Of the last, say, ten things you bought online, how many did you actually need?

People are shopping with Amazon and other online retailers for entertainment, relief from boredom, access to their favorite brands when local sources are down, and other reasons.

How many of those home-delivered purchases represent actual necessities, and how much is frivolous? Just wondering.

Q: Of the stuff you’ve bought online lately, how much was necessary? By “necessary” I mean things like essential medications, replacement supplies of personal and household basics, and, let’s say, quasi-necessities such as cellphones and automotive products.

I just checked my last ten Amazon orders. They included a replacement watch band and some herbal tea that I can’t get locally. All the rest I could easily have done without: maybe not all exactly frivolous, but certainly not necessary by any measure. I also bought a nice cloth mask on Etsy.

How about you? How much did you really have to buy online?

 
Tags as I wrote them: retail shopping, online vendors, Amazon, frivolity, virtual marketplace. I don’t know why some topics are just dropped when there’s nothing improper about them.