Poll: Ever ordered something off the Internet?

[Earthbound Engineer]

A lot of things on Amazon, and games on Steam.

 

[Terramax]

Wait, you mean there are people out there that don't use the internet to buy everything these days?

If it's not food, everything gets bought on the net and paid by the card.

But I am thinking of buying a hat on the interwubs to avoid a six-hour round trip.

What type of hat? I wanna see more... interesting hats on this thread. Maybe I should start a hat thread on these forums somewhere.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

I've bought most of my audio equipment off the internet, and a bunch of other stuff. I've found that it all works quite well, especially if you order from respectable sites like Amazon (for books and such) and Sweetwater (seriously, if you need audio stuff, order from them. They're much better than Musician's Friend in my experience)

 

[LongAndShort]

Books, games and a few other things.

 

[Gruthar]

I'd be more surprised if someone hasn't ordered something off of the internet at some point.

Things I've ordered/bought online, off of the top of my head:
*Games (Steam, Impulse)
*Food (specifically, pizza)
*Car Parts (eBay and retailers)
*Bicycle Parts
*Computer Parts (Newegg FTMFW)
*Music (both CDs and MP3s, via iTunes and Amazon)
*Books
*Hotel reservations
*Tickets (movie, travel, and concert)
*Even guns and ammunition (with the appropriate paperwork)

My preferred payment method is my debit card, with PayPal being my other preferred method. I've never had a problem with being ripped off or having my card info stolen.

 

[Deleted]

A can of whoopass. I didn't think the internet tough guy was really a 6 foot Olympic heavy weight. Boy was I wrong.

 

[cathou]

yes, mainly food : pizza and chicken, and at a time that i was incapacitated i was doing my grocery over internet and the store delivered to me.

i've also bought movies on ebay a oouple of time

 

[Captain_Caveman]

The internet is a scam.

Don't fall for it.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Many things, ranging from DVD's of shows, to mugs.
Favourite payment method? Well if it's a secure site, then Credit Card's not a problem. If it's not secure, I'll just do direct deposit...
Haven't been scammed yet. I just make sure I'm using a trustworthy site, and that it's secure (if possible).

 

[Smudge91]

I've ordered basically the whole of the furniture in my house off the internet and most of my books for uni. I love the internet.
OP: nice hat.
Edit: Oh and some groceries when we first moved in, sainsbury's are speedy with the delivery's although i did not appreciate the charge grumble grumble.

 

[Redingold]

Does Steam count? If not, then I still ordered a couple of games a few years back from Amazon.

 

[Emilie Diabolica]

i bought mass effect and sims 3 off ebay...
with paypal, got em in a few days.

and thats all, so i've never been scammed.

 

[Queen Michael]

I have to; many comics are impossible to get sans Internet shopping where I live. (Southwest Sweden.)

 

[Vern]

Yes, I can't quite say how many things I've ordered on the internet. Various movies, games, CDs, books, posters, boots, ammunition, magazines, stocks, and a rifle. The only time I was ripped off was when I ordered Chakan: The Forever Man for Genesis, the guy never shipped it, didn't respond, and after a month I emailed Ebay about it. They promptly refunded my money plus shipping within 4 days. I usually just use a debit or credit card, paypal is preferred, but I have yet to be scammed by folks who use their own secure payment processing server. Generally online sales arrive within 14 business days, usually sooner. The only long waits I've had are when I ordered a Leningrad CD, DLYA MILLIONOVA, which shipped from St. Petersburg Russia, that took about 3 weeks. I also bought some boots and they shipped from Urkaine, those took about 3 weeks as well. If you're in the continental US, and order from the continental US they shouldn't take more than 7 business days.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Heaps of things. As you could guess, I love Peanuts and I figured out that it costs me roughly $6O AUS to order the books through Amazon and have them shipped over from America, compared to $120 for buying them in a bookstore here! I was amazed at how much I saved.

 

[silasbufu]

got some close from eastbay. that's about it. I might do it again, it was ok.

 

[C117]

Well, I've ordered both japanese doujinshis and videogames via the interweb. It's really convenient.

 

[JDviewer]

I've bought games off of amazon. Its always been reliable for me.

 

[Kris015]

Does steam games count? Bah, i guess not. Well anyways, yes i've done it alot, and always with sucess.

 

[Kiefer13]

Has anyone here ever ordered anything off of the Internet? If so, how did it go for you? Recently I ordered this.

http://i36.tinypic.com/35kq58w.jpg

That is an excellent hat.

So? What did you guys order?

Yes, I've bought plenty of things off the internet, including the PC I'm typing this from (from pcspecialist.co.uk) and quite a few games, books and dvds (mostly from amazon.co.uk). There are plenty of times I would have bought other things off the internet as well, if I had the money.