Window Shopping
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
January 15, 2019 6:09pm CST
I've been on etsy today, just looking around. Mostly I want to see what there is to buy. I'll put in something off the top of my head and see what comes up and then I'll go over to the side and specify the State. I usually like to buy things from within my region if not my State. Not only because it gets here faster (and thus fresher depending on the item) but because I feel like it supports a sense of community.
I love Etsy for all of the artisans and crafter's who do what they do with love and commitment. I've only ever had one problem with an etsy seller and it wasn't an overall big problem.
Do you ever window shop?
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum me too I just notice how expensive everything I admire is
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
18 Jan 19
@arthurchappell Yes, everything I really want is more expensive than I am willing to pay. Even if it isn't overly expensive.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I am tight with my money in some ways, and not enough in other ways. I probably spend too much on things I don't need and yet I don't spend enough on things I do need. Window shopping is one of the ways I "save" because I rarely spend when I window shop.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I have window shopped for clothes. I don't buy very many new items clothing wise. I have my favorite and stick to those. I use charity shops for buying clothes for the most part.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Let's see if this ends up being a double posting. I'm having some human error problems on my end and closed the whole browser out! I don't spend a lot on clothes but I like to window shop.
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@LadyDuck (502435)
• Italy
17 Jan 19
@playertwo ???? Do you know what "window shopping" means? You go from store to store looking at the windows without buying. I would call the police if someone could thing that this is loitering.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I find that I can never just window shop at a supermarket. I usually end up buying something that I didn't necessarily need.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
16 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum It happens to me often. There are always sales of things I don´t need.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@marguicha I convince myself I need things or that I'll prepare things and never do. I try to be better about it, but sometimes I can't help but get things I don't need.
I bought a blanket and pillow when I have plenty of them here.
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@noni1959 (13035)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I haven't been in ebay or etsy in a long while. I like to go on and see what others are selling and think I'll go check those two out in a few minutes. I get a kick out of vat19.com. I do like to buy local and visit the craft and small business fairs.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I've never heard of Vat19.com. I've heard of things like redbuble and oh now I can't think of it, it just slipped my mind..
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@noni1959 Oh yes, I visited the site after I asked. It reminded me of TFAW (Things From Out Of This World) and Firebox (I think that's the name, but the equivalent of TFAW pretty much, but from Britain).
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@playertwo Etsy isn't for everyone, I suppose.
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@hillhjill (23761)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Yes I window shop all the time lol, looking for things I want in the new home and saving favorites for things to buy for Christmas and so on.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I love it. I will also go to goodwill or places like it, not always to get anything but just to see what is there to get. I've found some good and salvageable things that way.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@hillhjill Yes, I think only collectors would use the website for goodwill. At one time I wanted to collect Avon's ruby red collection and shopgoodwill.com had some. However, I wasn't willing to spend that much for something I could see in person. Goodwill has gotten to where they don't check the quality of what they put out on the shelf.
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@hillhjill (23761)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum oh yes me too, I won't ever get anything of Goodwill site tho, it's way too high.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Etsy has gotten me into trouble when I've had more money to spend.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@Courage7 Are you talking about a coat made out of granny squares?
I'm not going to lie, I've wanted to buy some period clothing from there before but it is so expensive and I don't know my proper measurements. Nothing too constricting, just cloaks really and pretty cloak pins.
If I could sew.. but I can't so oh well I reckon.
Then there are a few lotions that I like but I've figure out how to make them myself and where the sellers are buying the scents.
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@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes it is so hard to resist. What I always want to buy is the afghan coats. Much too expensive. I had one when I was a young woman and had it stolen.
@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I window shop mostly on Amazon. It is a similar process. I narrow things down and look and re look.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I don't use amazon as much as I once did. I've only used it recently because I was given a gift card for Christmas. I also play a dice game and they pay out via items delivered from amazon.
@snowy22315 (208906)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Sometimes I get ideas for future purchases. I was on Etsy recently. I never bought anything there but I saw a very affordable jar of persimmon jelly on there which made me think,,I better start shopping there for other things!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I've been looking at things like that too. I told mylot last month about how I bought my bestie two jars of barbecue sauce from there. She sent me a picture of the jar nearly empty. I said "So that was good then?" 
I think I'll buy it for myself.
I think I'll buy it for myself.
@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jan 19
Yes, there are times I just check out what is available if I ever want to purchase something.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Exactly. I like to know what my options are even if I don't intend to purchase at the moment.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I am a quick shopper when I know that I am after. Window shopping is really the only time when I can browse to see what else is out there that I didn't know about.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
Yes, I've gotten away from using amazon for the most part. I use amazon for their t.v. content but that's about it. I recently spent a gift card I received there. Now I either buy whatever I need locally or use other websites.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Jan 19
I am not into shopping period lol.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I'm no shopaholic myself, but I can be when online.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
16 Jan 19
I window shop on ebay and esty. I don't buy a lot of stuff but I like to look around and see what it out there
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I've recently got into looking at things on ebay as well. I've found some really great deals from them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@Happy2BeMe I've never bid on anything, I just find things at good prices from the "buy it now" option. Well, I think I might have bid on something ages ago... I don't remember what it was though.
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
16 Jan 19
One of my roommates wants to sell her crafts on etsy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I wish her the best of luck. You might recommend that she gets some business cards made up with her shop name. Some she will put in with the purchases people make, and others she needs to place in restaurants, grocery stores, libraries and anywhere else that might let her leave them. Post offices and recreational centers are another good place to place them.
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
16 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Thanks for the tips!
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