Online Christmas Shopping plug
There was a brief item on GMTV this morning about online shopping for Christmas- listing about as many online shops as they possibly could including ASOS, IWOOT, Pricerunner, Kelkoo, John Lewis etc. (Strange, as the GMTV site is predominantly Kelkoo feeds) You could almost hear the marketing department scream "NO!" when the journo said "if you are unsure about an online shopping site, go direct to the big name shop websites". Made me chuckle!
The GMTV website also has a handy online shopping tips page which gives guidelines if you are an online shopping virgin or know someone who has questions about internet shopping. http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=17422. A good rule of thumb is to use the same judgement online as you would when you are shopping in the high street. After all, you are probably less inclined to use a credit card with a dodgy shop keeper who has just set up shop for a couple of weeks, than say with M&S.
There was a good point made about using shopping comparison sites and the savings they can offer consumers. If you are unsure of how they work, these kind of websites (the advertisers) use information provided to them by big shopping names such as Argos, Comet, John Lewis and also smaller internet only retailers. When you search for an item, for example a Sony KV28HX15U 28" Widescreen TV- you will be given information from a range of retailers and be able to see the cheapest price available. Example here. The cheapest retailer from the example was Currys.
If you find the right price and want to go ahead and buy, you will then be purchasing the item from the retailer directly. By the way, there is no extra charge added for you to use price comparison websites- and you could be saving yourself a couple of quid!
To continue the GMTV spirit of plugging your own site for Christmas shopping, take a look at the price comparison site UKShopstobuy for your Christmas purchases! ;-)
Added bit- always check the price before you pay, as prices are correct on publishing and you never know when a retailer may change 'em!
The GMTV website also has a handy online shopping tips page which gives guidelines if you are an online shopping virgin or know someone who has questions about internet shopping. http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=17422. A good rule of thumb is to use the same judgement online as you would when you are shopping in the high street. After all, you are probably less inclined to use a credit card with a dodgy shop keeper who has just set up shop for a couple of weeks, than say with M&S.
There was a good point made about using shopping comparison sites and the savings they can offer consumers. If you are unsure of how they work, these kind of websites (the advertisers) use information provided to them by big shopping names such as Argos, Comet, John Lewis and also smaller internet only retailers. When you search for an item, for example a Sony KV28HX15U 28" Widescreen TV- you will be given information from a range of retailers and be able to see the cheapest price available. Example here. The cheapest retailer from the example was Currys.
If you find the right price and want to go ahead and buy, you will then be purchasing the item from the retailer directly. By the way, there is no extra charge added for you to use price comparison websites- and you could be saving yourself a couple of quid!
To continue the GMTV spirit of plugging your own site for Christmas shopping, take a look at the price comparison site UKShopstobuy for your Christmas purchases! ;-)
Added bit- always check the price before you pay, as prices are correct on publishing and you never know when a retailer may change 'em!
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