No fun in shopping anymore

My boyfriend and I were talking the other day about how he need to get an external hard drive. Simple enough...I referenced him to NewEgg.com as this is where I was referred to when I bought mine. The site is great: easy to navigate, consumer ratings and comments, variety of brands and options and best of all, great prices compared to any store he would find around here. Why NOT purchase his external online???

His response: There's no fun in shopping anymore...what's the point of going to a store when everything is cheaper online...I miss shopping when I can go to the store and LOOK at what I want to buy...it's taking out half the fun!

I was thinking about this, and it's totally true. Shopping online usually DOES have the best price. And like places such as NewEgg.com, the prices are significantly cheaper than any store we can find and usually there is no shipping. In addition, if you can be patient for 3-4 days, the shipping is pretty timely as well. But I do miss the days of spending too long driving around to stores to find the exact thing you want at the best price...but there is almost no point now. I'll go look because I can, but I usually end up buying them online anyways. Even Google has made it easier with their iPhone application: the Google Product Search. A person can literally stand in a store, enter the product they want and find all the prices and locations of where they can be found. Why would someone purchase the product in front of them when it's $50 cheaper on a website?

Cheap vs. Free

This article was found in the Bellingham Herald called "Selling stuff for free is a boom market, but at what cost?" By SCOTT CANON at McClatchy Newspapers.

It's about the notion of cheap and free.

Best quote from the article: "When things were the cheapest, men were the poorest," said future presidential candidate William McKinley 120 years ago. "Cheap merchandise means cheap men, and cheap men mean a cheap country."

Read this Article on the Bellingham Herald website.

Dan Weiden-Weiden + Kennedy

Dan Weiden on Weiden + Kennedy from Portland, OR. I find it worthwhile listening too....

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1329255401?bctid=24387615001

The 2nd Annual Canadian Cheese Rolling Fesitval

Alright....everyone needs to check this out! It's the 2nd Annual Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival...basically an 11 lb cheese roll is rolled down a hill and participants begin to chase it. The first to cross the finish line and get the cheese wins the cheese!!!! How great is that??? I am honestly considering joining...if not, I will def. be there to watch!!

http://www.canadiancheeserolling.ca/

Meat Cards

The new and upcoming business card....




www.meatcards.com

Come on Sprite

Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lp3JSnAcyI&feature=player_embedded

Sex sells...but this is a little much.

Mountain West Music Festivel

http://www.mountainwestmusicfest.com/

Check it outtttttttttt.