I have been buying stuff online for quite some time now. No long lines, no holiday rush, you can shop in the comfort of your own home. But is it really hassle-free? No. Seriously, no.
So, let me tell you a story...
I've bought an awesome camera strap from Punchdrunk Panda earlier this year. I've no problem with the strap, it's all sorts of cool, I tell you. It's just that I should've waited a little while before I bought it. Turned out, it was the owner's birthday a week after I placed my order and they have huge discounts! I could've bought the strap at half the price! LOL, oh well.
I also bought something and met up with the seller at a mall nearby. It was kind of awkward at first, meeting up with someone you don't know. But it was all good because she was a friend of a friend, so no worries.
Alsooooo, I bought a 35mm underwater camera just for the heck of it. I wanted to try shooting with film so I decided to buy a camera but I don't want to buy an expensive one because I know for sure I'll be too lazy to have the film developed. So I posted a photo of it on Facebook, it's quite cheap so a friend of mine (well, actually my brother's college blockmate) decided to buy two. So I ordered a total of three cameras, got a little discount plus I just have to pay the shipping fee once. Problem is, when I am about to ship the other two cameras, I learned she is currently in some part of Mindanao for a vacation, so that's thrice the amount of shipping fee and I was too shy to actually remind her to pay me extra. Check out analog goodness here - click.
I have been a victim of scamming, too. Being busy at the time I ordered something, I texted the seller if it's possible to just pick up the package from the courier, she agreed, I paid, days after I decided to pick up the package, voila, it's nowhere to be found, tracking code does not exist, package isn't there. Depressed, and at the same time, broke. Let's not talk about that, I'm still bitter, lol.
I also gotten myself a GCash Card. I usually pay using GCash because the seller could easily identify that the amount paid was from my number. I go to a nearby mall, load up the amount to my number, then I pay by sending the amount from my number to the seller's. In that way, my number will appear instead of the mall's name.
The GCash Card is fully customizable, too. You may pick a background with a photo you took yourself, or pick from the default designs. Here's mine...
Believe it or not, what I've said above is only the introduction, lol. What I really want to say is that I'm excited to receive the shirt I ordered from Team Manila! I've bought a couple of shirts from their physical store, but this shirt I bought online because of the fact that it can ONLY be bought online. The statement is full of win, too! Ha!
Also, they just DM-ed me to say that my order will be shipped todaaaaaay! Excited? Yes? OH HELL YES!
Also, one really really cool online store I know is the Photojojo Store! But I haven't bought anything from them yet. but, you may buy me anything from them for Christmas and I won't complain! LOL I especially love the Shot Glass Lens Set. It gives taking shots a whole new meaning! Cheers!
UPDATE:
Here are some photos I took of the Team Manila x Lourd de Veyra Ganda shirt! I knooow it's a little big... okay who am I kidding? I made a mistake when I placed my order. Instead of clicking women's, I well, clicked men's, but you prolly figured that out before you even finish reading this sentence. Yes, well, I'll just have it altered and it's good to go! I might even customize it to look like a balloon-type dress shirt, whatevs.
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