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Too early......?

  • 01-11-2010 11:14am
    #1
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    So Halloween is over and now the stress of budgeting for a few presents and ideas for Christmas begins.....well for me....as I want it over and done with!

    Just wondering how other boardsies approach their Christmas shopping as I'm thinking of doing most/all of it online this year.

    How're you approaching the Chrismas shop this year? 42 votes

    Online.
    0% 0 votes
    Shops.
    26% 11 votes
    Mix of both.
    14% 6 votes
    Hum-tari Bug-uar.
    59% 25 votes


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  • #2
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭flyton5


    Superquinn have their Christmas selection boxes on display for the last few days. Fúcking madness....


  • #3
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Bloody presents, it's hard enough saving up for the drinking session that is Christmas!!


  • #4
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Last year I left everything a bit late and had to deal with crowds at shopping centres while I had no idea what to get anyone. This year is gonna be all online I reckon, probably start next week


  • #5
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Bought my first Christmas present last week, want it all done by mid-November. I started playing my MP3 Christmas playlists this morning :)

    There is a Christmas forum on boards and it's been active again for a while now :)

    EDIT: I voted 'both' on the poll but will very likely do 80-90% of it online, the rest in the shops.


  • #6
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭flyton5


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    I started playing my MP3 Christmas playlists this morning :)


    I used to stick on the Christmas cds in work around mid-november just to piss off the customers. Never fails...


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  • #7
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Bought my first Christmas present last week, want it all done by mid-November. I started playing my MP3 Christmas playlists this morning :)

    There is a Christmas forum on boards and it's been active again for a while now :)

    :eek:


    Over 3k posts and now you tell me? :D

    Apologies so. I can feel the move coming on..........


  • #8
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    Im doing my shopping for Christmas 2011 now.


  • #9
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    I'm doing the majority of it online, but I am going up to Belfast in 2 weeks to snag some cheap things out of shops up there. Electronics and the like probably.

    Most everyone I have to get things for this year are pretty easy which is nice.


  • #10
    Barna77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Fúck all the Christmas shopping.

    Scrooge is my middle name.


  • #11
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭flyton5


    Just went down to the shop to grab some munch for my break and the weather outside is frightful.


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  • #12
    St._Andalou
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭St._Andalou


    flyton5 wrote: »
    Just went down to the shop to grab some munch for my break and the weather outside is frightful.

    ... but the fire is so delightful...


  • #13
    Eason Melodic Manic
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Eason Melodic Manic


    Probably online for me, I love online shopping.
    Might get a few bits in the shops as well though.
    I guess I had better start thinking about presents and planning them


  • #14
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Probably online for me, I love online shopping.
    Might get a few bits in the shops as well though.
    I guess I had better start thinking about presents and planning them

    See I'm trying to shop online, but it's becoming the same as going out to town. The stress (delivery times/stock). The comparative shopping (prices on other sites). The overall uncertainty (what will I get!? what will I get?!)

    Is there any 'tricks' or do you just throw up the hands and click on the first special offer. I mean I've a rough idea what to get people. But it's looking like me buying a roll of wrapping paper and getting rid of a few of my old DVD's again! (Hangs head in shame).


  • #15
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭maximoose


    online. Very rarely buy anything in shops anymore unless I need them in a hurry, why bother when I can get 90% of things cheaper online including delivery costs than in rip off Ireland.


  • #16
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,469 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    never know what to get.... end up doing last minute shopping

    kids these days already have everything... might force myself to do it all online before the end of november this year


  • #17
    Ledger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Ledger


    until now i have always done it all in the shops, thinking about trying online this year.


  • #18
    Eason Melodic Manic
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Eason Melodic Manic


    chin_grin wrote: »
    See I'm trying to shop online, but it's becoming the same as going out to town. The stress (delivery times/stock). The comparative shopping (prices on other sites). The overall uncertainty (what will I get!? what will I get?!)

    Is there any 'tricks' or do you just throw up the hands and click on the first special offer. I mean I've a rough idea what to get people. But it's looking like me buying a roll of wrapping paper and getting rid of a few of my old DVD's again! (Hangs head in shame).

    I find amazon very good for most of what I want. I have everything delivered to family so I don't have to worry about times :D
    I don't find any uncertainty :confused:

    If you have a rough idea play around on sites like amazon or google "buy x online" and see what you find, see how reliable the site looks or is there feedback.


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