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5 Products You Shouldn't Buy Online

There are two very good reasons why online retail sales consistently outgrow traditional every year: Shopping online is more convenient and typically much less expensive. For instance, consumer electronics from cameras to smartphones can usually be had for cheaper online, books used or new (or electronic) are usually priced more cheaply at Amazon than in a big book store and even shoes tend to be cheaper online now that most of the online shoe retailers offer free shipping. Even when an online retailer wins out on price, the cost to ship it to your home might erase the price advantage, which is especially true of heavy items like televisions. Of course, superficial damage on a floor model is one of several excuses to haggle in stores -- and as Gault alludes to, such negotiations are really only an option when you're in a physical store. Sales associates on the floor at big appliance retailers will often be empowered to negotiate for the price of a large appliance -- and with a sales commission on the line, many of them will be all too happy to take some dollars off the price to close a sale. That's an experience you just won't get on Amazon. Other things are groceries, clothes, and cheap stuff.

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