How often do you shop online vs. a store front shop?

I buy nothing locally unless i can get it at the hardware store.

How often do I shop? Or how often do I buy?

lol putwig,
i will shop online ,only order if they have a toll free number and i can place the order with a real person on the other end.i dont dig giving transactions over the net to someone that i dont/cant talk to

if we are talking about computer related pariphenlia, then Online is the only place i buy from, the prices are usully at least 20-30% lower that in the brick and morter store, and even more somtimes. Usully from newegg or directron.

lol, your missing the, "no credit card Option" for the young hoes out there GK

I purchase everything from pet supplies to modding and computer gear to sheets and comforter's online. And if I don't buy it online, I research it online.

I usually go online for price concerns like this:

Called local computer store for standard fan grills his price $5.95 each, online 10 for $5 plus $6 for shipping.

Same store for 40mm chipset fan, $12.95 online $2.50.

I actually perfer buying local but sometimes it's just too expensive.

I do all my shopping online unless I'm buying something from some place like wal-mart where the shipping costs push the prices too high. But most stuff for computers I buy online because there just arn't any stores around me that I wouldn't pay more in gas and time to drive to, then I would pay for shipping from an online store.

Hmm... I only buy Books, movies, computer parts, magazine subscriptions, caffeine (when the price is right), car parts/mods, PC mods and other stuff on-line...

Everything else I buy locally...

I guess that would include pizza, massive amounts Vanilla Coke, and Junior Mints (yes... I'm a model of healthy living).

I get all the stuff for mod'in online. Most of my electronics and gadgets I shop for online as well, like my digi cam, memory cards, ink, pda Definately gotta do ebay a few times a month as well

But for everything else, clothes, shoes, beer, and women I'll just go to the mall or stores around here

Quote: Originally posted by scapegoat lol, your missing the, "no credit card Option" for the young hoes out there GK

ya i know i get my stuff either by money order or COD

i mostly buy comp hardware online...but also i go to computer shows alot

Being one of those 'cash-only' kind of guys myself, of the so very few times I've bought something online, I just have someone else use their credit card and it's all good. Though, doing that is a tad restricting as the person will always want to know what he's using his credit card for...ahh well.

Screw credit cards!!

i havn't bought online yet but i will do in the future because the prices are cheaper i hav ordered via mail order which is cheap but im quite lucky because of there being many computer stores where i live and one of them being cheap and large.. www.novatech.co.uk

I tend to buy online when I either can't find the items I'm looking for in a store around here, or in some cases when the retail price is more than online+shipping (read: CompUSA). Also, the nearest Fry's is about an hour and a half drive from my house, so that's a big influence to buy hardware online.

Due to the fact that I am overseas, I usually buy everything I can online. Its like Christmas when the packages arrive from the states. Computer parts from Newegg and DVD's from Amazon are staples.

I do not buy computer parts online.....and for many reasons. I have had so many broken/wrong parts sent to me from newegg and a few others, I don't even consider it anymore.

The cost of RMA'ing the basterds and the wait I have to endure for the part I had purchased to get back to me, not to mention the headaches, makes it all worth the while to buy and even drive 200 miles to get the part I need. Yes I would drive 200 miles if I had to so I wouldn't have to go through the possibility of getting crap. Every Hdd I got online was fubar'd...4 so far, took 3 weeks to get one of them back. Totally rediculous. I could have just walked down the street and got it a Best Buy for $10 more, but instead I had to wait. Saving $10 was not worth my time, and I didn't even save that much due to the cost of the RMA. I also had 2 mobos and 2 vid cards come DOA. Never again.

When I buy something, "I want it NOW!" I want the item in my hands when I purchace it. Waiting sux ass!IMHO....LOL

My luck from online comp part purchaces is horrible.

I believe BA had a few troubles with newegg shipping him a dirty used mobo and a preiviously returned vid card also.

Now there are a few exceptions....like parts I can't get anywhere else, then yes I get them online.....and case fans, but thats it.

I'll buy just about anything else online not computer related though.

I check the stuff out first at a store and then find it cheaper online. And I agree with OMD_dude, sometimes the price difference really doesn't justify the wait and shipping costs. But the majority of stuff I buy I get online. I research the vendor too, there are some pretty crappy e-tailers on the web.

Speaking of which...I am considering buying a new TV offline....the ones that I'm looking at offer free shipping, so shipping costs aren't a factor. And the wait time is not a factor either, as it's for me and I really don't mind when I get it, as long as it's this year...lol

I just get ppl to order it for me, then pay em via paypal back. Noslak knows what im talkin about