Sooner or later you will have to join the parade. The world is changing around us and the Internet is affecting all aspects of life. The most widely used feature is e-mail, which travels on the Net, but is not really a part of it. For many of us, it is useful as a purchasing medium. It will affect our local merchants and businesses because of its ease of use and convenience.
Savings is only part of it.
Twenty-four hour access is so convenient, for instance to make airline flight and seat reservations. This is bound to create problems for many businesses unless they become more agile. Like it or not, the rules of commerce are changing fast, with or without us. As an individual, try not to be left behind the parade. A few years back, I saw a demonstration that you gave where you used the Internet to speak to a friend of yours in Florida.