Lea Mclarran asked:


Choosing an online retailer to buy from involves a decision making process, with several factors to consider. Whether it’s adult toys, or an iPod, you’ll have dozens of respected merchants to choose from online, all competing for your business!

If you are shopping for sex toys, one of the first things you’ll want to consider is shipping – will the merchant ship to your home? What are the shipping rates? Of course this all depends on where you live, and which shipping company the company uses. Most use USPS, FedEx or UPS. The most affordable option is usually the postal service.

Most adult toy retailers are choosing to ship their merchandise in plain white or brown boxes, with a company name that doesn’t give away the nature of the packages contents.

If you are ordering your sex toys from another country (say from the US going to Canada) there is a chance that your package might be opened by customs agents. If this happens, there’s a chance they will put a sticker on the package stating the contents. They can either be cool about this and put “spa supplies” or “therapeutic device” on the sticker, but beware, they might just mark the box “vibrators”.

The cost of the shipping might be the deciding factor in getting you to shop with a merchant, some offer free shipping as an added incentive to potential customers.

Free shipping is hard to turn down, but you may still want to shop around, since some retailers have huge profit margins compared to others. A frugal shopper would do well to hunt around and see who has the deals, and who’s just plain greedy.

If you compare prices, you might find a shop is cheaper to buy from, even if you have to pay for shipping. Visit a this sex toy price comparison site like Thrifty Adult to get an idea of the range you could pay for identical products, and you realize how important it is to shop around.

If you have adult toy shops in your town, you could call them up and compare prices, but most carry a fairly small line of sex toys, making comparison difficult, and usually the prices are high.

The great thing is that a thrifty and diligent shopper can do all this comparison shopping from your computer, you don’t have to drive around or get on the phone to chase down savings.

Reasons for price disparity are commonly the buying power of a merchant, and other business factors, like overhead.

The expertise, advice and information that some shops claim to provide as a value added bonus can be had readily from many sites that are easily accessible on the internet, so there’s no need to pay a premium, just educate yourself!

Most “sex experts” or sexologists have no degree or training, and it’s not like the subject matter is difficult for the average person to learn.

Some shops specialize in one type of product, for example Womynsware sells mostly high-end Tantus silicone sex toys, and caters to women, but their prices are higher than average.

Another well known store is Toys in Babeland – they have a “sex positive” feminist theme, but they are also happy to charge their fellow females some of the highest prices anywhere.

Some shops try to sell you on how hip and cool they are, others just offer the sterile equivalent of a catalog, with less fluff and lower prices.

Ultimately, it’s up to the consumer to choose which is more important.

Happy Shopping! – Lea



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