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New Year, Same Internet Problems

TheCatWoman

I know I've posted about this before and bore many of you who know me, but I'm doing it again, the first grump of the year.

I'm becoming more and more convenced that the internet is getting worse and worse, less and less responsive to what you search for, no matter how the search is worded or what search engine you use, it just seems determined to give you what it wants and not what I've asked for. I beginging to doubt my sanity in believing that there will a different outcome to depression and frustration thats usually the result of looking for anything I want.

I wish we still had shop where you could go and look, try things on, feel things get some idea of what it is you might be buying. I saw a couple of weeks ago that more shops are starting to open physical stores again, I hope so, but then I suppose I'd still have to travel for miles, find something I like and ask if they have it in my size only to be told no and that I can get it online. At least in a physical shop a can go to the dept I want without being asked if I want something totally different a dozen times before I find one thing I might consider buying that matches what I want.

  • in reply to Homebird

    They often arrive in a different colour than is displayed on screen too

  • People like to touch the material of the item in a physical shop and feel the swish of the material… there’s so much more to it than choosing a size and a photograph. I remember when I was little I Used to have to sit in the clothes shop under the rails for hours with my with my cousin as my mum and my aunt looked at every item in the shop Joy a whole day was dedicated to shopping. I think we got more exercise in those times haha. But also there is something social about a shopping experience, you interact with the sellers and they make you excited about the items you are looking at (hopefully) they make you want to return to the brand and they give you a bit of euphoria along with the purchases and you leave not only with a commodity but with an experience…. 

  • I am finding more and more that there are things I need that it is difficult to get the right thing from a page on a screen.  Things don't always look the same when you get them. There are some things I need to ask someone what is best. 

    Trousers online don't always have the right fitting. The thing that is really difficult is shoes as I have wide big feet. They are best tried on. 

  • I hear you loud and clear, and can relate to some of what you have expressed.

    One thing I've noticed is that a lot of independent retailers can only be accessed via Faceache. Although I have a Faceache account, I haven't been active for a good 2 or 3 years, as I didn't like the way it was going. Aside from endless advertisements, the novelty of seeing carefully curated posts from friends and relatives had long since worn off. I deem it to be unsociable media because in my experience, few people seem to want to use it to be sociable and have a conversation.

    The businesses on Faceache may well be legit, but I'd rather not take my chances and find out. An independent retailer with a physical shop one can walk into and peruse the goods? Well, that I can trust.

    With the larger retailers, some of them will allow you to see if items are in stock at your nearest store. However, if one doesn't have a smartphone, there is no guarantee it will still be in stock if one is able to visit the store. Yes, there is the option of online shopping, providing one can justify and afford the cost of delivery, but then there's the hassle of returning items if they are damaged, don't fit properly, etc.

    As for internet searches, don't get me started!

  • Why everytime I look for somewhere to eat out it only comes up on trip adivsor that gives an AI overview of previous reviews? Or you have to go on faceache, I don't have faceache and nor do I want it!