Okay, so to begin with, I would like to share with you about an experience when I bought a smartphone, but then I returned back to the store. So to give some background about this experience, I remember vividly that was the time I first graduated from high school and prepared for a university life. My parents knew that the workload at university was far heavier than I had to take care at high school, so they provided me an amount of money to buy a new smartphone of Apple brand which called iPhone nowadays. So after a period of using that, I realized that the battery of the phone would have been changed to an old one and it didn’t support a long time of using. So if I had not clearly checked, I wouldn’t have known this fact. Then I told this with my parents and also my brother and sister. They agreed for me to bring the phone to the store to have a check. After a process of checking and analyzing, the store told the fact that the battery had been totally changed and it was not out of consideration. Taking this into account, they offered me to change the battery, but at that time the store didn’t have any battery yet, so I have to accept the truth that I must return the phone. So it was an unforgettable memory that I bought something and then I give it back to the store.
Band 7+: Describe something you bought but you returned in the end
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Okay, so to begin with, I would like to share with you an experience when I bought a smartphone, but then I returned it to the store. To give some background about this experience, I remember vividly that it was the time I first graduated from high school and prepared for university life. My parents knew that the workload at university was far heavier than what I had to manage in high school, so they provided me with an amount of money to buy a new smartphone from the Apple brand, which is called iPhone nowadays. After a period of using it, I realized that the battery of the phone had been replaced with an old one, and it didn't support long usage. If I had not clearly checked, I wouldn't have known this fact. Then I told my parents, as well as my brother and sister. They agreed for me to bring the phone to the store for a check. After a process of checking and analyzing, the store informed me that the battery had been completely changed and it was not under warranty. Taking this into account, they offered to change the battery, but at that time, the store didn't have any batteries available, so I had to accept the truth that I must return the phone. It was an unforgettable memory that I bought something and then gave it back to the store.
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