People usually who feel uncomfortable going out would prefer online shopping. Since it’s easy to go and we’ll get everything from home appliances to cosmetics to clothes there. So they read the reviews and buy stuff what they really need. Online shopping has become much popular nowadays because it’s one of the easiest mode of shopping. So the people don’t want to go offline and look at clothes or look at whatever they wanted to buy and do a testing and then get it. Since we’ll have reviews online, so if you read the reviews you’ll get to know or you’ll get to have an idea or perception about a particular product. So that you can buy it with the whole confidence on your heart. You’ll never know if the product is same as how it was portrayed as the image or how it was given in the review. So if in case there is a product which has defect has been packed and delivered to you then it would be a waste of money. So that is the one major disadvantage.
Band 7+: Shopping online Q. What kinds of things do people in your country often buy from online shops? Q. Why do you think online shopping has become so popular nowadays? Q. What are some possible disadvantages of buying things from online shops?
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People who usually feel uncomfortable going out prefer online shopping. It's easy to shop from home, and we can find everything from home appliances to cosmetics to clothes. They read the reviews and buy what they really need. Online shopping has become much more popular nowadays because it's one of the easiest modes of shopping. People don't want to go offline to look at clothes or whatever they want to buy, test them, and then purchase. Since we have reviews online, if you read the reviews, you'll get an idea or perception about a particular product. This allows you to buy it with confidence. However, you'll never know if the product is the same as it was portrayed in the image or how it was described in the review. If a product has a defect and is delivered to you, it would be a waste of money. This is one major disadvantage of online shopping.
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