Thanks everyone for your incite. Doesn't hurt any less at the end of every month, but at least I know that this isn't a recessionary problem...but a case of inflationary spending cutbacks by a lot of people. Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records "Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since 1985!!" http://www.bullseyecanada.com http://www.bullseyerecords.com Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz >From: "Jim Kosmicki" >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: , >Subject: Re: online buying >Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:36:16 -0500 > >Jamie Vernon asked if people had stopped online buying all of a sudden: > >Obviously all I can answer for is myself, but I've noticed this myself >recently and came to the conclusion that there were two factors. >1. I do have less discretionary income right now. Inflation and minimal >salary increases are beginning to hurt. The higher cost of gasoline is >an easy scapegoat, but my wife and I have noticed that almost everything >that we knew the prices for has gone up noticeable in recent months, and >my contacts in retail indicate that it's shipping costs for the most >part that are causing the increase (plus trying to meet quarterly stock >goals with less purchases being made!) > >2. I don't need that much more stuff. When online shopping came about >and all of a sudden you had the cornucopia there, it was so much easier >to buy what you'd always wanted and couldn't find. Now, I've fulfilled >most of my want lists and am pretty much only buying the new stuff. And >for new stuff, unless it's exclusive to the online retailer, local >merchants have that wonderful advantage of immediate possession. > > > > >======================================================================= >Detailed Audities-List information: >To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: >