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This is why I hugely prefer shopping online to shopping at a store. Even not counting the time it takes to drive there, at a real store you are the store's bitc
by robertk 18y ago
This is why I hugely prefer shopping online to shopping at a store. Even not counting the time it takes to drive there, at a real store you are the store's bitch, to manipulate for maximum benefit. An online store, on the other hand, is your bitch--it has to attract you right away to the things you're looking for, rather than prolong contact with those for as long as possible.
- yagibear 18y agoI'm not sure that online shops are any less likely to try "to manipulate for maximum benefit". The palette may change (fresh bread smells & video surveillance get replaced by cookies and Referer fields) but the motivations and biases stay the same.
- robertk 18y agoOf course, but my point is that the online shops have a much narrower range to work in. If a grocery store makes you walk around a quarter of a mile to get a ten-item list of necessities, people will accept it. If an online store makes you view half its inventory before you can purchase something, it's not going to make much business.
- randallsquared 18y agoI greatly prefer shopping online for those things I'm just going to buy all the time anyway (groceries, etc), but strongly prefer shopping in person for things that I buy rarely, or when I'm shopping to have fun.