[dr_lew]

Let me see here, I live in suburban area, should I drive 2.4 miles to the nearest big box store to buy a $40 item or order it online and have it delivered to my front porch? Decisions, Decisions. (...and I suspect my decision is no different from yours)

But what are you buying? a 3" X 3" screen shot? At a store you can see what you're getting. ... and I'll drive 2.4 miles for next to no reason! You know what, my last fill-up was in Gardner IL on my way back home from the eclipse, a week ago yesterday, about fifty miles from home. I've still got three bars.

[JudgemAll]

I love the bike ride to Walmart or the mall, but cant stand being there once there, always in a hurry to gtfo of these dreadful places.

I love my local gun shops and pawn shops, though

[BobL]

LOL...just making a point that even at short distances it’s really, really, nice to be able to not have to leave the house to buy stuff.

As to hands-on, yes and no. Obviously much better selection with Amazon - so the days of having to go to multiple stores to find something are gone...and often the descriptions and certainly the ratings/comments are great to have!