After all that, the idea still has merit, but as the author pointed out, jeans (and clothing in general) are rather tricky products.<p>I recently purchased a sofa from a site that used a similar tack - though in hindsight it had a more limited set of options than a typical furniture store. But that&#x27;s still OK, at least I didn&#x27;t have to make chatter with a furniture sales rep - who aren&#x27;t bad people, I&#x27;m just not very social.