Thursday, April 20, 2006

Why Would You Want to Go Shopping Online?

Cast your mind back thirty years or so to the advent of out-of-town prototypes of today’s consumer electronic discount hypermarkets.

In the main they were cold uninviting sheds stuffed with cardboard boxes containing branded merchandise. Before you would consider making a purchase at one of these barren outlets you would invariably visit your local high street electricity showroom to compare prices and (equally important) obtain the vital product knowledge that was rarely forthcoming at the discounters.

Then, if price was the prime consideration, you would hand over your cash at one of the sheds and collect your box at the counter.

Online window shopping is the modern equivalent of this scenario except it eliminates trolling around stores and presents you with a double whammy.

It’s all there on tap, price comparisons and specifications from all the major chains, enabling you to make a value judgement as to whether you buy online or offline – and online is a temptation because of the pounds clipped off to boost web sales.

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