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ACinSC 
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Location: South Carolina
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Posted: 20 hours 53 minutes ago at 5:03am |
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Wife ordered a long sleeve shirt for me yesterday around 10 AM. Said it would come same day. It was at our front door before dark. Pretty crazy!
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Jackson Cnty,GA
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Posted: 18 hours 46 minutes ago at 7:10am |
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It all started with the “I want it and I want it now” mentality. It has led to the scaling down or closing of brick and mortar stores. A lot of things I can only find online or they’re less expensive online plus delivered to my house. But I won’t pay for same day delivery. And I still prefer face to face business dealings.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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thendrix
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Joined: 04 Feb 2013
Location: Fairmount GA
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Posted: 17 hours 6 minutes ago at 8:50am |
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I'm with you Hubert. I prefer face to face, probably because of my gift of gab. But it's pretty impressive how quick things get here.
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"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
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DougG
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Location: Mo
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Posted: 16 hours 15 minutes ago at 9:41am |
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Its nice, but the drivers expect a tip- that throws it all out of whack
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Lars(wi)
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Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Location: Permian Basin
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Posted: 13 hours 10 minutes ago at 12:46pm |
 DougG wrote:
Its nice, but the drivers expect a tip- that throws it all out of whack |
Around these parts, the drivers don’t stick around long enough to even get a tip. Your lucky if they even ring the doorbell to let you know the parcel is on the porch. Hi
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Les Kerf
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Location: Idaho
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Posted: 12 hours 17 minutes ago at 1:39pm |
I can drive 20 miles each way to the auto parts store for common items such as spark plugs, and find them to be out of stock. "We can have them here tomorrow for you sir". Or get on Amazon, find the item(s) for the same price or less, and have it here tomorrow.
This burns their fuel rather than mine, and there is some risk involved with getting on the highways today.
That said, I regret the loss of personal interaction.
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Dakota Dave
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Location: ND
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Posted: 11 hours 35 minutes ago at 2:21pm |
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My daughter lives near madison WI. The Amazon fulfulment center near her delivers most things I order her within a day. If she orders without prime it takes a week or more.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 9 hours 47 minutes ago at 4:09pm |
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i dont need the personal interaction.. The 25 year old kid at the hardware store dont know enough to help me and the girl at Auto Zone done know a carburetor from a spark plug.
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ACinSC
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Location: South Carolina
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Posted: 9 hours 22 minutes ago at 4:34pm |
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Like most things I guess online shopping has pros and cons. Is pretty nice to get what I want same day though. Never saw driver, like said they don't hang around. Suits me. Should add I wore this shirt today while on my D 15 Thanks
Edited by ACinSC - 9 hours 20 minutes ago at 4:36pm
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Dick L
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Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Edon Ohio
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Posted: 5 hours 12 minutes ago at 8:44pm |
We get most everything from online ordering. Most of Dixie's health care stuff comes the next day delivered by UPS or FedEx. A couple of items Walmart delivers at no charge if ordered early enough. Those will be things that cost over 50 bucks at a time. Several items are on a deal where they come automatically on a preset day. Most of our groceries are ordered online and my daughter picks them up most of the time. Once in a while I drive in and pick them up. You can look at pictures of each item and read the content.
It has all been a big help to us. I get my shirts from red cap and my bibs from Round House my underwear never seems to ware out and some of it is over 30 years old. (:^D Years ago I got underwear for Christmas whether I needed more or not.
(I understand this was needed to know information) {:^D
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