What do you purchase online? [Archive] - Comic Book Resources Forums

Lester C.

06-09-2007, 10:02 PM

Before last year I always refused to purchase stuff online. I just looked at my bank statements from the past year and discovered that I've easily spent three thousand dollars in online stopping. I can't say exactly how much I've spent because I stopped looking at my old bank statements and promised myself no more online shopping. Five minutes later I bought Hellsing Ultimate volume 1 and an E Nomine CD off f Amazon which gets the majority of my business.

In order to make myself feel better I want to know what you guys purchase if you do onlline shopping. I generally limit myself to books, CDS, DVDs and graphic novels and video games.

cedardryad

06-09-2007, 10:30 PM

I buy a lot of things online. Papa John's pizza, and everything else is from Amazon, except of course my daughter's stuff. Frankly I've grown comfy with the whole online purchasing thing.

JoeK32880

06-09-2007, 11:17 PM

Mostly just TPBs, from Amazon, eBay, instocktrades.com, wherever.

I recently bought the entire Superman radio show on mp3 DVD.

the4thpip

06-10-2007, 05:14 AM

Train tickets, plane tickets, comics, CDs, DVDs, books, magazine subscriptions, pizza (yes, pizza!), electronics, computer components, calendars, lubricant, shower curtains.

BnL

06-10-2007, 05:25 AM

Train tickets, plane tickets, comics, CDs, DVDs, books, magazine subscriptions, pizza (yes, pizza!), electronics, computer components, calendars, lubricant, shower curtains.

Just tried to sneak that one in there, eh? :p

As for myself, I've bought DVD's, CD's and old comics online. I think that's it.

The Beast Of Yucca Flats

06-10-2007, 06:09 AM

Just albums & specific songs, pretty much.

dragonbat

06-10-2007, 06:19 AM

FTD, Charity donations and ebay

cactusmaac

06-10-2007, 06:21 AM

Charity donations, books, comics, DVDs, concert tickets, plane and train tickets, suits, video games, insurance.

Weetomuncher

06-10-2007, 06:56 AM

I don't know if prepaid iTunes vouchers count as you spend the money in a store and then download the music.

Otherwise, zip.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 07:02 AM

Amazon.com, Old Navy, textbooks, itunes, and comics.

Tommy

06-10-2007, 07:15 AM

The only things I don't buy online are those things I can either pick up where I work, or are close enough to make walking not a hassle. But I have gotten to the point where 90% of my non grocery shopping is done online.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 07:21 AM

I buy a lot of things online. Papa John's pizza, and everything else is from Amazon, except of course my daughter's stuff. Frankly I've grown comfy with the whole online purchasing thing.

Papa John's is good.

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:10 AM

Mostly beer, cigars and hookers.

...Nah, I never shop online.

Infra-Man

06-10-2007, 08:31 AM

Books (mostly off half.com), old comics off ebay, music, and movies. I've ordered pizza online a couple times, but there are some great slice places a block or two a way so I don't really do it anymore.

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 09:54 AM

This is illegal in my state but I have a friend that uses the internet to purchase cartons of cigarettes. He pays less than a quarter of what everyone else pays.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 10:03 AM

This is illegal in my state but I have a friend that uses the internet to purchase cartons of cigarettes. He pays less than a quarter of what everyone else pays.

Does your state have higher prices for the cigarettes?

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 10:14 AM

Does your state have higher prices for the cigarettes?

When I was a teen they went for two bucks a pack. Now I think they are seven dollars a pack due to various taxes. The revenue from cigarettes pays for everything in my state, schools, to government employees salaries. Because of that Springfield was quick to draft and pass legislation making it illegal to import your cigarettes and then sued online vendors who sold the stuff. Here is an article about it, but as the article pointed out their are many ways to import your cigarettes despite what the legal restrictions.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050404-4771.html

heystacy

06-10-2007, 10:19 AM

When I was a teen they went for two bucks a pack. Now I think they are seven dollars a pack due to various taxes. The revenue from cigarettes pays for everything in my state, schools, to government employees salaries. Because of that Springfield was quick to draft and pass legislation making it illegal to import your cigarettes and then sued online vendors who sold the stuff. Here is an article about it, but as the article pointed out their are many ways to import your cigarettes despite what the legal restrictions.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050404-4771.html

Wow. SC is a tobacco state (import). Not sure about GA.

EDIT: I should add that SC taxes all online purchases as well. Even itunes. :(

Althalus

06-10-2007, 10:33 AM

Import comics, import books, DVDs, CDs.

