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[blahflowers]

Anyone know any good sites for Christmas present ideas? Most of my family are stubbornly without much by way of interests, I don't want to just get them all DVD sets. New Scientist do have their No More Socks site, but it is obviously techy based and short on ideas.

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[bearo.livejournal.com]

That deli looks fantasic never actually been in but I love little shelfs and bottles so I should really.

I tend to get all my shopping online these days, books and dvd's are so much easier.

[ill-prezidante.livejournal.com]

I'm still of the old school. I like to touch things before I buy them and that personal interaction of meeting face to face with the trader, or representative thereof.

I feel that online shopping does away with the elements of trust and humanity that have characterised our trading methods for thousands of years. Engaging in the cold, unempathetic world of online shopping makes me uncomfortable. I can't fathom why people are so eager to escape the warm reality of business for meagre savings that will be eaten up by credit card interest and an evaporating sense of the value of money.

[bearo.livejournal.com]

Well I see what you mean when it comes to places like markets or small local shops but trust and humanity isn't too obivious in most shops in London quite the opposite, especially when buying things like books and DVD's (megastores and the like).

And meagre savings are quite important when you have a large family :)

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Online shopping helps because I tend to have it delivered to me at my parents, quite useful as I have to travel to them via the train. I would agree that online ordering doesn't really work for clothes, but I've ordered CDs, books, DVDs, videos and trees without difficulty.