My desire for instant gratificaton certainly tends to mean that I find out that something exists over the Internet, then go and buy it physically. AT the moment my big vice is Morgan Computer, as the website is a) worksafe and b) full of stuff, and the shop can be reached in a lunch hour.
On the other hand, my beloved father, I think, bought almost exclusively from catalogues before the Internet, and I suspect now buys pretty well everything on the Internet, because he doesn't need or want the intimacy and he is prepared to play a alightly longer game. Ultimately, each Internet merchant is just another outlet, with advantages and disadvantages.
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Date: 2004-11-10 02:47 pm (UTC)On the other hand, my beloved father, I think, bought almost exclusively from catalogues before the Internet, and I suspect now buys pretty well everything on the Internet, because he doesn't need or want the intimacy and he is prepared to play a alightly longer game. Ultimately, each Internet merchant is just another outlet, with advantages and disadvantages.