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Weekly shop

Johnboy412000

How does everyone do their weekly shop? I have Morrison's deliver mine on a Monday. If I need something like Extra Milk or Bread etc I walk to the local Co-op. I have taken advantage of Morrisons Delivery pass which saves me quite a bit on delivery charges. Clothing etc I used to go to Primark and the market but when Covid moved in I took to online shopping and ever since then I've been lazy and got stuff delivered usually next day from Amazon and Ebay. I suppose it's the convenience of having it delivered to my door that appeals to me. Having recently moved to where I am now I'm buying various nick Naks for my flat and garden space. 

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  • Not well is the answer to that. I don't buy enough to get a weekly shop delivered as I live on my one. I have got into bad habits of either going to the shop when I need a couple of things (usually one of the small little supermarket branches) or ordering groceries off just eat. The second in particular is really wasting money as I have to pay for delivery. But I hate going to the big supermarket and only do it when I really feel it necessary.

    I'm a little better at going clothes shopping in real life as I prefer to try stuff on but I don't go very often.

    I am terrible for ordering random things off Amazon though.

  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Ep, I'm not trying to have a go at you, but what do you get out of buying loads of random stuff? A friend always having stuff delievered, it's like every day is xmas the amount of parcels he gets. I've asked why he gets so much stuff and he says its all little things, that he can't be bothered to go to the shop for, but then they sit there in thier packaging unused. I don't understand how people even find stuff to buy online! I ask for trousers and get airfryers advertised at me or something equally totally unlike what I asked for, it actually puts me off buying anything.

    One things I learned to do ages ago when I see something I quite like the look of when I see it, is to walk away and ask myself if I like that thing more than I like the company of my money? If I'm still thinking about the "thing" 15 mins later I will go back and buy it, but most of the time, it slips my mind and if I remember it at all, then I obviously didn't really want it.

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  • in reply to Expecto_Patronum

    Ep, I'm not trying to have a go at you, but what do you get out of buying loads of random stuff? A friend always having stuff delievered, it's like every day is xmas the amount of parcels he gets. I've asked why he gets so much stuff and he says its all little things, that he can't be bothered to go to the shop for, but then they sit there in thier packaging unused. I don't understand how people even find stuff to buy online! I ask for trousers and get airfryers advertised at me or something equally totally unlike what I asked for, it actually puts me off buying anything.

    One things I learned to do ages ago when I see something I quite like the look of when I see it, is to walk away and ask myself if I like that thing more than I like the company of my money? If I'm still thinking about the "thing" 15 mins later I will go back and buy it, but most of the time, it slips my mind and if I remember it at all, then I obviously didn't really want it.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It tends to be little things rather than expensive items. They are usually used. Sometimes I do fall for the really useful item that doesn't turn out to be all that useful though. A significant amount of what I buy online are books. They get read eventually, they may just sit in a queue of books for a long time. I have got better at trying to leave things in my Amazon basket for a while so I can try and make sure it's definitely something I want.

    But to answer your question more simply as to what I get out of it, I think the answer is dopamine. The actual of buying gives me a hit of it. The delivery gives me a hit of it.

    As for finding things online. I think you just have to understand what key words search engines and AI use. I usually tend to find what I am looking for.