The risk of internet buying



Internet buying/postal buying is a big thing in Australia. You can get practically anything on the internet as long as you have a credit card (which i actually only have a singaporean one so it's a little tricky but i am working on an assie credit card).


The first week i arrived, i bought a magazine which had this book sale thing in it. Where you could buy good book like - Cooking with Jamie Oliver, Neil Perry- the food i like, Kylie Kwong and another cooking book which i forget now for the very ridiculous price of 38. And you get a free luggage set. Sounds great right? and can return if you don't like it.




Then the books came - in the mail some more(which you have to pick up from the post office cos of course it can't fit into the post box)


And i find out - you actually have to buy 6 more books over 1 year if not they charge you the cost price of the books; which actually is not very bad but of course they didn't tell you when you first bought it.


Then I recently went to my pastor's house and his wife had this really nifty and nice coffee maker in her house which uses small capsules - so no washing and cleaning of the coffee machine . makes great coffee and was on sale. usual price 300+ now 200+ after cashback.


So i mused for the past 2 weeks. My pastor's wife was supposed to send me the link to order it on line. (which they deliver to you for just $5 - driving there and paying for the toll will cost me at least that much anyway) She forgot for a while and i decided never mind - save the money but today she sent me the link and i spent the whole day musing about it. thinking - should i buy it? should i go to the store to look at it?




Then finally when i got home, i was just surfing the website again and one thing led to another and i bought it. sigh. i should stop doing this. Hope it provides me and my guests many hours of good coffee and good conversation.


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