Online shopping

technoboy SG

Anyone here always buy items online instead of just going to the shop and get what you need? Lets talk about the advantages and disadvantages of buying things online as compared to the actual going to the shop and getting your items?

( This is actually a project one E-commerce, but would like to know some stuffs from you guys)

Thanks! Very Happy

FireIce SG

me me me
have been shopping online for so long i have forgottern how to shop at physical shops.......

advantages:
convenient, i can shop at 2am, pay with CC....
can buy things tt are not sold in singapore
sometimes they are cheaper than in retail shops

disadvantages:
can be addictive
mus wait for it to ship over (but it's ok, good things must wait one)
credit card security (not a prob if u bother to check if it's a secured site)
cannot touch or see wat u buying, so may buy wrong size, color, material (but shd be seasoned after u buy a few times)

^tamago^ SG

ask fireice... Laughing

brick-and-mortar is good cos:
1. can spend time with friends
2. can see wat u wan, the real thing, in front of you and can usually touch it also
3. can get wat u wan immediately, more tangible feel to shopping

FireIce SG

i did a paper on e-shopping some yrs ago..........
the softcopy perished with my hdd
the hardcopy is stashed somewhere in my storeroom.....

^tamago^ SG

early adoptor... Laughing

technoboy SG

Thanks fireice! Very Happy

Anyone else got something to add on?

Båseline SG

I usually buy tees online, a US site.

The fact that one can't feel or touch the items, the site should provide as much as detail as the product. Like the tee sizing, close-up shots of design, shipping details, weight etc. Examples like these will cut down the uncertainty in the mind of online shoppers. Site will probably lose the potential customers if there many many issues left pondering. I liked the fact that the transaction goes thru a paying merchant and secured.

So far happy with the purchases and delivery usually comes within 3 weeks or less.

FireIce SG

if u have biao zhun figure like me, u dun have to worry about the sizing and cut.

Honeybunz SG

the Strawberry website that you recommended in PTT forum quite good leh.
I can always agar agar check the price of skin products before I invest my money.

FireIce SG

i bought a lotta perfume and make-up from there.....

free shipping!!!

sohguanh SG

if u have biao zhun figure like me, u dun have to worry about the sizing and cut.

You got biao zhun figure? The meat at your thigh there slim down already? Mr. Green

Båseline SG

Originally posted by sohguanh:
[b]if u have biao zhun figure like me, u dun have to worry about the sizing and cut.

You got biao zhun figure? The meat at your thigh there slim down already? Mr. Green [/b]

Are you shuuuuuuuuuver tt you are just looking at her thigh only??

*raised eyebrow*
*sways hair*

FireIce SG

biao zhun elephant legs Twisted Evil

wenyong90 SG

got online shop u can shop and ship to ur house but pay by cash?Cause i dont have a CC…thats the problem…

FireIce SG

local stores can accept cheques.......or even arrange to meet up....

wenyong90 SG

...what u talking?Dont really understand…