This means they have to leave your website, ask their network, wait for an answer, and then maybe come back to finish the buying process.

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You get back in the car, drive to the pharmacy, wait in a line for your prescription, pay for it.

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The longer you wait at the back of the queue the greater the opportunity for the stock to run away and result in your getting a worse price.

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If you can track your UPS package with your iPhone, then why not be able to check the status of your citizenship application on a website, rather than having to write a letter and wait for a letter back?

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