Drinking and Shopping Newest Online Scourge

Most people drink in the evening. It just so happens that's also when most people shop online. On eBay, the traffic spikes between 6:30 to 10:30 pm; at QVC, purchases skyrocket after 7pm. One British shopping site, Kelkoo, believes that almost half the people it surveyed shopped online after drinking. The results, according to a report in today's New York Times, have led to widely disparate degrees of regret. There are people who sip wine and click on a $3 pair of knockoff sunglasses that cost $17 to ship or, in more extreme situations, those who impulse-purchasing a $10,000 motorcycle tour of New Zealand.