As I understand it, a GET Request never has a body; whereas a POST may have a body - which is why I said, "GET is for getting"

But, even with no body, it is still possible to convey information to the Server with a GET:

In the Headers;

Encoded into the URI - see http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http...#getsubmit

POST should be used if you need to submit large amounts of data

Absolutely - that's why it has a Body!