Are you bestest best friends with your mailman?

[Barnacle_lady]

I order my cat food & litter online monthly. It saves me dragging and its way cheaper than the stores charge. Pony packages not mucht atm. For other stuff I'd rather go into the stores to see it in real life. Especially clothes.

[tikibirds]

Im taking FULL advantage of Taobao while I am here..Everything is Super cheap compared to the USA and shipping is about $2 for most items. They use various delivery companies that deliver in China and most things I get within 2-3 days.

[kaoskat]

All the time we get packages, however this leads to despising the mailman as sometimes he refuses to get out o he truck, delivers the mail to the wrong house, lies and says we weren't home when we WATCHED him deliver the mail and not the package, etc.

[Harmonie]

I ordered a ton of stuff last summer, but since then I haven't ordered much, and now I'm officially in save-for-school mode. Certainly won't be seeing any packages soon, unless I use the Amazon gift card I got for my ex's birthday, which was back in August, and she hasn't cared to see me since. I crossed it out, but I'm almost certainly going to do it now. 

[SnorkMaiden]

I get parcels about once or twice per month. I order from Amazon every now and then, and my mum will sometimes send me parcels with goodies.

For stores that I've also got locally, I prefer to have items ordered in store, so I can collect them myself. a) It's usually free, and I don't have to worry about a minimum spend. b) Most parcels I receive end up at the depot anyway because I'm hardly ever at home during the day, so collecting a product from the store is actually easier for me.

[melodys_angel]

Once or twice a year--and usually only around the holidays.

To mail something out is hiway robbery right now (it cost me $20 to ship a small package out t the US a few days ago--and that was a late x-mas gift)  So there isn't much I can really do.

[True]

Between all the people living here, it seems like there's always something coming in the mail! And I'm usually the one to accept it at the door. I really appreciate our mail person, and I REALLY hope he doesn't get reassigned some day lol. Hes always so cheerful and nice, and he's never left packages in weird unsafe places if I haven't been home.

I usually make him cookies and leave them in the mailbox for him during the holidays, with a note saying how much I appreciate him doing his job as well as he does. xD Especially because the holidays can be so crazy for USPS.

[Carrehz]

It depends (sometimes I buy a lot of things in a short time, sometimes I go a while without buying online.. etc), but I tend to get at least one thing per month online? A lot of things I like aren't available over here so it's my only option, heh.

[DazzleKitty]

I remember when we lived at our old house, my mom had so many packages that came from stuff we ordered that the mail carrier started to get sarcastic with her about it because she always had to bring them to our door. LOL

[Trinity]

Very occasionally these days. I've been disappointed with a lot of clothing I've bought online, so found it better to buy in person (also supports local economy)

As for ponies, toys, and other stuff - I've cut down a lot of that, due to having a small living space.

[reanna-mator]

Pretty constantly! Apart from ponies, I get a lot of books and movies, random stuff, and also I've been working on my vintage Pokemon card collection. I have something fun in the mail pretty much constantly.

[northstar3184]

I tend to order things in batches, so I'll get like 4 or 5 packages one week and it's so fun. Then nothing for a while.

I'm the same way. I'll go months at a time only getting like one thing a month. Then, I'll get a few things within a couple weeks.

[Skeen]

I'm always getting packages, and my mail lady hates me because I order my cat food and enormous bags of cat litter online...

[dragonfly]

My mail lady hates me.

[Koudoawaia]

No, but my mother in law was the postmaster for one of the local post offices here for many years til she retired a few years ago.