Poll: How many of the services which you use personally do you contract/purchase online?
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Ventnai
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You what? Jun 11, 2020

What services? Not exactly sure what this question means

Zibow Retailleau
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Robert Rietvelt
Philippe Etienne
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Joe France
 
Marjolein Snippe
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Broad question Jun 11, 2020

I also found this question difficult because "the services" is rather broad.
If things like energy provision (gas, electricity) and mortgages count, then the answer would be "a few" for me.


Ventnai
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Robert Rietvelt
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Let's reverse the question Jun 11, 2020

Are there any services you contract/purchase offline? Probably not, so the right answer here is 'All'.

 
Philippe Etienne
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Errr Jun 11, 2020

I have my hair cut online once every other month, but I fly to Mountain View once a year to renew my e-mail address.

Philippe


Zibow Retailleau
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Ventnai
 
Justin Peterson
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Services? Or stuff? Jun 11, 2020

If the question refers to products/stuff ... almost everything online. My picture is on the wall at Amazon

I am surprised retail has not been hit much harder. Who wants to go to a store, park, wait in lines, deal w crowds? Ugh. But, apparently, millions still do.


 
Robert Rietvelt
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Define 'services' Jun 11, 2020

Does your local bakery (when you buy a bread) render a service?

neilmac
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Elizabeth Tamblin
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A lot of them Jun 11, 2020

Roughly 20.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Services? What kind of services? Jun 11, 2020

I wonder if the Site Staff would care to explain the question so that we mere mortals are able to give a satisfactory answer. Anyway, some services I use are paid for and others are free, some are provided online and others are delivered in person. To sum up, there’s a bit of everything…

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neilmac
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Not sure I understand the question Jun 11, 2020

I answered "most of them", but I'm not sure which service the question refers to...

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Jo Macdonald
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Virtually Jun 11, 2020

I contract all services I use online personally

I am a virtual being

Mere pixels on a screen

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Let Jun 12, 2020

I have a range of different services I use personally when playing tennis, but none of them were purchased on line.

Philippe Etienne
 
Mario Freitas
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Everything online Jun 12, 2020

Not only services, but products as well. There are so many advantages of purchasing online and so many disadvantages of buying personally that the space here is insufficient to list all of them.
Bute there is one factor that kills purchases of any kind in person: the fact that we have specialized sites where you can select from a large list of service providers, read the reviews of former clients, see their stats and the famous 5-star rating method is more than enoguh to eliminate personal
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Not only services, but products as well. There are so many advantages of purchasing online and so many disadvantages of buying personally that the space here is insufficient to list all of them.
Bute there is one factor that kills purchases of any kind in person: the fact that we have specialized sites where you can select from a large list of service providers, read the reviews of former clients, see their stats and the famous 5-star rating method is more than enoguh to eliminate personal purchasing, where you have no idea who you're hiring, from your commercial life.

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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Some Jun 13, 2020

Is software considered a service?
I use e-tail services to purchase most of the products that I buy, but I also hire a number of service providers that have to do their work in person: hair stylist, house cleaner, arborist, plumber, electrician, handyman, painter, carpet cleaner, auto mechanic, etc. Borderline cases might be CPA (though I'd sure hate to have to scan all those forms and receipts), computer tech, health care providers. My online prescription service charges twice as much as
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Is software considered a service?
I use e-tail services to purchase most of the products that I buy, but I also hire a number of service providers that have to do their work in person: hair stylist, house cleaner, arborist, plumber, electrician, handyman, painter, carpet cleaner, auto mechanic, etc. Borderline cases might be CPA (though I'd sure hate to have to scan all those forms and receipts), computer tech, health care providers. My online prescription service charges twice as much as the local pharmacy, takes 4 or 5 days to deliver, and uses enormous bottles that I have no room to accommodate.
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