Do you prefer store shopping or internet shopping ....

United Kingdom
June 3, 2025 7:54am CST
I do buy from Amazon quite a lot. I do a few activities that earn me vouchers for Amazon and they do have a good range of products at good prices. I very rarely shop online from any other store as I much prefer to actually see the goods before I buy them. Certainly food shopping I always do in person and as I am not a regular size and shape .... barely 5 foot ....I always have to try clothes on before I buy. I wonder if your thoughts differ from mine .... Which do you prefer ....in store or online ....
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@DaddyEvil (158665)
• United States
3 Jun
My daughter and I do very little internet shopping, unless we just can't find something in the stores close to us. I used to enjoy buying things from eBay but that was years ago now. I much prefer seeing what I'm buying, too. I hate getting surprised/tricked by misleading adverts online.
• United Kingdom
3 Jun
I like doing my own food shopping so that i can pick my own loose food stuffs ...fruit and veggies, so I can make sure they are fresh. As far as tinned goods are concerned I would never buy dented tins and would not be happy if any weere delivered to me in my shopping. I used to buy ....or bid for ....items on ebay , but not for a few years now.
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@DaddyEvil (158665)
• United States
3 Jun
@Traceyjayne I agree, I prefer picking out my own food at the grocery store.
• United States
18 Jun
I prefer to shp online. i like to avoid people and i like that I can do a lot of bouncing around different departments without having to walk around a store aimlessly. I can also compare different prices on different websites without having to travel to different stores
• United Kingdom
20 Jun
sounds like you have got it all sorted.
@May2k8 (18770)
• Indonesia
4 Jun
depending on what is needed, for clothes and basic necessities it is better to buy in store.
@nela13 (59076)
• Portugal
4 Jun
I buy somethings online, mainly because I can find better prices but i also like to go to stores as we can actually see the product or try it before buying.
@porwest (106740)
• United States
3 Jun
99.9% of my shopping, no matter what for, is done in the store. I just prefer to look, see, touch, and price, and that's much harder to do online. Plus, online shopping tends to be more expensive most of the time on most things. At least that's what I find. You and I seem to be one on this.
• United Kingdom
3 Jun
yes. I agree totally with you.
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@Chton69 (92)
12 Jun
for me online and offline are even. i prefer to buy cloths shoes and electronics online . everything else is still offline.
@GardenGerty (165602)
• United States
4 Jun
Actually I'm just about like you. I get gift cards for Amazon and I shop with them. I have a few things that get me PayPal and I shop usually on Amazon with my PayPal. I want to see the food I buy and the other goods I pick up.
@AmbiePam (102362)
• United States
3 Jun
I prefer online mostly because the inventory is so varied, but also because with my back being hurt due to a long ago car accident, I cannot be out long without pain. I use Amazon a lot, and then I order groceries online from Walmart, and have them delivered later in the day.
@abhi_bangal (7637)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Jun
I don't have this rule in my life or in my house. If it should be a store shopping or online shopping depends on the articles I need to buy. Last month around I bought a garden tools set online. It was not possible for me to get the tools set in a store nearby me going physically. Because such kind of shops aren't there around here. That is why I preferred shopping it online. And I also got a whole lot of options to choose from. If it is any other routine thing, it's easy to catch it in any store as they are abundantly available.
@ARIES1973 (11965)
• Legaspi, Philippines
3 Jun
I prefer buying from the physical store where I can see and test or try what I am buying. I also buy online but I am not satisfied with most of my online purchase. Recently, I bought 2 pieces of mini blender from an online store. One was broken and the other one is not working.
@rakski (147646)
• Philippines
4 Jun
For some stuff it is better to buy on the physical store
@JudyEv (362267)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Jun
We don't buy much online. We like to shop for our own food and I'm always a bit concerned about buying clothes online.
@Mshafeeq (2650)
• Kuwait, Kuwait
3 Jun
Both actually, if we did not find what we want then we go out for shopping.
@cabuyogty (4323)
• Philippines
3 Jun
I want to shop my clothes in person. You can save money if you will shop online like I always do. That's my opinion guys! :)
@psanasangma (7924)
• India
3 Jun
I don't like either of them ... I seem like open market but if I stay in city I have to go store shopping