The one thing I like most about online shopping is that there are places that know what you're talking about when you're shopping. Back in the stone knives and bearskins era of shopping, some stores seem to have the attitude that if they didn't have what you were looking for, you didn't know what you were talking about. Like the time I was trying to get a copy of "Bring On The Bad Guys" by Stan Lee. The bookseller was amazed that that was his name, and was trying to tell me that "Stanley" was the first name and I must've forgotten the last name. Now, of course you can go online and find what you're looking for, and often without the very long wait. The stores are starting to get wise, because now you don't have to wait quite as long as you used to for special orders.
The drawback to online shopping is the feeling that you're missing out on a better price, if not at a competing online retailer, then at that online shop itself. They have the "enter discount code" or something similar when you're checking out, and you try to do an online search, usually to find an expired code at best. But there's a website you can go to to find online codes, whether you're shopping for cheap bargains on high definition plasma TVs and LCD televisions, or if you want to join an online DVD rental and you remember seeing the ads for free trial, and special rates while you out and about online, but don't have the code, and don't remember where you saw it. Or you're in the market for plus sized fashions, and you saw the banner ad offering deals, but where? Or you happen to see a deal while looking for toys and action figures. You can find all those and more here, and be able to shop online without thinking you're missing out on a better deal.