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Home > Smart Spending > Archives > 2008 > December > 01 > Entry
DEL.ICIO.USAvoid Long Lines With Online Shopping — And Save
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While many of you braved the ravenous Thanksgiving weekend mall-ers in dogged pursuit of holiday gifts, I chilled in the comfort of my home office and knocked off much of my list with online shopping.
‘Twas a time when Mr. Cheapskatin’ shied away from Internet consumerism because shipping charges often wiped out any savings. Now, my go-to site, Amazon, ships at no charge if a minimum purchase amount is exceeded. Its limits usually are low enough if you buy one nice gift or a few cheaper ones. I noticed that others, such as PriceGrabber, pitch all free shipping.
Do you do Amazon? If not, what is your cyberspace shopping destination?
One hassle with Amazon: If you select multiple gifts to be sent to one address, make sure they are not mailed separately. You might be assessed fees unexpectedly because the total amount does not apply to divvied-up shipping.
With packages sent gratis, you can save substantially over the fuel costs for transportation to and from brick-and-mortar stores.
I remain hesitant to buy clothes online, assuming recipients are like me in preferring to try them on for size. But there isn’t much else I would avoid purchasing with a few clicks of the keyboard.
Today happens to be Cyber Monday, the online shopping version of Black Friday. Let us know if you find some awesome deals, especially compared to your Friday hunting.
Have you resisted the online gift-buying wave?
If so, you are part of a shrinking minority. A PriceGrabber survey concluded that 96 percent will take care of some Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa business on their computers, and 55 percent figure they will tap Web-based stores for more than half of their holiday buys.
Right on, online shopping.
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Comments
By KEITH
December 1, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
I ALWAYS SHOP ONLINE THAT WAY I DONT HAVE TO BE AROUND THEM KNEEGROWS THATS EVERWHERE
By lm
December 1, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
Keith, are you intellectually challenged or just dumb as he—? I’ve noticed you’ve been going from blog to blog making racial comments. So infantile