My first online website purchase happened today and I bought a handheld steam cleaner. I'm still finding it hard to come to terms with what I just did - I bought something online, surrendered credit card details, and paid local P&H. All of which are telltale signs that the world wide web is claiming victory over my traditionalist view on shopping.
Now I'm someone who likes going into a real shop, browse real goods, touch/try/test real products, pay by cash, and carry the winning home and begin using straightaway. The reasons why I am a late convert are several:
- P&H - Product: $9.95, P&H: $14.95. Makes no sense to me!
- Delivery - Constant longing for the mailman to bring my new toy permanently damages my sanity. Waiting for ages in high anticipation is torture! I want to use the product and I want to use the product NOW not 5 working days and a 3 day long-weekend later
- Delivery - Risk of product damage due to mishandling or poor packaging. No brave party ever claims ownership when this fault happens. I'm stuck with a broken vase to display flowers in
- Payment Method - What? No radio button for cash option? BOOO~!!
- Product Descriptions and Photos - What you see is never the same as what you receive
So there you have it, folks. I am a reluctant online shopper and a very cynical one too.
But even the most biased online shopper has a weak spot and mine happens to be a 1000w yellow kettle lookalike thing that cleans with steams. Hey that rhymed!! Hehe poetry aside, owning a steam cleaner has been a fantasy of mine for a year now. Last year at the Perth Royal Show I remember standing for ages in front of the man demonstrating a steam mop, I was totally mesmerized by the revolutionary power of steam! It wasn't until Rowena dragged me away from the stall that I snapped back into reality. Last Saturday when we were at the Good Food and Wine Show the same steam mop man was there but so was my good friend Rowena hence I only had a 3 second peek as we quickly walked past the stall.
Well, I am no longer on the side of longing as my very own steam cleaner is on it's way right now from Sydney! WOOT WOOT!!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and Mei Lan (the Germ Nazi who despite using 5 sponges to wash dishes does not believe in steam). Gather around and open your eyes wide. Get ready to be amazed too by miraculous steaming actions and be envious of my squeaky bathroom tiles, fluffy bed sheets, fresh curtain, soft carpet, crease-free clothes, shiny windows, fingerprint free mirrors and grease less stove-tops.
I'll write an unboxing entry once I receive the package and another one for review in the hope that somebody might find it useful because when I was searching online there was virtually none around. Keep watching this space for those as excited as little Jennifer and I about the new steam cleaner :)
In the same laughter as little Jennifer's at Barry's 30th birthday bash last night:
"tee hee hehehehe hahah wahha tehehehe teeheh hahahahaha"
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