For comics only those that have an ISBN (no floppies), of course. It's simply cheaper than using a comicshop to import them (without ISBNs it would be just the other way around). I currently get exchange rate minus 10% (a special promotion offer; that's about 67 Eurocent to the Dollar at an exchange rate of 75, while most import comicshops won't go below 85 or 90 because international shipping eats up all their wholesale discounts and more) for english books and comics at one of the larger national online booksellers.

German books or comics I'd never buy online. Since Germany still has fixed prices for books (and comics also count as books), online sellers can't undercut local stores, so there's no reason not to support my LCS (and I'm quite content doing so).

French comics I'd also never buy online because a) the shipping kills (even though they're right "next door") and b) more than half of what I order would probably be damaged (all their manga have dust jackets... looks great, but is delicate as heck).

DVDs and CDs have no price protection, so I often buy cheaper online (there's no store with a selection worth looking at and decent pricing to support around here anyways).

BTW: what else would it make sense to buy online? Can't think of anything that couldn't be bought just as well in a brick-and-mortar store.

~Althalus

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 10:42 AM

Wow. SC is a tobacco state (import). Not sure about GA.

EDIT: I should add that SC taxes all online purchases as well. Even itunes. :(

I think smokers should take comfort in the fact that they cigarette prices have tripled in my state. Yes, you are getting raked over the coals for purchasing a product that is legal but on the plus side there is no way the Federal and State government is going to make smoking illegal when it's such a cash cow no matter how many people suffer from second hand smoke.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 10:49 AM

I think smokers should take comfort in the fact that they cigarette prices have tripled in my state. Yes, you are getting raked over the coals for purchasing a product that is legal but on the plus side there is no way the Federal and State government is going to make smoking illegal when it's such a cash cow no matter how many people suffer from second hand smoke.

That's a lot to pay for smokes. I notice a lot of college aged people smoke. That, i think is hwere the money comes from.

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 10:54 AM

That's a lot to pay for smokes. I notice a lot of college aged people smoke. That, i think is hwere the money comes from.

Your last sentence looks like it was typed my me.:eek: Does this mean I can call you Bizarro Lester?

heystacy

06-10-2007, 11:00 AM

Your last sentence looks like it was typed my me.:eek: Does this mean I can call you Bizarro Lester?

LOL You could. :cool:

I suppose that means there is no real Heystacy or Lester. :eek:

WhiteRose

06-10-2007, 11:13 AM

That's a lot to pay for smokes. I notice a lot of college aged people smoke. That, i think is hwere the money comes from.

We pay about $15 and get the icky 'This is what they do to YOU' pictures on them.

Not that I smoke....much.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 11:15 AM

We pay about $15 and get the icky 'This is what they do to YOU' pictures on them.

Not that I smoke....much.

They put pictures on the box? :eek: Damn.

WhiteRose

06-10-2007, 11:19 AM

They put pictures on the box? :eek: Damn.

It used to be just warnings, like 'Smoking harms your baby' or 'Smoking causes Cancer'. Now it's rotting teeth and tar-lungs and black extremities. And operations. The surgery ones are the nastiest.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 11:20 AM

It used to be just warnings, like 'Smoking harms your baby' or 'Smoking causes Cancer'. Now it's rotting teeth and tar-lungs and black extremities. And operations. The surgery ones are the nastiest.

Whoa! Nasty. Does it work?

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 11:51 AM

We pay about $15 and get the icky 'This is what they do to YOU' pictures on them.

Not that I smoke....much.

15 bucks a pack.:eek: You people need a revolution!

heystacy

06-10-2007, 12:08 PM

15 bucks a pack.:eek: You people need a revolution!

Like the Boston tea party? All the fish will get gill cancer if they dump the tobacco? ;)

the4thpip

06-10-2007, 12:15 PM

15 bucks a pack.:eek: You people need a revolution!

I read a study in a German magazine here where they figured out how much a pack of cigarettes would have to cost to actually cover the cost smoking imposes on society. It was something like € 25 a box (over 30 $ US). And yes, they did figure in that smokers collect less social security because they die younger. But just having 40% less cancer cases would make up for that.

So basically, us non-smokers haven be subsidizing the smokers' smoking habits all our lives with the taxes we pay. :mad:

Night Swordsman

06-10-2007, 04:00 PM

With the exception of EBay to purchase a rare item here or there,i purchase NOTHING online except for my comics. I even refused to order online my recent upcoming vacation,and ordered it by phone.

Internet is ewvil. I believe Aggie invented it. Or maybe Sally. One of those lebians did it.

Nick Soapdish

06-10-2007, 04:19 PM

I read a study in a German magazine here where they figured out how much a pack of cigarettes would have to cost to actually cover the cost smoking imposes on society. It was something like € 25 a box (over 30 $ US). And yes, they did figure in that smokers collect less social security because they die younger. But just having 40% less cancer cases would make up for that.

