I don't buy stuff online. I have an aversion to putting my account numbers in a form and hitting ok. For the very few times I have bought something online I buy a prepaid card in the amount and use that. I still pay my bills in person or by check in the mail. Even putting minutes on my phone is done at the AT&T store, in person.
As for waiting to get things I want. I have two savings accounts. One is my monthly expenses buffer that I try to keep at a high enough balance to pay all living expenses for at least 2 months. The other is for saving for things I want so I can pay cash for them. Right now, I am saving for new tires for my truck. Being on fixed income is rough.
Amazon & eBay might be wonderful for getting items you want. I considered opening a pay-pal account but decided against it and confirm my decision everytime I see a news story about accounts being comprimised. I don't have much excess money every month to pay account membership fees and other added expenses.
I have sent pizza to a woman in another state. I used the leftover money on a prepay card to do it. When I finish saving for my tires, I will go pay for them at the store then have them shipped to the store. I bought a mattress for my futon from walmart and I paid for that at the store then picked it up when it got there.
Back in the day, I used to record the radio station to get the music I wanted. I'd fill a cassette then go back and edit out the stuff I didn't want. I did the same with my vcrs for tv and movies. I embraced the new technology and bought CDs and DVDs to update my collections. I spent ungodly amounts of money on stuff I already owned. Now, everything is available on the internet. I pay $62 @ month for more pictures, books, music and movies than I can handle. I even have a MagicJack app on my phone that gives me free phone service when I am in range of my WiFi signal. I put $15 on my andriod phone 3 months ago and I still have $7 of it left.
My son gave me his sign-in for his Dish Anywhere and Netflix accounts. Its nice for having something playing in the background but those recent release titles are old stuff that I see months before. My last.fm account lets me use Spotify to listen to any music I want. I can't even tell you how much money I have saved not buying bad movies or music. As for watching the news and just zoning out to TV, I have sites that stream live channel-casts for that.