Warren Buffet once said that 'do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving'. The quote tells us to be wise in spending money as the world today provides various ways to buy things such as online shopping and shopping at the mall. As I look back on my experience to buy items via online shopping and shopping at the mall, there are three features that I compromise which are the knowledge of items, the time taken to purchase items and the period to receive the items officially.
Firstly, in terms of knowledge of items, shopping at the mall provides more details than online shopping to the buyers. Online shopping displays limited details of items in the website. Anyone who decides to buy things online will normally purchase the items that they know based on the criteria of the items that fulfills their wills. The criteria will be judged by the buyer based on the details provided by the online seller in the website such as Zalora. For instance, a buyer who wants to buy a dress via online shopping can only know the size of the dress but it is not impossible
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This is because all the buyers should do when they buy things at the mall is to make payment before they own the things as well as online shopping. By shopping at the mall, once the buyers paid for the items, the items will totally be theirs and they do not have to wait for the items to be posted to their address as opposed to online shopping. Online shopping provides post service which takes a long time usually three days and above to reach the buyers' address. For instance, a girl have to attend for an event which requires her to have a dress within two days. If she decides to buy it online, she will not be able to receive the dress and probably could not attend the event with a new dress. This shows that shopping at the mall provides a shorter period for the buyers to receive the items
Many Americans love shopping, especially during the holidays, with its captivating discounts and sales, which lead to uncontrollable splurges on irrelevant things. According to Quindlen, this is an example of America’s crazed consumerism and it is absolutely absurd. In her article, “Honestly, You Shouldn’t Have”, she states that there is currently an assumption that purchasing American merchandises symbolize an act of patriotism and at the same time, build a strong economy. She also states that we, as Americans, need to acknowledge important spiritual values such as friends and family rather than material goods.
The topic discussed in this article focuses on the positive impacts malls have in society. Malls have been around for many years and continue to influence society into buying or shopping for material things in order to satisfy our everyday needs. They are also a way of connecting society by the interaction of shopping in masses brings and creates a fun ambiance for everyone to enjoy. Rhetorical evaluation is analyzing the tone, the aim, and the ultimate purpose of the ideas being brought forth. Evaluation is an important skill to have in today’s society because otherwise we would be led like sheep into accepting eloquent arguments as absolute truths when they could be the opposite.
It can be seen, that when an individual enters a store the odds of them following a personal shopping list is very low. People often buy unnecessary products on impulse, and these products are often the ones most easily accessible by consumers. Many large grocery store corporations often argue that “if you eat too much it is your problem, not theirs” (Nestle 2006). Grocery store corporations are constantly persuading consumers to purchase more food rather than less. Overall, Nestle provides a strong argument for the debate that grocery
Moreover, like what is mentioned above, Phyllis Rose, who has the ability to consume but only enjoys the shopping process, suggests that “shopping is a time of reflection, assessment, spiritual self-discipline” (“Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today” 482-484). Additionally, she can gain social connections while shopping. When she sees some fat people dressing jeans as what she looks like, she will gain a sense of belongings, and automatically, she joins a “community.” She can be materialist, but she never is. She sticks to higher goals of immersing herself in the mentally joyful experience, to enjoy the feeling of shopping and to join in communities through
Nevertheless, the interviewees frown upon being labelled as someone that values luxury over reasonable spending. Hence, they expressed their emphasis on the importance of needs over wants, and that practicality should triumph over extravagance. They see “limited” consumption as a form of self discipline, where excessive spending was only justifiable when it is spent on the family and invested in the children. If
The article, “Buy Experiences, Not Things” by James Hamblin, conveys how buying experiences are more positive than buying materialistic items shown by the anticipation for an experience, peers rather talk about it, and bad experiences can turn into good stories. The author first starts out with the anticipation of an experience. The author writes, “ ‘you think about waiting for a delicious meal at a nice restaurant or looking forward to a vacation,’ kumar told me, ‘and how different that feels from waiting for, say, your pre-ordered iPhone to arrive. Or when the two-day shipping on Amazon Prime doesn’t seem fast enough.’
1. I know how to use a computer (I love technology and use it every day and I got to know it) 2. I know how to calm myself down quickly when I am angry (Go do something that I like or listen to my favorite songs) 3. I know how to drive well (I was taught by my Dad on a lawn mower) 4. I know how to use technology well (Been in love with technology since middle school) 5.
The passage “Grand Mall Seizure” is the mall’s habits from a shopper’s perspective on the mall. Daniel Alarcon explains what it is like to be in a mall with over 500 stores. Alarcon explains that it is chaos, everyone is scrambling around and it is loud. Alarcon says, “Shopping centers that not only served a community’s physical needs, but its civic, and social needs as well.” (Alarcon, 293)
Shopping in today’s modern world has become a major factor in the lives of mostly all American families, and it is a daily activity which occurs billions of time around the world. According to Forbes, the average annual amount of money the typical American spend on clothes is $1700 not including the accessories, shoes and the bags that women purchase. They also spend about 100 hours on trips to the shop, (Emma Johnson). This article, “The Signs of Shopping,” by Anne Norton talks about how the retailers are the one’s who impacts what the purchasers buy from their store. While in Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “The Science of Shopping,” he demonstrates that the customers have control over the retailers on what they sell to their consumers because
Compulsive consumers are the target audience of the essay “Buy Nothing Day 2012 is Approaching, Could You Stop Spending for One Day?” but in general it is addressed to all residents. The purpose of Mark Boyle is to explain his readers how important is that obsessive consumers begin to reduce their spending. To achieve his goal the author tries to persuade his audience with the use of examples that show the most important benefits of living “completely moneylessly.” For example, workers would not be forced to work in places where they are not satisfied because of the need to have higher wages.
Our first point of discussion is the dissimilarity between shopping at stores and shopping online is time. Shopping in the stores spend more time than shopping online. A trip to the mall could take two to three hours including transportation time. You must spend many hours looking for the right products or in the lines trying to just purchase it. In addition, comparing the product against other online store competitors also takes us a lot of time.
This is because, the shopping on the Internet deals with many purchasing opportunities and assorted with the special product to be sold to the customers. These opportunities make the online shopping or internet shopping can be convenient, economical and safe, fun. Moreover, without an extra cautious, the online shopping will be a venue for other people or named as
The most valuable reason for the popularity of online shopping among the people is its high convenience. First of all, online shopping allows the customers to buy products at any time that is convenient for them. While traditional brick-and-mortar selling businesses tend to work during specific time periods, online shopping is accessible at any time. An immense benefit of online shopping is that it is available 24/7. As a result, the customers do not need to think that they will not manage to buy something since the shop is already closed.
More and more people these days prefer online shopping than shopping in malls because of so many advantages and benefits. People from all over the world have accepted online shopping sites because of the convenience provided like from shopping in their pyjamas to convenience for elderly and disabled. Not only this, online shopping sites also provides a wider choice of products, avoiding upselling or impulse buying, better prices, good for the environment, and
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