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<@YelseyKing> I've decided never again to buy anything big online, due to several expensive failures on that end.
<@NWH> Right. Sometimes it's just plain better to go storebought.
<@YelseyKing> After having to eat close to $500 in unreturnable things that weren't what I wanted... yeah, I'd rather not risk it.
<@YelseyKing> It's like, a while back, I bought myself a printer. Despite all my best efforts, it wouldn't work. Fortunately, I bought it at a local store, so I was able to return it and get one that *did* work.
<@NWH> Yeah. That's the part that worries me about how online retail is killing the brick-and-mortar stores.
<@NWH> No returns, no refunds.
<@YelseyKing> Online retail is certainly convenient, but yes, it's very hard to get refunds.
<@YelseyKing> And when we're talking big ticket items, that is not what you want to hear.
<@NWH> Making small purchases, like books, I can understand if you want to order them online. But major electronics...?
<@YelseyKing> Yeah, I have no plans to buy any more major electronics or furniture online.
<@NWH> And it's not like you can return a book to the store because it doesn't work.
<@NWH> "Yes, hello, Barnes and Noble? I have a book I'd like to return. It only came with forty-nine shades of grey." |