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My Retail Addiction in CoVid Times
Full disclosure, I am a guy who likes to go shopping, I may not actually buy anything on many shopping excursions, but I enjoy killing some time by looking at things in stores. In a post-CV-19 world, this has become very frustrating.
I used to go to the shopping mall at least once a week and enjoy driving to the nearest major city for a shopping excursion every couple of weeks. I like to find bargains; I will spend hours looking at comparable products to buy the best one, or the best value. If I were to cost out my time, there is no way I would have saved any real money in the process. Let’s face it; many of us treat shopping as a sport.
Shopping Since CV-19
Since March 11, 2020, we have bought the majority of our groceries online for pick-up or delivery. Purchasing groceries online has saved us a lot of money in the area of spontaneous purchases. It has also been very frustrating because you often do not get the advertised sale price of a product as your pick-up date is after the sale on that item expired. Does anyone else have an issue with this? I think that the price you put into your cart should lock the price in, but none of my local grocery stores are honouring this. Sometimes the substitutions are also…
