Archive for January, 2006

How do You Judge Quality?

Online Shopping for all its convenience, is not conducive to judging the quality of a product. Many of the usual ways are unavailable to you.
Shopping of any kind involves the 5 senses. The more involved with the senses, the richer the experience, and the more sure the buying decision.
Online Shopping is only able to engage [...]

Best Price, or the Best Deal?

It is common knowledge and constant dogma that everyone is looking for the lowest price when they shop online (or anywhere else, for that matter.)
But, I say that is false. If everyone was looking for the lowest price, there wouldn’t be a market for Mercedes, or Tiffany, or any other high-end or mid-price brand. [...]

Shopping Online and Getting Something Out of It

Naturally, when you Shop Online, you expect to get the thing you are shopping for. What I’m thinking about is getting something ELSE out of the experience.
One thing would be the actual Experience of Shopping Online. The website is attractive and entertaining. The Photos are sharp and appealing. The write-ups are more than a [...]