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Poll: What do you find buying online really hard or annoying?

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Tools and supplies for my bladesmithing hobby. The supply sites that do exists have really terrible web presences and they still do much of their business with paper catalogs. Most of the stores don't have items categorized more than one level deep nor by the properties of the item. There are all sorts of options for something as simple as an anvil or a pair of tongs. God help you if you need handle hardware. You hav…

Thanks gaustin. I certainly didn't know it was so hard to buy stuff like that. This UK site looks quite good - http://anvils.co.uk. Would something like that be useful?

Re: Poll: What do you find buying online really hard or annoying?

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I have never found a good grocery delivery service that had an interface that didn't make me want to shoot myself.

Yes, that's a big one, although I must say I've been pleasantly surprised by the big supermarkets online service here in the UK. The Tesco and Asda websites are not exactly usability masterpieces but they are pretty good.

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I don't need any more filtering or sorting. I think there needs to be more editorial, sort of like Consumers Reports. The biggest problem now is that reviews all cover only a single product. I want to see reviews that cover a product category. Comparison reviews are so much more useful than single item reviews.

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post #14

I don't need any more filtering or sorting. I think there needs to be more editorial, sort of like Consumers Reports. The biggest problem now is that reviews all cover only a single product. I want to see reviews that cover a product category. Comparison reviews are so much more useful than single item reviews.

I'm a bit torn on reviews. While I find them useful, I often find myself not much closer to a decision after having read a bunch of reviews. Often, I end up more confused.

Once you've read some reviews, how do you choose one product to buy?

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Housing. Period. Craigslist is pretty much the most painful thing to use when looking for an apartment. But they have a lock on the supply side.

Aren't there lots of good alternatives to Craigslist now?

At least here in the UK, we have the following which are good:

http://nestoria.com

http://rightmove.com

http://findaproperty.com

http://www.globrix.com

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#18
Home fixtures. Specifically, looking for anything by dimension - I have yet to find any way to find a medicine cabinet for a rough opening of 12.5"x16.5", for instance, or a register of 8"x10" - both actual examples of things I need for my renovation and can't find online or offline (offline because nobody local carries odd dimensions).

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post #18

Home fixtures. Specifically, looking for anything by dimension - I have yet to find any way to find a medicine cabinet for a rough opening of 12.5"x16.5", for instance, or a register of 8"x10" - both actual examples of things I need for my renovation and can't find online or offline (offline because nobody local carries odd dimensions).

Yes, that's one I've got on my list of specific things. I'm amazed someone like Ikea hasn't done this already.
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