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What will and won't you pay for online?

Asked by zenzen (4082points) April 12th, 2013

Almost anything can be gotten for free online. Almost. Some things must be paid for – or else downloaded illegally – in order to interact with some websites, graphic cards come to mind.

What have you paid for and can recommend? What have you paid for and feel were ripped off?

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Plucky's avatar

The items I purchase online in which I’m usually satisfied with:
Books
Music/Movies
Collectible Items
Video Games
Posters/Prints

The items I purchased in which I felt ripped off were:
A custom neon clock – it arrived with arms that would not turn. The seller disappeared (Ebay).
DVD’s from Ebay – they turned out to be bootlegged.

The things I tend not to want to purchase online are electronics, if expensive (like a PC). Well, anything really expensive…I’m too worried about getting ripped off or having issues with the warranty on the item. Clothing is something else I have rarely purchased online (unless it’s a special custom t-shirt) because I like to see and feel the clothing, in person, before buying.

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

I enjoy shopping for second-hand aloha shirts on eBay.

I love getting free books on my Kindle, which I bought from Amazon.

I like reading the news for free from newspapers like the Washington Post.

There’s an endless supply of information that’s free. I love it all.

livelaughlove21's avatar

What I won’t pay for is information, like journal articles for school.

I’ll pay for pretty much anything else.

marinelife's avatar

I thought I was changing my address on the US Post Office site, but it was a scam and charged my credit card $19.95!

phaedryx's avatar

@janbb is that a will or a won’t? :)

Judi's avatar

Almost all my television is from iTunes.

sinscriven's avatar

Will pay for: Most goods and services. I don’t buy any media that’s not digital anymore; I may prefer to buy things in person that I can actually touch and try out for big ticket purchases—and maybe go home and buy it off amazon instead if the place i found it isn’t a local business

Won’t pay for: Porn.

YARNLADY's avatar

I haven’t paid for anything online, unless you count Comcast services. My husband uses various sites to pay our bills, but I believe they are free.

If I was charged to use the internet, including Q & A sites, I would stop using it.

SadieMartinPaul's avatar

I love online shopping. I can usually find exactly what I need, and there are no frustrating trips to multiple stores, traffic, parking lots, or cash register queues. I buy just about everything over the internet—clothes, shoes, and homewares.

I won’t, however, buy anything when the colors really matter—as examples, rugs, upholstered furniture, or curtains. Colors don’t always convey well on a computer screen, and the outcome can be very disappointing.

Judi's avatar

I’m an amazon junkie. Sometimes I look at my account and see how much I’ve spent and then I freak out and decide not to look any further.

ETpro's avatar

Definitely, prostitution still needs to be COD. Since I detest that, there isn’t anything I won’t shop online for so long as the price plus shipping is less than what it would cost to buy it locally.

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