I’m a big
fan of the actual ‘shopping experience’, i.e. browsing the shops, touching,
trying and comparing potential purchases, before making my eventual choice.
However, I have been known to buy a few things online, if only selectively.
When buying
toiletries or make-up that I have used before, so that I don’t need to try
out the colour/texture/fragrance, I have made the odd online purchase. I’m a
big fan of DS games (see my DS game review blog posts) and find that Amazon is the
best place to find all the titles I want at really good prices, so I always get
these online.
But when it
comes to clothing, I have a different approach. I do order some garments online,
but I just hate having to search through a multitude of internet pages in a
quest to find something suitable. That’s why I’m a fan of the good
old-fashioned catalogue.
I love to
curl up with a mug of something sweet and hot and browse the glossy pages of a
catalogue – it’s a really comfy way to shop. Once I’ve made my choice I’ve
nothing against actually placing the order online, in fact it’s extremely
convenient, as I can instantly find out whether an item’s in stock and when I
can expect delivery. It just wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t have the chance
to peruse those glossy pages first. It’s much the same as me preferring to hold
a book in my hand rather than read from a Kindle.
Now it has
been reported that Argos plan to reduce circulation of their catalogue and
overhaul their ordering system. A bad move in my book (pardon the pun).
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