I Ordered Locally Online and This Happened...




If there is one thing I love doing is shopping! Its a hobby I really like . Over the past 6 years or so Trinidad businesses have started offering online shopping. Myself, like many have not really picked up on shopping from local businesses online. I don't know if I like the thrill of having my own package pass through my Miami skybox address, or maybe that businesses in my opinion, don't really push that they have online ordering, but for some reason online shopping in Trinidad is taking a while truly take off.

So, I decided to do the unthinkable! I was going to shop online from a local store. Excellent Stores is a brand that's been around for ages! I have to say, this is ONE store that I always have to close my eyes and walk out cause I will always end up buying something with every turn in the lane. One time, I had to walk through to get to the Movie Towne mall and ended up swiping my card. I knew Excellent Stores invested in their online eCommerce over the past 3 years and their online catalog is pretty good! You have the option of placing your order on their site or, if you want to use your debit card, or you can pay on delivery.

I browsed, added stuff to my cart, then added more stuff, then more, then I refrained from adding more stuff, but ended up adding one more item anyway (I needed that item). clicked the lovely checkout button and entered my delivery info and billing info. And clicked the button that makes every online purchase satisfying, 'Submit Order'.

I then sat by my window and waited for my order to arrive, I'm kidding. On the site it said that delivery can take about 3 days, Next day, someone from the company called to verify my order, took some more info and said my delivery would be made within the 3 days. My order was delivered on the 2nd day. The delivery person was really cool. All in all I'd say was a really good shopping experience! Would I shop from Excellent Stores online again? Yes!

I didn't have to jump in my car, deal with traffic, hassle to find parking, wait in line.. all the physical annoyances of in-store shopping. And the fact that it was online I found I would pick up random stuff just as I would online so, there was no loss there!

Have you shopped online locally? How was it?

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