| With the Christmas season approaching, here | | | | Shop online and juggling the shopping bags is |
| are 10 reasons to do your toy shopping | | | | history (as is keeping out the little prying |
| online. | | | | hands and eyes). |
| | | | |
| 1. Child free. Trying to shop for the | | | | 7. Home or work delivery. The majority of |
| Christmas presents with your children in tow | | | | online stores will happily deliver to your |
| does not really work. Why not shop on the | | | | workplace or home. If you want the toys |
| Internet when they are in bed or busy with | | | | quickly, many stores will offer a courier |
| something else? | | | | option. While most stores will charge a |
| | | | postage and packing fee, just think how much |
| 2. Crowd free. Avoid the hustle and bustle | | | | you have saved on car parking, petrol and |
| of the High Street, trying to get a pushchair | | | | time - and if you spend enough, the store |
| around a cramped and busy shop. | | | | will probably throw in free postage. |
| | | | |
| 3. 24/7 shopping. The Internet is open for | | | | 8. Range of payment options. On the Internet |
| shopping at all hours. With the exception of | | | | you can pay easily by card. Many stores will |
| a couple of large supermarkets, why tie | | | | accept payment by cheque or postal order. |
| yourself to when your local toy shops are | | | | Then there are also the online payment |
| open? | | | | options such as PayPal. Don't forget that |
| | | | PayPal and many banks and credit card |
| 4. Range of toys available. You can find | | | | companies offer Internet fraud protection for |
| pretty much every toy available on the | | | | online purchases. |
| Internet. It's a great way to find unusual | | | | |
| and different ideas when you get stuck in the | | | | 9. Discounts. You may well get a good price |
| rut of buying the same type of present year | | | | on the Internet, but the trick to getting |
| after year - after all, our niche is wooden | | | | extra discounts is to sign up for mailing |
| toys and we stock some very hard to find | | | | lists on websites that interest you. You |
| items. A surefire way of getting away from | | | | will probably find that from time to time you |
| the cloned High Streets and malls we live | | | | will get extra offers, discounts and lower |
| with today. | | | | shipping costs. |
| | | | |
| 5. Time saving. The children are not with you | | | | 10. Right to Cancel. In many countries you |
| - and do not know what you have got them. | | | | have extra rights when purchasing online. In |
| You are not fighting off the crowds of other | | | | Britain and the EU, you may cancel your order |
| shoppers. You can fit your shopping into a | | | | at any time during the first seven working |
| time that is convenient for your. No finding | | | | days after delivery - for any reason at |
| the last parking space in town. Get the toy | | | | all.Above all play safe when paying for your |
| shopping out of the way and when you do go to | | | | Christmas shopping. Check the page that asks |
| the High Street, you can relax and shop for | | | | for your payment details either has a padlock |
| fun. | | | | icon at the bottom or https:// before the web |
| | | | address. Check that you have 'real world' |
| 6. No shopping bags. Five full shopping bags | | | | contact details for the shop. Do a quick |
| hanging off the pushchair, the car parked at | | | | search on the Internet for the store to see |
| the top of a multistory carpark a mile away | | | | if anyone has reported unresolved |
| and the busy shopping center to negotiate. | | | | problems.Enjoy your Christmas shopping! |