Do you use Amazon to purchase products

[MineralMan]

16. Yes, absolutely.

Even though I live in a large city, it can be very difficult to find specific merchandise needed for something. On Amazon, that is never a problem. For example, I needed a wall-mounted gate latch for a chain link fence I was building. After making half a dozen calls to merchants in St. Paul, MN, I discovered that nobody had the item I needed. "We can order it for you," was always the answer. If I asked when, they all said, "about a week if the warehouse has it in stock." Sorry, Charlie...

So, I went on Amazon, found the latch and had it in two days.

I also get Amazon gift cards from people from time to time for birthdays and the like. I use them to buy stuff I want or need. I needed a new watch, for example. I had a gift card balance. So, I searched Amazon for men's watches in my price range. Each of the watches I looked at had user reviews. I used those to narrow down my choices. I ended up finding the perfect watch for my needs. Now, I could have gone to a department store to look, but the nearest one takes me half an hour to travel each way. When I got there, I'd have no access to user reviews of the watch, and there's no guarantee that they'd have one that suited me. On Amazon, I had my order placed within half an hour and had the watch in my mailbox two days later.

So, yes, I use Amazon for shopping. I'll probably use it more as time passes.