God bless the free market!
I love to see all those inefficiencies and impediments to competition eliminated!
Now, be honest, do you really need to pick up and handle that DVD, or electric razor, or toaster oven in person? it’s not like you can preview, or shave, or cook in the store to test it out.
The online seller has a high-resolution picture of it, plus scans of the instruction manual, and technical details not available in person, plus reviews by other purchasers.
Fewer and fewer things benefit from sitting in rented space for customers to go visit, and possibly take home.
Puppies. Shoes, sometimes. Uh...
” Shoes, sometimes. “
This past week I've had the very unfortunate experience of trying to find and buy a child safety device for lever handled doors.
The first type was available in most stores and I promptly went out and bought it, only to get it home and ...it does not fit. The handle design does not allow the big, clunky, bulky base to fit over the lever J design. Awesome ...I can return that to the store locally.
The second type needed to be ordered and is not available except of online. The photos are grossly insufficient and product dimension description does not show where or how measurements were taken. So I am stuck ordering something that I don't know will fit. Add onto that the shipping cost and wait for a safety device. And if it doesn't work...the hassle of returning and paying shipping again.
So yes! I need to handle and touch the dam* item. Every vendor of the item I checked failed to provide the information I needed to determine if it is worth the hassle or not.