So basically, us non-smokers haven be subsidizing the smokers' smoking habits all our lives with the taxes we pay. :mad:

I'm guessing there are a lot of ways to run those numbers. I saw a similar study that suggested that less than a dollar of taxes per pack was required. (I think that it was just $.55.) OTOH, I'm not against higher taxes. I'm ok with the principle of using taxation to influence behavior as long as it isn't used against behavior that I agree with.

Unfortunately, we're doing the reverse for a lot of the things that I want to encourage/discourage. We get taxed more heavily for using recycled product and gas guzzling vehicles get higher tax breaks. :mad:

Back on subject ...:)

I buy a lot online. Books, DVDs, CDs, some individual songs, charitable donations, and some niche stuff (like some RPG stuff, anime stuff, Monty Python toys, etc.)

Larime

06-10-2007, 05:34 PM

Russian Mail-Order Brides

Duct Tape

Compactor-sized Trash Bags

...Perhaps I have said too much!

heystacy

06-10-2007, 05:37 PM

Russian Mail-Order Brides

Duct Tape

Compactor-sized Trash Bags

...Perhaps I have said too much!

Oh yes you have, and now CSI: YABS is on the case. :cool:

*Takes of glasses & stands sideways*

Looks like this bride, was "junk mail."

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 05:48 PM

Russian Mail-Order Brides

Duct Tape

Compactor-sized Trash Bags

...Perhaps I have said too much!

You wouldn't happen to be a hit man would you.:confused: If you had a hunting knife to go with the trash bag and duct tape I'm calling the cops.:mad:

WhiteRose

06-10-2007, 08:30 PM

Oh yes you have, and now CSI: YABS is on the case. :cool:

*Takes of glasses & stands sideways*

Looks like this bride, was "junk mail."

"Sir, please stop wearing your sunglasses at night, and inside. You. Are. Not. Cool."

*gets out the always necessary black-light and waves it around indiscriminately*

WhiteRose

06-10-2007, 08:32 PM

Whoa! Nasty. Does it work?

Yes and no. Some people I know have quit because of them, some have just switched to the rollies so they don't have to look at them.

Bear in mind, the $15 includes tax. They tax the hell out of those things here. I think they invented new taxes just to add them on (which they also added to alcohol, those bastards.)

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:37 PM

If dey wanna war, I'll give 'em one dey won' believe.

*Ties bandana on and rips off shirt*

heystacy

06-10-2007, 08:37 PM

"Sir, please stop wearing your sunglasses at night, and inside. You. Are. Not. Cool."

*gets out the always necessary black-light and waves it around indiscriminately*

I swear, I can see.

*trips over dead body. Contaminates evidence. Gets up and poses again* :o

Umm damn. *runs away*

YABS tax money at work. :rolleyes:

heystacy

06-10-2007, 08:38 PM

Yes and no. Some people I know have quit because of them, some have just switched to the rollies so they don't have to look at them.

Bear in mind, the $15 includes tax. They tax the hell out of those things here. I think they invented new taxes just to add them on (which they also added to alcohol, those bastards.)

Damn, not the alcohol. Say it ain't so. :mad:

Night Swordsman

06-10-2007, 08:39 PM

Damn, not the alcohol. Say it ain't so. :mad:

No WONDER Cam is broke all the time! :rolleyes:

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:40 PM

Oh yes you have, and now CSI: YABS is on the case. :cool:

*Takes of glasses & stands sideways*

Looks like this bride, was "junk mail."

Bugger, you beat me to it.

*Puts sunglasses away and sulks off pouting*

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:41 PM

No WONDER Cam is broke all the time! :rolleyes:

It's just a matter of prioritisin'.

I don't need no food today.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 08:42 PM

Bugger, you beat me to it.

*Puts sunglasses away and sulks off pouting*

Hey, hey, hey. There is still evidence to collect here mister.

That I may have contaminated. I'm just the poorest Horatio.

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:43 PM

I swear, I can see.

*trips over dead body. Contaminates evidence. Gets up and poses again* :o

Umm damn. *runs away*

YABS tax money at work. :rolleyes:

Blame it on the lawyer in the ManFaye outfit.

heystacy

06-10-2007, 08:43 PM

No WONDER Cam is broke all the time! :rolleyes:

Damn Night. LOL

Hey, where were you when this mail oder bride was killed? Hmmmm. :eek:

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:45 PM

Hey, hey, hey. There is still evidence to collect here mister.

That I may have contaminated. I'm just the poorest Horatio.

