{"id":2864,"date":"2009-09-15T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2017-05-07T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T07:21:48","slug":"what-are-some-items-i-do-not-buy-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/09\/what-are-some-items-i-do-not-buy-online\/","title":{"rendered":"What are some items I do not buy online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"online by parisbmws, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9116839@N04\/3918558444\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2495\/3918558444_2022fdc5fd_o.jpg\" alt=\"online\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got to thinking about this one day while browsing some online stores. I realised that there are some things I will not buy online no matter how cheap I perceive them to be.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things I do not buy online and my reasons for not doing so:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Clothes, bags and shoes <\/strong>&#8211; I am a tactile shopper &#8211; I like to touch the material of clothes, bags and shoes before I buy them. Also experience has taught me that what looks good on the computer monitor may not look as good in real life and vice versa. So, I still do most of my fashion shopping in person. However, I am willing to buy bags online when I can do proper research on a particular item like my <a href=\"..\/2009\/06\/21\/rebecca-minkoff-morning-after-mini-bag-from-shopbop-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebecca Minkoff Morning After Mini bag<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liquid eyeliner and Mascara <\/strong>&#8211; I do not even purchase mascara from warehouse sales due to a previous bad experience. I purchased a mascara during one such sale and when I got home, realised that it was all dried up = waste of money. You can&#8217;t tell if the mascara has been opened by others during a sale (I saw it happening once and I wanted to smack the lady!) or when sold online. Once opened, mascaras dry up faster due to the introduction of air. Since I cannot be sure, I don&#8217;t buy them online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Older lipstick and gloss <\/strong>&#8211; What I mean by older is lipsticks or lipgloss from older lines or discontinued colours. You can&#8217;t tell from an online stock photo whether it is starting to smell funky. So far I only buy lipglosses or lipsticks that are fairly recent or if discontinued, discontinued recently.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anything with Vitamin C <\/strong>&#8211; I am picky about any skincare that contains vitamin C. Vitamin C works best fresh and they do not keep well and oxidise easily. So, I prefer to suck it up and pay more at the counter than buy it online where I may not be sure how old it is.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some skincare <\/strong>&#8211; I&#8217;ve bought cleanser online but not creams. Some online stores are selling it cheaper but I&#8217;m worried about how the heat will affect the skincare in the course of transit to me or whether it has been opened. So for now I&#8217;m sticking to buying my skincare at the counters. I rather like the experience anyway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunscreen <\/strong>&#8211; the lifespan of sunscreen is only between 2-3 years from manufacture. If no manufacturing date is stated I will not purchase. If an expiry date is stated I will ensure that there is at least 1.5 years to the expiry which is never the case at cheap online stores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Online shops or blogshops may not all be reputable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other problem I have with shopping online when it comes to clothes or any of the above cosmetics items, are the sellers. I stick to reputable online stores for most of the time, preferring to pay a little bit more than to risk losing money or receiving something different from what I ordered. A long time ago, while shopping on <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/ad\/gxyqnbrten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StrawberryNET.com<\/a> I did not receive my item and after lodging a report and waiting for about 6 weeks, I got my refund with no problems. Contrast that with the horrible experience <a href=\"http:\/\/soloverly.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/warning-terrible-experience-with-lush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kahani<\/a> received recently from a local blogshop owner who sent her a mismatched pair of shoes and then went AWOL, spoiling what was otherwise a seamless transaction.<\/p>\n<p>These days, anyone can open an online store thanks to blogs and free blog platforms like Blogger or WordPress. Whilst I admire their entrepreneurial spirit such sellers should realize that online stores or blogshops are a business and as with running a business, sellers must be responsible and careful in their transactions. People are more aware of their consumer rights these days and if like in Kahani&#8217;s case, the seller made a mistake sending out the wrong item, they should be man or woman enough to take responsibility for it, apologize and rectify the error at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colour selections online may not be accurate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know some people are also put off by colour selection for colour cosmetics because colours you see online may not look the same when you get the item. However, I&#8217;m more prepared to run a risk for eyeshadows and blush as hygiene is less of an issue with powder products. Hence when I shop online, its mostly for powder cosmetics, while I do my liquid based purchases in person.<\/p>\n<p>Are you particular about what you buy online and what you do not? What items will you not buy online? Have a you got a horrible online shopping experience to share?<\/p>\n<p>Stay beautiful,<\/p>\n<p>Paris B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to thinking about this one day while browsing some online stores. I realised that there are some things I will not buy online no matter how cheap I perceive them to be. 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