Shopping for hard-to-get stuff

Thanks to the internet, it's a breeze to buy “stuff” online; from electronics, to shoes or even bicycles. Yet, there are some rare items and many mundane services that are not always so easy to shop for, so doing so requires a tad more creativity in the way we conduct our research.

Not everyone that has something to sell necessarily has a website, a merchant account or even an email address. That's where it pays to communicate through texting or through house services like Angie's List, to finally get closer to getting what you want or need.

Just “Googling” a rare item or a certain service won't spit a result right away and it's often necessary to spend a huge deal of time searching and looking into places or domains that we never envisioned going to when our search began.

So, if you want to find what you need on line, put on your thinking hat, be very persistent, don't expect a river of good deal flowing your way the first time around, spend even more time, and you'll eventually be rewarded!