Hey, I found some beer in the victim's frige', so it aint a total disaster.

Night Swordsman

06-10-2007, 08:46 PM

Damn Night. LOL

Hey, where were you when this mail oder bride was killed? Hmmmm. :eek:

Я огорченн, я не имею никакую идею вы говорите о :evilsmile

Cam63

06-10-2007, 08:48 PM

Damn Night. LOL

Hey, where were you when this mail oder bride was killed? Hmmmm. :eek:

Sure he was knocked out and mummified in duct tape, but he looks guilty of somethin'.

Hang on.... That looks like WhiteRoses' winding pattern !

*Waves blacklight around and takes samples*

Lester C.

06-10-2007, 09:00 PM

Blame it on the lawyer in the ManFaye outfit.

The strategy is that juror members are so startled by your outfit they don't pay attention to the case and your client walks as you sashay around the court office in your yellow tube and hot pants.

Night Swordsman

06-10-2007, 09:21 PM

Sigh. I feel like Gene Hackman and all of you are doing Ned Beatty impersonations.

Take a LOOK at Cam's SIGNITURE,please? ;)
"Oh, Lord... You gave them eyes, yet they cannot see."

WhiteRose

06-10-2007, 11:31 PM

Sure he was knocked out and mummified in duct tape, but he looks guilty of somethin'.

Hang on.... That looks like WhiteRoses' winding pattern !

*Waves blacklight around and takes samples*

:eek:

LIES! Dirty lies! It wasn't me! Lesbians are NEVER killers! It was the cat! I was dead at the time! I've never seen that person before in my life! What's duct tape?! I have no hands! I was down the local pub! They totally can verify it! Ask for a tall, brutish looking fella called 'Pickles'! And a smarmy hipster called 'Benjy'! I was with them! We was drinking tequila and singing 'It's Raining Men!' YOU CAN'T PROVE NOTHIN'!

Eliseu Gouveia

06-11-2007, 12:31 AM

I buy art supplies (ink cartridges I use aren´t available in portuguese art stores) , DVDs and videogames, comics/manga when I can.
nothing too fancy and heavy because shipping costs from overseas is murder..

Couple times I went outside the box once or twice included:
:
dolls for my nieces
a keyboard for my cousin
my Wacom Volitos tablet

Lester C.

06-11-2007, 10:15 AM

I just preordered Hellsing Ultimate 2 and Patriot Games by Greg Rucka.

DarkCrisis

06-11-2007, 11:38 AM

Video Games and Heroclix mostly, sometimes a RPG book. Ebay is my vice :(

MartinRedmond

06-11-2007, 11:46 AM

Old comics or obscure video game stuff that's not in stores. I shop for clothes, records and all in real stores.

heystacy

06-11-2007, 12:29 PM

Я огорченн, я не имею никакую идею вы говорите о :evilsmile

Gentlemen, I think we have our suspect.

heystacy

06-11-2007, 12:41 PM

Lester C.

06-23-2007, 11:55 AM

Right now I'm bidding on this baby.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PS2-FRONT-MISSION-5-V-Import-Japan-SQUARE-ENIX_W0QQitemZ330138020228QQihZ014QQcategoryZ62053 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

heystacy

06-23-2007, 11:57 AM

I'm looking at purchising some clothes online. Old Navy is having a sale.

Lester C.

06-23-2007, 12:37 PM

I'm looking at purchising some clothes online. Old Navy is having a sale.

Clothes is one of the few things I wouldn't purchase online, even if their new. There are reasons why they have fitting rooms. And one of those would be the fact that they want several of my black and Assyrian cousins to pull a retail theft case.:eek:

heystacy

06-23-2007, 12:47 PM

Clothes is one of the few things I wouldn't purchase online, even if their new. There are reasons why they have fitting rooms. And one of those would be the fact that they want several of my black and Assyrian cousins to pull a retail theft case.:eek:

I actually went to the store first, but they did not have my pants size, and the shirts I liked were not in the stores either. I know my pants and shirt sizes, so I wasn't going in blind. Also, I ordered one pants and one shirt from ON with my sizes first, and they fit fine. Now I know I can order some more with little worry.

DavidAllred

06-23-2007, 01:19 PM

Matt Doc Martin

06-23-2007, 03:06 PM

Books, music, movies, games, comics, tech.

No food or clothes.

Darediva

06-23-2007, 03:47 PM

I buy and sell on ebay, and I admit to having bought a lot of stuff from amazon.com, like my bread machine, a very nice wok, and some music, and a lot of books.

I occasionally will buy something from Old Navy, but usually just get it here in town, because that's the place I get the tshirts I put braille on for my tshirt business.