Count me among those who believe Internet shopping will never eclipse brick and mortar shopping. Oh, I don't think internet shopping has reached its peak, but there will always be brick and mortar store shopping. Here's my top ten list of the reasons--
No. 10. Whenever my wife wants girl time with our female house guest(s), shopping is the perfect means to ditch the husbands.
No. 9. No one ever had to stop for lunch while out internet shopping with said female house guest(s).
No. 8. Provided you are not foolish enough to offer it to a sales clerk when asked, you will not receive a lifetime sentence--er, subscription--to the store's email newsletter when you shop in person.
No. 7. The thrill of buying something that "must have been mismarked--it rang up even cheaper than I thought." You won't find that on the internet.
No. 6. The experience of instant gratification far outdistances the excitement of getting a package at your door.
No. 5. Sales clerks generally don't repeatedly fail to complete a transaction because the 16-digit code is incorrect, the security code has not been entered, an invalid email address has been entered, you/they have timed out, you have forgotten your user id,
No. 4. Your memory or typing skills don't produce any of the following barriers to just buying the darn thing: you have forgotten your password, your password has expired, your password is case-sensitive, your password does not contain a !@#$%^&*()+ etc.(although your vocabulary might).
No. 3. You can't read tabloids waiting in line at your computer.
No. 2. The ultimate compliment—the sales clerk admiring your purchases—cannot happen via the internet
No. 1. Returning items purchased on the internet doesn't require/allow another outing with lunch.
I think you get my drift.
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