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Do you shop in retail stores anymore?

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Or one has enough of a live to not want to waste time on trivial things like towels.

I order the towels I know I like, it's as easy as checking the label and hitting up Amazon or Overstock and ordering them.

Most hotels/spas will provide you with what brands/item # they are using free of charge.

So, tell me... What were the last towels you ordered through Amazon or Overstock? :whiste:
 
So, tell me... What were the last towels you ordered through Amazon or Overstock? :whiste:

I can't remember the last towels maybe Royal Velvet...haven't had to replace them recently. I don't really overspend on towels. A good set for two (edit: two people not two towels) is around $100-200, perhaps less.

My last set of sheets and everything I ordered online though.

Sleep number In-Balance sheets, pillow cases, Duvet cover, their #1 level of comforter (for hot climates/sleepers), and mattress pad.

I ordered about $400 in Pacific Coast pillows from Amazon and direct from Pacific Coast too.
 
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Or one has enough of a live to not want to waste time on trivial things like towels.

I order the towels I know I like, it's as easy as checking the label and hitting up Amazon or Overstock and ordering them.

Most hotels/spas will provide you with what brands/item # they are using free of charge.

Whoa, whoa. I can't believe you just typed that towels are trivial. Wow. I... wow...
 
Yea 10% of my income goes towards towels

That's all? Must be buying the cheap stuff; over here it's like 15% on towels.

To answer the original post: yeah, sure. Home Depot semi-regularly, Petco too (though I did just look up the pet food I get and it is on Amazon with Prime now, so maybe I'll switch). Places like Target occasionally, though a lot of that kind of stuff just comes through Amazon. Electronics have been all online for years; used to be from several different sites but pretty much exclusively Amazon now. Autozone/etc. a lot because much of the time I need a part right away because I don't plan ahead and/or something just broke, but I do get some auto things through Amazon too.

All my sheets and bedding have been online for awhile, though I've got a California King size bed and it's hard to find those sheets retail anyway.

Clothing I've done both ways, probably more often retail than online. Shoes have all been through Zappo's recently though.
 
I buy most anything on Amazon. Even food now. But Home depot seems to beat out the prices on most things. That's the only store I actually visit anymore. The home depot website is even cheaper a lot of times too so I do buy from there too.

I even order live plants online. But do sometimes visit the garden centers. It's easier to browse plants and they have stuff that will grow here so I don't need to research it to much. Usually you can only buy small plants online though if you don't mind waiting for them to grow. If I need something large I go get it at a garden center. For larger plants the garden centers can be a good price, but for the medium and smaller they are a rip off compared to online. Mostly because large plants kill you in shipping costs.

I buy from lumber liquidators too online. But they usually have you go in store to pick it up. Shipping is to much.
 
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