Re:Amazon sales soar as pandemic fuels online shopping
by a2tech on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:07PM
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At the beginning of the pandemic I definitely was doing more online shopping. But my wife and I have definitely shifted into the 'bunker down and be prepared' mentality. We're stashing cash and loading up on canned goods. We both have good reliable jobs, but between an unexpected tax bill and worry over how the COVID situation is being handled we're bracing for bad weather.
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Re:Amazon sales soar as pandemic fuels online shopping
by jdhn on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:24PM
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I'm the complete opposite, I've buying more things online than ever. I guess I'm buying things in order to make up for the fact that I can't go out and do things.
Re:Amazon sales soar as pandemic fuels online shopping
by a2tech on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:55PM
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Thats how I was at the beginning. I'm an extrovert and my wife is an introvert. I think I was buying a bunch of stuff for time wasting projects (HD bird cam with live streaming from a RasPi, tons and tons of LEGO sets) to keep my mind off of being stuck at home. But as I've settled into this new normal (and not gonna lie, the tax bill helped) our spending has massively shrunk.