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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.

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  • 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!

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  • 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!

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