Save time, energy and money using ASDA online (Asda.com)

Member Name: bruffyboy

Product:	Asda.com
Date:	24/01/09 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: save time, energy and money

Disadvantages: sometimes the wrong things are delivered

THE NEED:
For a few years, we have shopped at Asda, but twelve months ago, we got rid of our car, and can no longer get to and from the store, which is located on the outskirts of our city. This is where Asda.com comes in.

THE SITE:
ASDA.com is a website that allows you to 'go shopping' virtually, with your purchases being delivered at the time of your choice. First up, you pick a delivery slot (in 2 hour increments), then you go shopping. On the left of the screen are the categories to browse through, e.g. 'bakery and cakes', then under that come the products you would expect. You simply click the 'add' button on what you want, and it goes into your basket. When you're done, you go to 'checkout', and fill in your payment details, then await delivery.

THE PROCESS:
Our first shop took a couple of hours to do, as it was all new to us, but the beauty of the site is they save your shopping list, so next time you go on you can load it up and just add or take away a few bits and bobs. This way, a shop can take just ten minutes, which is a phenomenal time saving considering in that time you normally wouldn't have even arrived at the shop.

DELIVERY:
Tuesday and Wednesday are the cheapest days, with delivery at £4, and the rest of the week is around £5. Delivery is always on time (out of around 50 shops we've done none have been late). The delivery guys will bring the food right to your door, but I always go out and help. Your shopping is bagged as you would normally do it yourself.

AVAILABILITY:
Sometimes there are items out of stock which you know will be in the real shop (for example cucumber wasn't available last week). Quite why this is I don't know, but it is one of the few downsides of the site.

SAVINGS:
Because you're not physically in the store, it cuts down on impulse buying, which is really good.

ANNOYING THING:
The only annoying thing is the few times they have put the wrong thing in (for example, they delivered normal coke when I ordered Diet). Of course, if I had done the shop myself that would never have happened, and they don't come back again with what you do want, so I was out of diet coke until the next time I could get to the shop which really did my head in as I was looking forward to getting it.

Over all, it's using the net to its best, saving time, energy and money that you can then put into something else.

Summary: use it!