Who has been buying their Xmas gifts online?

[cat_mioux]

Oh I love love love that I can so easily buy some (not all sadly) Xmas gifts online, especially on eBay.

I did have to go shopping last week at the huge monstrosity of a shopping centre along with every other Xmas shopper to buy some gifts because it wasn't practical to buy them online. I had to walk from one end of the centre to the other end TWICE and I swear one end is in a different postcode to the other end. My feet hurt the next day.

But now I have done my B&M shopping I am loving it when all I have to do is click and pay online and now all the parcels are turning up on my doorstep. My son-in-law is a collector of vintage blues LP's and I found the perfect album and won it for a great price on eBay. I'm buying new books for only 2/3'rds of the price they would have cost me in a B&M shop. I only buy "free postage" items because the postage on some items outweighs the bargain. And I'm looking for antique quirky stuff as well but so far I've been outbid but I'm not giving up yet. It's fun. Yipeeee!

PS I do not want to hear from those weird people who complete their Xmas shopping in July. Thank you. 🙂

[cherry*135]

Can be problems with the gift cards if the store goes into liquidation  or shuts down before the gift card holder uses it.

I like gift cards, don't keep them long before I go buy something.

[cat_mioux]

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@imastawka wrote:

  From consumer affairs - I was wrong  (c &p that bit for future posts)

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[cherry*135]

You can get e-gift cards too from major stores, handy for birthdays where you have to post card/present.. can just get the e-gift card sent to the recipients email address.

[imastawka]

Nobody in my family hangs onto gift cards.

They are all spent before New Year.   No probs about expiry there

[need*to*go*toilet]

Have to agree with you. Growing up, I always hated shopping, especially in large malls. You walk forever, battling women with prams (who think they own any space they are wheeling through) and crowds, all the while searching in vein for what you really want.

Now, in the comfort of my own home at any time day or night exactly what I want is only a click away for a third of the price it is in the stores.

Fabulous! 🙂

[*mrgrizz*]

i like to give the prepaid mastercards. cost $4.95 but can be used anywhere you can use a credit card.

i ussually spend the ones i get on petrol

[need*to*go*toilet]

Wow, a $4.95 credit-card - are you sure you can afford such a generous gift?

[raptor_rebooted]

click and collect is great too.

a couple of dept stores had HUGE discounts

on online items only.  pay for them online and

then pick up from the store.  no delivery fees.

its great.

[lurker172602]

I bought a few thing online but most in B&M shops.

Talk about postage. To mail my (admittedly too heavy) "Christmas Box" to NZ cost me $78!!!!!! I nearly expired on the Post Office floor!

[*mrgrizz*]

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@need*to*go*toilet wrote:

Wow, a $4.95 credit-card - are you sure you can afford such a generous gift?

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yeh i really really can't be bothered