Shop Online and Save Your Nerves

The most relaxed Christmas I can ever recall is the first year I shopped online for all my Christmas Gifts. I started November 1, and everything I ordered online was delivered to my door by December 1^st.

Some online stores had coupons off deals for the Holidays, and more than half had free Holiday shipping. To me that was heavenly, because I did not have to buy gas, and drive 35 miles to the nearest town. Where I would have to push through all the crowded stores to pick over what was left. And I really got better deals online. And it was so relaxing to let my fingers travel from one store site to the next; as I relaxed in my computer room and drank my coffee.

There is no way I would go back to shopping in stores during the Holiday Season . Instead, I met my friends for lunch and listened as they complained about Christmas shopping .

Not only are the stores and malls over crowded but the customer service is terrible. The way clerks act in some stores is borderline rudeness.

And who in their right mind wants to stand in long lines to be checked out, and/or search for a clerk's help. They seem to disappear especially when you need them.

What is equally scary is if you have to exchange an item—then you feel like you are in a third world country, and they cannot understand English.

And if you order online a return package slip is sent with your order, so all you do is package the item and put the return slip on it, and call the service that delivered it for a pick up.Therefore, making returns so simple and uncomplicated, you never have to leave home.

I had the unfortunate displeasure of returning a sweater once, and I swore if I ever got out of that store I would never return. I was behind a lady whose English was not clear, and the clerk was very impatient.

Therefore, it made the lady more nervous as she tried to explain that the shoes were too little, and that she had received them as a gift, and she had the receipt.

Well, the clerk still could not get it, or she did not want to get it. I waited about ten minutes listening to that repartee, until the clerk stepped on my last nerve.

So, the lady side of me left the store, and the plain talking old country girl came out. I stepped in front of the lady who was Hispanic, and told the clerk in a very loud voice, that I wanted to see her manager.

Well, by her expression you would have thought I had told her a dirty joke. The clerk said in a low voice, “If I call my manager I will be fired.”

I said, “And if you don’t give this lady her money back--- the exact amount it states on her receipt, ---- I am going to start talking real loud, until you do.”

Bottom line, the lady got her money back and thanked me so many times, until my face was red, or it felt like it.

Anyway, my sister said she would never go with me to return anything, ever again, as I always tried to save someone, or fight someone’s battles for them. I said fine, but she will if I ask her.

Christmas Shopping Online is the best Christmas Gift anyone could give one's self, especially if you live far away from any town. My cousin now shops online and she lives in a big city. She said that makes her happier every Christmas, because she shops online.

So, I say to everyone--- be smart—shop online and save a nerve, let your fingers do the shopping, --- so your body can rest.

© BEPH 2011

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