Buying on the internet, you`ll miss shops when they`ve gone..

[Rich]

The Internet also doesn't have annoying sales people who follow you around the shop trying to sell you overpriced tat you neither want or need.

[dimbat]

The Internet also doesn't have annoying sales people who follow you around the shop trying to sell you overpriced tat you neither want or need.

 

Try going to best buy in Rotherham, They follow you around trying to sell their over price crap

[Rich]

Try going to best buy in Rotherham, They follow you around trying to sell their over price crap

 

No thanks.

 

I have no time or patience for pushy sales people.

[PuressenceUK]

Miss shops when they're gone? Hmmm let me see where do I buy everything these days:

 

Main Food Shop - Sainsbury's Online

Books - Amazon

CD's/Music - Itunes/Amazon

Video Games - Game Online/Amazon

Clothes - E-bay/Online clothes shops

 

I don't have the time or the inclination to go shopping in my free time, it's not something I see as a leisure activity. The only thing I do like are small independant second hand shops for records and clothes and specialist food shops like delis.

 

I do use local shops in my lunch time like butchers etc as the meat and veg from little shops is always far superior.

Edited September 5, 2011 by PuressenceUK

[Justin Smith]

I buy books online because there isn't a single bookshop in Sheffield that sells the books I want to buy. And yes, I could ask Waterstone's to order them for me and wait for them to be delivered and go and collect them...or I could spend 5 minutes on Amazon.

 

I buy a lot of books and I'm not going to feel guilty about buying them online. I think I do my bit for keeping the publishing industry afloat.

 

I think you should separate the publishing industry from the retailers, they`re not the same thing.

 

So you never go into Waterstones and look through any of their books, but not actually buy from them ?

If you don`t then that`s fair enough.

If you do, I think you`re in the wrong. Personally I`d feel guilty doing that.

[Jessica23]

I think you should separate the publishing industry from the retailers, they`re not the same thing.

 

So you never go into Waterstones and look through any of their books, but not actually buy from them ?

If you don`t then that`s fair enough.

If you do, I think you`re in the wrong. Personally I`d feel guilty doing that.

 

I know that the publishing industry is different from the retailers, I'm just more concerned about the future of the publishing industry than I am the retailers. The high-street retailers, at least.

 

I do occasionally shop at Waterstone's - for presents, usually. But it doesn't occur to me to browse through books before buying them for the most part. I know what I want to read and I know I need to get it from Amazon.

 

If Sheffield had a really good independent bookshop with a speedy ordering service, I'd support it. But I am truly not bothered about supporting Waterstone's.

[Vague_Boy]

but how will people browse books which they may want

Samples downloads of about 20 pages are available from Amazon.

 

Link

 

 

You mark my words, too much internet buying will kill shops, and you`ll miss them when they`ve gone......

No, I won't.

 

On the Internet I don't need to dodge canvassers, chuggers, chavs and other assorted scum that infest our high streets these days.

[ElasticMan]

I just read that it`ll not be long before book shops are a thing of the past.

OK that`s partly down to Supermarkets and E Readers (no thanks), but how will people browse books which they may want, if there are no book shops around ?

......

Personally, if I can`t buy what I want from a shop, I try to buy it from a company that at least still has shops, like books from Waterstones for instance.

 

You mark my words, too much internet buying will kill shops, and you`ll miss them when they`ve gone......

 

Its also partly down to chain stores LIKE Waterstones who helped kill off the independent shops.

 

Besides, both the Kindle and iBook stores allow you download large chunks of books for free- the ultimate try before you buy - much better than having loiterers hanging around in stores fingering through the pages before buying some cretinous 'misery memoir'

[salsafan]

I do not think that shops will be gone altogether. Though, what may happen is that products will cheapen. The supply-chain is definitely changing. Like so many supermarkets now cover all types of products and services too. In the future, it will indeed be a "one stop shop". Hand-made items will be higher priced instead.

[ElasticMan]

The Internet also doesn't have annoying sales people who follow you around the shop trying to sell you overpriced tat you neither want or need.

 

TV and Computer shops are the worst for this. Outright lies to customers about the need for HDMI cables costing £40+ and trying to get idiots to buy Norton Security packages.