Recently, I was searching for some home office supplies (e.g., lateral file drawers) and home repair/fixup items (e.g., door knobs).  I was reasonably impressed with the websites and delivery service offered by some of the office superstores that I visited (e.g., OfficeMax, Staples) and I was less than impressed by the home repair/fixup giant Home Depot.  At Staples and OfficeMax I could peruse the shelves, view closeout specials and get FREE next day delivery (on orders of at least $50 -- easy to do).  The Home Depot website, ultimately, kept referring me to visit my local Home Depot for products.  Hey, Home Depot, I want to buy online, hello.  I could probably place my order over the telephone.  Delivery, however, is a flat $50.  With a delivery price like that, I would do just as well by sending a cab driver over to do my shopping.

I may need to get the Palm VII by 3Com, a hand held organizer device with some Internet capabilities.  Suppose that  I am walking down the street, on a very hot and humid day, heading to a very important meeting.  In process, my shirt becomes extremely moist and uncomfortable to wear.  Without the Palm VII, I would have to go to and sit through the meeting in an uncomfortable and unseemly shirt.  With the Palm VII, however, I could enter Brooks Brothers Online, indicate my location and my current situation, and wait for a new, fresh shirt to be delivered (while I relax on a park bench reading my latest issue of the Wall Street Journal);  I would then proceed on to the meeting, enjoy myself, and sow more seeds for continued success :-).