Has the internet taken the 'browse element' out of shopping and is it good that we can find exactly what we want now?
2006-09-19 23:06:32 · 28 answers · asked by Grinner5000 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The answer is really not that simple. I am an enthusiast who like all the other would always answer OLD RECORD SHOP. Recently though i have discovered a whole heap of music by simply following similar artists links on Itunes and listening to the previews in much the same way as i picked up a interesting CD in a store and asked to listen to it. I doubt i would ever have found some of this great music if i hadnt shopped on itunes. Now to me at the end of the day its about listening to great music and getting it out to the people who want to hear it. This is exactly what stores like itunes make easier. Imagine no zit faced young idiots in store treating you like shite cause you're not buying "cool" music yet they know less than the average Indian Elephant about music. The only drawback in buying on itunes is not getting the physical album to put in your collection but i beat that system buy shopping on itunes and then buying on Ebay/Amazon/Play.com. I do however still go out to HMV or Virgin Mega if im feeling blue and need to spend sometime getting cheered up.....cause end of the day its the atmosphere in the store more than anything else that makes you feel warm and fuzzy.
2006-09-19 23:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lukas D 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're right in proposing this - there is/was a joy to browsing. It is still possible to browse on the Internet too of course. Of course, the browsing is different. Perhaps we should think of the little acknowledged element of "asking the guy behind the counter" which is lacking from Internet purchases. Or hearing a song playing in the shop that you then fancy buying; or listening to something in the shop (you can do that to an extent on the net, I guess) before you buy it. It's good that we still have shops to go to...but for how long, I don't know. We'll miss 'em when they're gone!!
2006-09-19 23:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot beat rummaging around an old record shop. We have one here called The Vinyl Resting Place. The bloke should be knighted for thinking of a name like that. However, YES the internet has certainly killed off or is killing off the browse element. Particularly in the photographic area, independent retailers are biting the dust one by one at an alrming rate.
2006-09-19 23:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by Warlock Fiend 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I do like a good rummage! Nothing better than going to my local second hand record shop (in a basement with no windows and loads of dust - perfect) and just having a browse to see what they've got, because that way you pick up something you probably wouldn't have normally gone for.
Saying that, when I want something specific I am somewhat of an Amazon whore.
2006-09-19 23:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by sarcasticquotemarks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I have to say I do a lot of shopping online. The thing is with online that I would like to see if if you buy a album from say itunes etc why can't you download the covers too.
I find online shopping good for Christmas though, last year I did it all online and I'm doing the same this year and have 50% of it done already. The only thing I then get is cards from a shop.
2006-09-19 23:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to admit that I now buy all my Cd's on the Internet. Mostly from CD Wow as they are cheaper than buying in the shops. Have also bought some on eBay and play.com. I love Internet shopping and I don't think we've lost the browse element at all. I browse through the sites looking for special offers, etc.
2006-09-20 00:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by redhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy most of my music online (itunes), which is handy cos if I don't know the song I can listen to a snippet, but I just can't pass a dusty old record shop without going in for a look! Passed one today with a big ad in the window for cheap pink floyd records- and had to be literally dragged away!
2006-09-20 07:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. Roxie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. It is good that we can find music we want to hear straight away, but there's something very appealing about rummaging around dusty old record shops. Like book shops.
2006-09-19 23:17:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-19 23:28:21 · answer #9 · answered by gvaporcarb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nah, i love the traditional "record shop". Im sick of computers taking over the whole friggen world. Why even make records if people are just gonna steal all that work off the computer, without a care in the world that some people spent months and months recording it. Its STEALING, its not fair.
Go out and live your lives, instead of sitting on the friggen computer all day. Dont you think it would be MORE FUN to go to a record store and chose the record you want, instead of getting a gazillion over the internet. It means that buying a record is more sacred, it means something. Why not buy one incredible record you can keep your whole life, and show to your kids and reminiss on old days, instead of downloading something off your shitty computer that will rot under ground in 20 years.
Get real everyone. Open your friggen eyes. Theres a fukin world out there, and your wasting it.
2006-09-19 23:18:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