Is there anyway to make online shopping...

rachylou

Go faster? I mean the shopping part, not the check-your-cart-out-and-get-package part. I have just killed my morning browsing...

10 years ago

Shopping

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Latest reply was from pickmystyle

Thistle

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Hmm, maybe. I have only a few retailers I check out, and then I use their search functions. These are retailers I have shopped with in the past and I know they generally fit me, have my style of clothes, my size, and generous shipping and returns policies.

If I looked over the whole net, well, yep, that would kill a lot of time.

10 years ago

crutcher

Veteran

Now why would you want it to speed away?...Half the fun is going from piece to piece discovering new stuff that you can't absolutely live without...My answer is let's make it go slower so that I can spend even more time shopping...smile...

10 years ago

rachylou

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Thistle, I feel like I'm missing something if I don't go all over... but sadly, really I wasted my time on just two sites...

crutcher - I haven't eaten my breakfast yet and it's lunch time and the dog tells me I missed break time! Lololol.

10 years ago

always trying

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Actually I find it frustrating. I get so fed up sometimes I just give up. Especially when the same item is $109.00 on one cite and $69.00 on another. Then what you really want is unavailable in the size and color you want.

10 years ago

Jenn

(website)

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Haha! It is really easy to get caught up in the browsing, isn't it? Some things that help me:

Using built-in wishlist features or put everything you're interested in into your cart. You do less going back and forth on a single site if you just wishlist everything that looks interesting and compare all at once.
Creating a Pinterest or Keep board (or using the Finds here). That helps a lot with organizing items from multiple sites and allowing you to see them all together. Keep and the YLF finds are especially great because they also alert you to sales!

10 years ago

Tina

Veteran

Move to Canada. Your options will immediately be so diminished you will lose interest:-(

10 years ago

Brooklyn

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I hate sales. I have to look at everything just in case there is something I "need". Time is tick tick ticking away and I am thinking: just one more page, just one more page...

10 years ago

Marilyn

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Hmmm....I have a bit of a browsing addiction. I have a handful of stores that I check for new additions, new reviews, yada yada. It definitely feels like a poor use of time sometimes.

10 years ago

UmmLila (Lisa)

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If I want something specific (e.g. black fringed denim shorts) I use Polyvore or ShopStyle as a starting point. They give a quick look at what's out there and help remind me of some merchants. (I'd be happier if they didn't include secondhand clothing in the results, though.)

As for browsing around, I don't know how to make that less of a time suck other than that there could be better technology for letting me look at 100 items per page.

10 years ago