Shopping online is so easy to do, for some people. The greatest fear people have with online shopping is that of privacy. The fear should be that we might all turn into shopaholics. The ease of clicking a button might bring someone into debt. The issue that comes up is that you do not get immediate results; most times you have to wait for your product in the mail. This shopping experience does not fulfill our instant satisfaction of holding the object in our hands as soon as we fork over the cash. Does this lead to more compulsive buying because we cannot fulfill our need instantly? A person can set limits when walking into a store, but the simple button bushing or icon dragging to add objects to our virtual cart does not give us the same grasp of quantity of products we wish to buy. The one feature that might come in handy is the wish list. Many sites have an option to add things to a wish list. Is it not easy to turn that wish list into a shopping list online? What things prevent you from typing in the credit card or debit numbers to something you cannot physically grasp as you wait in line? Another issue is that there are no lines to cash out. Many times people take a second to look down at the objects in their hand and realise they do not necessarily need all of them. Virtually we do not have this buffer time. The comfort of your home is wonderful except for when those bills come into to get paid.
Goodbye grocery cart hello debt.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
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