To loathe online shopping in Oz?

[Drivingforpeace]

Present buying for family and friends over there. Always a PITA. Stores either do not offer online shopping, or don't offer gift vouchers (or they do but you can't purchase them online), or when you finally find something to buy, it's out of stock! Arrrgghhhh! Or has a crazy delivery charge. Anyone found any decent websites to buy gifts from? That are not ridiculously overpriced. I have to do this about 10 times a year (birthdays, Christmas) and it drives me nuts every time.

Sorry I don't know about Australia, but for NZ relatives in law I tend to use thewarehouse, mightyape and fishpond. The range of stuff available is so limited though! I have a feeling M&S might have stopped free international delivery, the only other UK site I can think of with free international delivery is ASOS - no good if you need bulky toys delivered though!

Target has a decent online range and you can do free click and collect over $40 if your relative will pick it up. Lots of homewares, clothes and toys.

Toys R Us are the same, for the kids.

Lots of shops also offer emailed gift cards. 'Coles Group' and 'Wish' cards are similar to Love2Shop vouchers here, each covering several retailers.

Dealsdirect.com.au
Oo.com.au
Catchoftheday.com.au as someone said above
These sites are a bit like Amazon.

Ozsale.com.au is pretty good. You can get it delivered anywhere is Aus for $9.95 and can order from multiple sales.

Ozsale have some great bargains, but they can take weeks to deliver