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Cheap bacon, cheap clothes, cheap tools.....
03/02/14 at 14:47:26

Doan know bout you, but I have really taken to INTERNET shopping/buying. We order a lot of stuff, almost daily a truck makes a stop. We buy anything from coffee, toilet paper, household items, you name it, prolly bought it.
Can't say I've been thrilled with each purchase, some....downright pizzed. We use Amazon Prime when we can, it seems to offer the best bang for the buck.
It's hard to discern quality, price not always being a factor, and somethings I just won't buy online as I need to see/touch it.
I've bought meat, but I'll tell you, its not my favorite way, even the Omaha type PRICED ones just don't seem as good as they look on the ads..... Angry

All in all, considering my circumstance of where I live and the limited easy shopping destinations without hopping and paying for a ferry...which adds 30 bucks or more to the purchase price, we are pretty happy....AND, I can shop while wearing nut'm more than my socks and undies, try THAT.... in the mall Kiss

Anybody else buy much online, and how has it worked, good, bad, or ugly, for you?

Oh..... and I know its just a matter of time, but I love NOT having to pay sales TAX on most purchases Grin

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Reply #1 - 03/02/14 at 15:06:17

Amazon is my base line pricing on just about everything.

Sometimes Walmart will have a better price on sale or discontinuance -- but never generally a better day to day price.

New Egg does beat Amazon on sale, every time. But that's on sale, and on sale Wally can beat Amazon too.

Like I said, Amazon is my base line pricing ....

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Reply #3 - 03/02/14 at 19:00:34

I usually look online for prices and if local is cheaper (some times going and getting it is faster) i'll buy local. Most of the stuff for parts and pieces and household hardware i'll buy online, I replaced all my fire/smoke/o2 alarms really cheaply and from the company that actually make them.
Food stuffs we can mostly get local (10 min either way) so we shop for cheapest that route, however, there are times when they do not have the product we want and I will order it online.

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Reply #4 - 03/02/14 at 20:13:17

When I was growing up, every household had a Sears Roebuck catalog. We bought an awful lot from that catalog, mostly stuff that we couldn't find in local stores, or when we specifically wanted Sears products-Craftsman tools, Kenmore Appliances, etc. I had relatives who lived twenty miles from the nearest town, and there wasn't much there. Almost everything they bought was from the Sears catalog. Times change. Now it is Amazon, but the story is the same.

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Reply #5 - 03/03/14 at 07:09:25

Shopping is shopping... the net is now just another venue for me to muddle through.

Eletronics 99.99% Newegg. First they have great service.. and DO I do mean GREAT. Selection is superior, quality is what it is..its all made in China. I even bought my 50" TV from them. I have bought enough parts to have built about 10 PC's. But there is NO real brick and mortor store that can compete with them locally.

Bike parts - 50/50 online and at the local shops.

Car parts - Auto zone. Local or online

Clothes - local

Food - local

Ammo - online/ local if I can find it.

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Reply #6 - 03/03/14 at 07:31:12

Ammo online? do you have to get it shipped to a dealer?
How do you go about doing that? I'd like to know because being near two air force bases and a navy base there is no ammo to be found that is anywhere near the price it used to be.
9mm is going for about $1 a round now....way to expensive, and can't even find .38 special for the wife.

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Reply #7 - 03/03/14 at 09:21:55

Wanted to get the wife a cardigan sweater for Valentines day as she is really into those and has worn out the previous one. I go to Amazon with a lot of apprehension because I have never purchased clothes on-line but it is soo hard to find these kinds of garments locally.

I end up buying 5 very different selections with the caveat that we send back the one ones that don't fit and she doesn't like. Fearing none will fit I formulate a backup plan that involves scouring the city's garment districts. Turns out they all fit and she likes them all, the styles were unique, the prices were right and they all fit as required.

I must admit that I was very surprized to hit 100% with 5 different items my first time through. I only bought itmes that specifically stated that items could be returned for any reason.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Cheap bacon, cheap clothes, cheap tools..... Reply #8 - 03/03/14 at 09:42:30 With Temecula and Cabazon both within an hour's ride for you... I find it hard to believe you can't find these locally. But I too like amazon or online in general for convenience of variety and price.
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Reply #9 - 03/03/14 at 10:07:30

I do buy a lot of things online....I can find the things I need without driving around and ending up with nothing. The Lowe's, Home-Depot and other chain hardware stores all seem to have the same suppliers and products....same with Autozone, Advance Auto, etc.

A few weeks ago I needed some white vinyl pinstriping tape and hit all the auto stores.....and I finally found a roll that had the plastic packaging yellowed from age. I bought it and found out that it was so old the adhesive would not let the tape come of the roll without damaging the tape. I bought it online and got a fresh roll directly from 3M.

I has also tried to find some 1/2 inch wide masking tape.....and none of the big box or local hardware stores had it.....and I ordered it online.

I try to buy local when I can - but too often all the driving around gets me nothing if I am looking for things other that are just slightly out of the ordinary. And it is surprising how often I need stuff that is just weird enough that it is not available local.....last week is was some brass tubing and stailess bar stock that came from Online Metals.

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Reply #10 - 03/03/14 at 10:07:36

raydawg wrote on 03/02/14 at 14:47:26:

Oh..... and I know its just a matter of time, but I love NOT having to pay sales TAX on most purchases Grin

As a previous state sales tax auditor, I will just warn you that even though the vendor is not charging you the sales tax, in many states you are usually required to remit it as "USE TAX" on an annual income tax return.

Used to catch lots of businesses on that oversight, but seeing it happen more and more on individuals too.

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Reply #11 - 03/05/14 at 10:45:40

I try to support local merchants first. IF the online price is so much less that buying local is just stupid, then I will do that. I sure dont want to contribute to the bankruptcy of local merchants. I go to a small hardware store, closest one to home, but often a little more expensive. The price difference is okay, it saves me time, theyre very quick to offer help finding things, everyone knows the store & the products pretty well & makes the shopping quicker. Ill pay more for the less driving & quicker/easier shopping.

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Steve H Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1223 Spartanburg, SC Gender:	Re: Cheap bacon, cheap clothes, cheap tools..... Reply #12 - 03/05/14 at 19:32:46 I will buy local too. If I can. I'm not paying twice or more the online price for the same item. But, I will happily pay a little (reasonable amount) more to get it 'now' and to have help available.
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Reply #13 - 03/06/14 at 04:11:47

Yea local first if possible, in fact as far as tools I'd rather get good quality used tools that will last the long haul then buy possibly questionable quality stuff like at Harbor Freight. Many a garage/yard/moving sale has yielded the majority of my tools at a fraction of the cost new. Best buy ever was a professional furniture/wood planner I picked up for $20 and sold after using for $250 Wink

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