Cyber Monday

The Internet has become a huge sales tool and it is just a matter of time before online sales overtake walk in retail sales in gross volume. Some products, such as books and especially music, are already sold mainly on line and each year brings a higher proportion of sales in these fields away from brick and mortar businesses. Some industries, such as car sales seem like they will always resist the Internet as the point of sale device, but car and electronics salespeople say that most buyers seem to have done quite a bit of online homework before they come in. It’s hard to remember that there was a stamp business before the Internet. Hundreds of retail stamp stores existed in major cities around the world and hundreds of stamp shows and bourses competed to bring collectors and dealers together. Now a few clicks of a mouse and literally millions of stamps are on offer instantaneously on the Internet from the comfort of your home or office. Apfelbaum is honoring cyber Monday by having a 40% off Buy it Now sale. As you are looking through the selection of philatelic items for sale remember that fifteen years ago online philatelic sales didn’t even exist.