He's decided to get a Select Comfort Bed... something i already have and love. He emailed me this morning about getting one and I responded with an email and list of local stores (local to him)... instead of going out and dealing with pushy salespeople, he just wanted to order online. I recommended certain options to him, from my own experience with the beds...
Well, God bless the man, he's having trouble with the website. Mind you the internet is how he does 95% of his shopping. He's 81, and hates going out... he's a softie and he knows he'll get pushed into a sale he will regret, so he'd rather just research what he wants, and order online... well, he can't find the Add To Cart button on the website... here I am, wanting to call him and walk him through it, but w/o my voice, the phone is useless. So I'm emailing him step by step instructions (after going through them myself and then erasing the cart contents each time), doing screen shots, etc... he's still having a hard time.
I offered in the last email to do the order for him... to let me know what he wants... since I can apparently get the Add To Cart button. We'll see if he lets me. Despite doing so much online, he still can't grasp some concepts about being online... still has trouble with email. I used to joke (although there's a LOT of truth in this) that my Dad is the PC guru (he builds his own desktops), my brother is the Mac guru (used to work in a Mac shop), and I'm the Internet guru... I'm the geek who owns multiple websites, has been online (and blazing through it) since 1996, and is more comfortable online than my brother, dad and sister combined (mom won't touch the power button on a monitor).
We'll see the results in the morning... he'll probably be off to bed shortly, if not already... and with being sick, I'm not gonna last much longer tonight either... so we'll see.
He really cracks me up...
Amanda
Well, God bless the man, he's having trouble with the website. Mind you the internet is how he does 95% of his shopping. He's 81, and hates going out... he's a softie and he knows he'll get pushed into a sale he will regret, so he'd rather just research what he wants, and order online... well, he can't find the Add To Cart button on the website... here I am, wanting to call him and walk him through it, but w/o my voice, the phone is useless. So I'm emailing him step by step instructions (after going through them myself and then erasing the cart contents each time), doing screen shots, etc... he's still having a hard time.
I offered in the last email to do the order for him... to let me know what he wants... since I can apparently get the Add To Cart button. We'll see if he lets me. Despite doing so much online, he still can't grasp some concepts about being online... still has trouble with email. I used to joke (although there's a LOT of truth in this) that my Dad is the PC guru (he builds his own desktops), my brother is the Mac guru (used to work in a Mac shop), and I'm the Internet guru... I'm the geek who owns multiple websites, has been online (and blazing through it) since 1996, and is more comfortable online than my brother, dad and sister combined (mom won't touch the power button on a monitor).
We'll see the results in the morning... he'll probably be off to bed shortly, if not already... and with being sick, I'm not gonna last much longer tonight either... so we'll see.
He really cracks me up...
Amanda