One-Click Ordering
Your favorite clothes, daily groceries and everything in between, just one click away? Is there anything more convenient than that when it comes to shopping?
The downside for consumers, and most certainly an upside for retailers like Amazon, is that one-click ordering makes it that much harder for us to abandon our virtual carts. This means we end up squandering a lot more money than if we had to go through a longer process of clicking a few more times or entering address and payment information.
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Don’t forget “Mail in Rebates” as apposed to a reduced price or instant rebate at the register. They sound great. Who doesn’t like getting freebies in the mail? You just have to remember to take the receipt, cut some proof from the box, fill out the rebate form… you did remember to pick one up, didn’t you? Then you mail that in before the deadline. Of course, you pay the postage. Then, if you got everything right, you eventually get your rebate in the mail. The next time you go to that store, you can use your rebate, if you are making a qualifying purchase, and the rebate hasn’t expired. Oh, and if you haven’t forgotten.