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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: SaphTalon on April 01, 2012, 11:50:08 AM
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Is it possible to get savings on stuff by buying on the net. Of course you have to add shipping and handling. Which if you are getting can goods or anything that is a liquid it would be costly to send it.
Any of you Grocery shop online?
The only thing I ordered was things that I like to have in my kitchen but cant find at the store like Mexican vanilla.
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Hmmm..... I never thought to buy groceries online. Interesting idea!
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I know that if you live in certain areas of Washington state (I think Seattle was one of them?), Amazon.com has a fresh produce section where they actually deliver you foods...
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I know that if you live in certain areas of Washington state (I think Seattle was one of them?), Amazon.com has a fresh produce section where they actually deliver you foods...
Sweet! Guess where I am going to live
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I have never bought food online, the shipping cost most of the time erases any savings.
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I shop for specific foods or if I need a food in bulk that I really like... such as ramen lol. Amazon has quite the selection of foods and many have free two day shipping :)
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I buy Mr. Skeen's Aussie stuff online. Shipping is killer but it makes him happy.
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I know that if you live in certain areas of Washington state (I think Seattle was one of them?), Amazon.com has a fresh produce section where they actually deliver you foods...
*Nods* I've seen the Amazon Fresh trucks drive around the seattle area many times. Their headquarters used to be at the Pacific Medical Center on Beacon Hill, now is at Salt Lake Union area. Just a little fun fact about Amazon. :blush:
As for shopping online, I kinda find it weird, I prefer to go to the store and check my produce and make sure it meets my standards in freshness. XP
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actually i was ment to start doing one today cos im so sick of doing a big food shop and having the kids playing up all the time or having just my little girl with me screaming her head of and by the time i get home its nearly time to pick my boy up from kindy.
lucky shipping isnt too much over here (for once) and also alot of peeps do it over here too, i know all my parent friends grocery shop online.
its just the first shopping list you make takes ages to do then you keep the list and just change it alittle to want you want everytime you shop online.
i always do a fortnightly shop so its always huge and time consuming
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My brothers done it a few times, but it was for specialized stuff :)
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I think my mom did it a couple years ago. We lived in Dallas, Texas at the time, if you'd like to know.
I looked online, and here are a few places that do it:
Walmart: http://www.walmart.com/cp/grocery/976759
NetGrocer: http://www.netgrocer.com/
Meijer: http://www.meijer.com/s/grocery-baby-toddler-supplies/_/N-3sb
I only looked at the first few Google results, but if you want more websites just Google it. :D
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I do buy some groceries on Amazon. They have a decent selection of gluten free foods there that end up costing me less than if I were to buy it at the grocery store. There is also quite a few regular pantry items that were around the same cost as the grocery store if you subscribed to them AND the shipping is free.
There is also a site that sells organic produce in the upper midwest area that is cheaper than the farmers markets and co-ops. (They sell organic apples for 50 cents per pound, $2.00 for a dozen organic free range eggs, etc.) There aren't shipping costs, but you do have to go pick it up.
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Every week....its pretty common practice in the UK now...all 5 of our major supermarkets as well as one dedicated online supermarket offer an online ordering and home delivery service...it is a million times easier than trudging around a supermarket....
I do my weekly shop every Wednesday evening or Thursday morning and then ask for it to be delivered during a selected couple of hours on Friday night - the little man pulls up in his little truck and unloads my shopping straight into my kitchen...
Its so popular over here I thought it would have been common practice in other countries as well [we dont tend to be first to anything any more over here lol]...dont US supermarkets offer this? I mean our Asda does, which is a Walmart brand now...or maybe its just not as popular an idea? I cant drive anywhere now without seeing at least one or two of the supermarkets little home delivery trucks...and "delivery" is super cheap or even free depending on volume of order.
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I've done a bit on amazon myself. They're generally pretty quick (you can have the order ship like within two days of ordering) and can order with 1 click along with free shipping as Moony said.
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I know that if you live in certain areas of Washington state (I think Seattle was one of them?), Amazon.com has a fresh produce section where they actually deliver you foods...
*Nods* I've seen the Amazon Fresh trucks drive around the seattle area many times. Their headquarters used to be at the Pacific Medical Center on Beacon Hill, now is at Salt Lake Union area. Just a little fun fact about Amazon. :blush:
As for shopping online, I kinda find it weird, I prefer to go to the store and check my produce and make sure it meets my standards in freshness. XP
With you on that. I prefer making sure that my produce is up to my standards. I also like getting some food discounted if the store is about ready to toss it ( if it's not purchased because customers deem it not totally perfect and unflawed. One strawberry in a carton gets soft, and no one buys the carton, so all of the rest of the strawberries are wasted. Such a waste! Just buy the carton and pick out the one bad strawberry! GEEZ! ).
The only stuff I DO order online is Morton Salts Natures Seasonings, by the case load. I can't find that stuff ANYWHERE in stores around here anymore! T^T
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Im in the uk and use it often, I find I spend less with making an online list and just buy what I need - instead of going into a supermarket and picking up BOGOF offers and discounted stuff lol