Except for failing to remember it’s your sister’s birthday dinner that night and she probably doesn’t want a gift voucher from your local service station.
Or missing the postie entirely and getting that dreaded “attempted delivery” card slipped under your front door…
Sure online shopping is probably the best thing to happen since paying with plastic was invented, but it can also be a big cause of frustration. And it’s with first-hand knowledge of this that Sydney sisters Fiona Pearse and Emma Cronin launched their same-day shopping saviour.
Rounding up a collection of savvy outlets probably already in your Bookmarks bar, Want It Now lets you make last-minute purchases from stores including Sneaking Duck, The Iconic, Little Feat, Toys Paradise and plenty more stocking everything from lingerie to tennis balls.
There’s even a real-time countdown tool to make sure you never need to chase a postie down the street in your bath towel ever again.
The only question remaining is why someone didn’t think of this earlier.