Online Purchasing
Jul. 23rd, 2002 01:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI have a friend here at work who shops mainly in brick and mortar stores. When she wants shoes, she goes to Nordstrom's or Target or wherever and looks and buys.
When I want shoes, I go to Nortdstrom.Com or Zappos.Com or whatever.com and look and buy.
She and I had lunch today and got to talking about the differences. Outside of the obvious - she gets to try on stuff and carry it out with her but has to go somewhere. I get to sit on my butt and pick from the world - I realized that I get far more out of the whole experience.
I think I get as much of a charge out of the confirming email, watching the order progress, getting the tracking number, tracking and waiting for the day... acquiring the actual shoes or whatever has become secondary... I love all of the collateral experiences as much as the main event!
Last week - for various reasons - I happened to have ordered 8 things off the internet from 8 different places. Now, this is extreme, even for me. And having so much to track does kind of diminish the experience. But, it's so much fun to see that the yarn order has gone to the warehouse and the gift basket went out via UPS today and the shoes will get here on Friday and the wireless modem will be delivered tomorrow!! Etc.
The experience of going to an actual store is so quick and so over so soon.
When I want shoes, I go to Nortdstrom.Com or Zappos.Com or whatever.com and look and buy.
She and I had lunch today and got to talking about the differences. Outside of the obvious - she gets to try on stuff and carry it out with her but has to go somewhere. I get to sit on my butt and pick from the world - I realized that I get far more out of the whole experience.
I think I get as much of a charge out of the confirming email, watching the order progress, getting the tracking number, tracking and waiting for the day... acquiring the actual shoes or whatever has become secondary... I love all of the collateral experiences as much as the main event!
Last week - for various reasons - I happened to have ordered 8 things off the internet from 8 different places. Now, this is extreme, even for me. And having so much to track does kind of diminish the experience. But, it's so much fun to see that the yarn order has gone to the warehouse and the gift basket went out via UPS today and the shoes will get here on Friday and the wireless modem will be delivered tomorrow!! Etc.
The experience of going to an actual store is so quick and so over so soon.
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Date: 2002-07-23 02:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-07-23 02:31 pm (UTC)But, on the flip side, give me free shipping and there is no end to the amount of money I will spend. It's just ridiculous.
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Date: 2002-07-23 08:10 pm (UTC)Although my local mall is the best smelling place on earth. Near FILENES it smells like hazelnut coffee, candles and new MERCHANDISE! ahhhhh
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Date: 2002-07-23 08:23 pm (UTC)