[Villages Kahuna]

I haven’t purchased anything in a brick and mortar store in well over a year. There’s nothing that I wanted to purchase that I couldn’t find on Amazon. I love being able to get what I purchase in two days, sometimes on the next day.

Returns are free and easy. Just drop them off at a UPS store, or even easier at Kohl’s on 441, where they have a large, well-staffed Amazon only returns department just inside the front door usually with no waiting line like at UPS. If you return at either, your credit card will be credited before you get home.

While Amazon’s prices aren’t necessarily the cheapest, usually just MSRP, I find that I actually save money shopping with them because I’m not tempted to buy products I don’t need as the result of wandering up and down store aisles. I think I save a lot actually!

I would only suggest that you take care to purchase from Amazon and not third party sellers that list their products. If you have any difficulties with the quality, delivery or returns, Amazon will not stand behind transactions with third parties. , Third party transactions can be a horror show. They’re clearly identified in the product listings. Often they’re the cheapest price, but often have 7-10 day deliveries because they are, foreign businesses or individuals, often in the Far East. Because Amazon won’t offer the same service as they do on their own listings, you discover there’s no phone contact or even email for the third party and very difficult or no return policies. There aren’t that many third party sellers and Amazon constantly weeds out the “bad” ones. Just be careful.