this type of thing online) however I believe that for our consumables & things we use every day then online shopping is not the way forward
Sure my choice of potential suppliers has soared as has the range & options of any product I’m interested in but it seems the hassles have soared too with stresses and worries about deliveries, incorrect items, delays, returns, customer service levels.
It’s not that long ago I never used to buy something without the product being in my hand. I can touch it, feel it smell it etc etc, thanks v much here’s my money. My choice was naturally limited to whatever is in the store be it 2, 5 or 10 (even none) Do I even need 200 of xyz to choose from (obviously the answer is no I don’t ‘need’ it) but do I even ‘want’ 200 to choose from, well after a little thought it’s a resounding 'no' here too, I don’t really want 200 to choose from (ignorance was indeed bliss)
Generally when there’s 5 or 10 to choose from I have to dismiss 4 or 9 as unsuitable or not quite as good as... Now with 200 I’m still only buying 1 so that’s 199 I have to spend time dismissing & even if I bulk up & buy 5 I still have to eliminate 194
I’m spending more time rejecting items not to buy online than I ever spent buying in person, so it’s not as ‘quick & easy’ as they’d have us believe
& to tobacco… with just a few brands available locally & having to wait to try others when you go out of town or on vacation, was it really that bad? Do you really need the option of sourcing 200 different kinds while sitting on the can, is your life that enriched, are the savings that great that it’s worth the loss of a local store
Jeez I clearly remember the store I got my first shirt/tie for my first day of work, will any of the folks starting work next Monday remember their purchase in 30-40 years?
Maybe it’s just nostalgia but I miss the knowledgeable 40 something bloke or woman behind a counter where they’d been for 20+ years and would sell you 8 loose countersunk 30mm x-head screws from a bucket instead of having to buy a pack of 25 or 4 yards of rope/cable instead of pre-packed 50mtr roll or weigh out the tobacco or candy or adjust those trousers before you buy them or whatever it is
(that same person is now running round a warehouse the size of 10 football pitches with a gps pedometer attached to their ass that makes an 86db bleeping noise when they visit the toilets for longer than 4 minutes because the website promised delivery 800 miles away in 37 hours and the whole internet will bloody know about it if its late… just so it can be returned 3 days later because they don’t fit/don’t like the colour etc etc… Is that really what we imagined when they touted online shopping to us?
Yes for those with limited mobility and other difficulties you can see plenty of benefits in online shopping (although in the past these people were helped by friends & neighbours anyway and that doesn’t happen anymore either)
I fear as a society we may have already gone too far in decimating the stores and shops from our towns leaving just retail corporations & cities to shop in after traveling 50miles
? Happy New Year