When did you make your first online purchase, what was it and why did you shop online?

As i said upthread i have never bought anything online. I know amazon etc are cheap but how they treat staff has been questioned and they wriggle out of paying due tax.

If people don’t use local shops especially independent ones we risk losing them. They will be missed when all are gone.

It must have been a book because amazon was only in the business for books at first. Laer I bought a computer (Apple).
That was exciting but well worth the money.

I don't do an awful lot of on line shopping. I really do try to shop locally in our smallish town if I can, but if something is not available, then off to the internet I go.

I seem to remember ordering some waterproof window trim for our bathroom when we re-did it. Why do they design bathrooms with the window right inside the shower stall?

I do love internet window-shopping (browsing)! I can waste endless hours looking at items I don't really need.

Oh, I'm not knocking it in general - I know many people who absolutely swear by it. I just like to see what I'm buying first - I've been known to hunt through every packet of ham on the shelf until I find one I like the look of.

Blondiescot I don't trust anyone else to pick my food for me

To me that's a godsend. I can't see text on tins and packets on the shelves or freezers, but the wonderful angels who choose my fresh foods always get me the best and let me know of any bargains. Couldn't do without that excellent service now.

And they always write a sweet little note on the receipt, which my Homecare lady reads to me

I honestly can't remember - I seem to have been shopping online forever! I detest shopping so online shopping is heaven to me...apart from food shopping, that is. I don't trust anyone else to pick my food for me.

I seem to remember it was a John Deere tractor! Not a real one of course but a rather smart, rather expensive replica pedal jobbie for GS. He was thrilled to bits with it but flatly refused to sit on the damn thing. That was our first lesson in grandparently overindulgence going wrong. After that my purchases were mostly fishing related, but now, all manner of things.

Fairly certain mine was books from Amazon. As Bathsheba says they sold little else then. Sadly being new to the process I managed to double buy and ended up selling the duplicates at a loss to colleague. Could have been worse, a friend did the same with Viagra purchase on line. ?

I needed a special dress for the launch of my first book (1998) and styles and prices here were ridiculous.

A US friend recommended the online store she used and I found the most beautiful and unusual dress I'd ever seen at a fraction of the price, even with postage, of a NZ garment.
I still wear that dress and still love it and wherever I go, it's admired.

At the moment, I browse and very occasionally buy from a el cheapo site called Wish.

I've been shopping on line for so long I cant remember when but it was when Sainsbury first went on line. I was commuting to London and doing a busy job so getting the groceries delivered was wonderful. I shop for most things on line as we live in a small market town with local shops that dont sell what I want to buy.

I bought two stickers for the car.
One is a Devon flag and the other is a charity sticker. Both were only available from specialist suppliers so they couldn't be obtained any other way.
I don't particularly like getting things online as I worry about security but these were barely more than £2 each.

My records only go back to about 2005 but I believe I was online shopping before then, probably books intially.

My first online shopping was with Tesco around 2003. I was off sick with sciatica so had to rely on my husband son shopping for me, which cost a lot more than when I did it so decided to try online food shopping which worked well. It was around 2007 that I started using Ebay and do lots more online now.

Have never bought anything online..... not yet anyway.

I think my first purchase was from eBay...Laura Ashley offcuts for patchwork quilts. Am still buying as it is great for craft materials.

My first on-line purchase was from ebay....a jigsaw of an illuminated manuscript...very unusual.

No idea what I first bought but it was probably a book from Amazon about 2004 or thereabouts.

I can’t remember what the first thing was that I bought online, but I’m guessing a book or CD.

I've been buying online for many years. No idea of what the first thing was. I do it because I like browsing , often in my pj's in the middle of the night. I often buy on EBay and haven't had any problems with anything. The last thing I bought was an iPad cover which I love and which was about half the price of the ones in the shops.

No idea I can’t even remember what I ate yesterday I seem to have buying online for ever I think it was in the 90 s

I honestly cannot remember, but it was more than likely a book from Amazon, when they sold little else other than books - remember those days?

It must have been about 2000 or 2001. I needed a brown, smart jacket to go with an outfit for an Autumn wedding. I bought a lovely velour one with Crystal buttons from Bon Marche. I wore it until it was almost threadbare.

I can't remember, but I have had an Amazon account since about 2000.

I bought a water butt. I lived out in the sticks with no car so online with delivery was a god send.

When it arrived it was a compost bin. There was no address or telephone number to contact them and they didn’t respond to any emails. I was stuck with it.

It was quite a while before I bought anything online again.??

I did it via ebay. I bought 5 little tiny emeralds for £4 just because I could! I hadn't believed it would be possible.