12 Christmas Gifts Not To Buy Online 176
nsingapu writes "While online shopping is booming this Christmas, niche products like "two turtle doves" purchased on the Internet are becoming increasingly more expensive then their non e-tailed counterparts. PNC bank has updated their annual tongue-in-cheek economic analysis, based on the cost of goods and services purchased by the True Love in the holiday classic, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The analysis compares the cost of traditional goods against their cost thoughout the past 20 years and against the price when purchased online. PNC concludes that most items are more expensive to buy over the Internet, primarily due to the cost of shipping, and that the abundance of cheaper labor in countries such as India and China has resulted in pressure on U.S. manufacturers to outsource."
Note to self (Score:5, Funny)
Buying gifts?? (Score:3, Funny)
That means... (Score:4, Funny)
Amazon.com (Score:5, Funny)
Customers who bought this item also bought these items:
Golden Rings (5-pack)
Turtle Doves (2-pack)
Pear Tree with Partridge
Things not to buy for your loved one: (Score:2, Funny)
Is it still... (Score:5, Funny)
Here's one hint (Score:5, Funny)
Eight maids-a-milking (Score:4, Funny)
Internet is Cheaper (Score:2, Funny)
Notice how once you start buying in bulk in 11 and 12 the internet is cheaper. I have always wanted my own marching band and better get them now price seems to be increasing.
Nine Ladies Dancing (Score:4, Funny)
You've got it backwards. (Score:3, Funny)
9 ladies dancing (Score:4, Funny)
That's cool with me; 9 American girls bopping to synth-pop aren't nearly as hot as 9 Indian girls gyrating to their respective traditional music. And if the 9 Chinese girls are in those long form-fitting Chinese dresses with the slits up the side... whoa momma!
The Canadian version (Score:5, Funny)
8 comic books
7 packs of smokes
6 packs of two-four
5 golden touques
4 pounds of back bacon
3 french toasts
2 turtlenecks
and a beer... in a tree.
Of course you will notice 12 - 10 are missing due to time constraints, but we know at least one of those should be donuts.
Lords (Score:3, Funny)
Geeky Christmas (Score:4, Funny)
On the twelfth day of Geekmas my True Geek gave to me
12 O'Reilly handbooks.
11 cups of caffeine. 10 Help Desk persons screaming.
9 Linux distributions.
8 viral virii.
7 routers routing.
6 Geeks a coding.
5 Handsprings!
4 SDRAM chips.
3 PS2s.
2 Xboxes.
and
a real working Bluetooth device.
Re:Note to self (Score:3, Funny)
all swans in England are property of the Monarch
Eight Maids A Milking (Score:3, Funny)
Homer Simpson: "mmmmmmm milk...."