We moved to rural KY over five years ago. The nearest mall is 80 miles away and the traffic there is horrendous. Meanwhile, Costco online, Amazon, and some of my product specific online retailers have free shipping.
We just got a fantastic large flat screen delivered to our door from Costco. Free shipping. Can’t beat that.
80 miles is way too far for a shopping trip. LOL.
Out here in Southern California, I make almost all my big purchases on line, not only for free shipping, but for not paying the state, city, and county, 10% of the sale price for the privilege of spending money they have already taxed at 13%.