Hey @terganftp I didn't run from the community.
If you noticed, I wasn't writing much apart from my actifit report.
But I am glad to make an entry to this week's topic “Online Shopping”.
I am not really a fan of buying things online, but I use the online shopping price tag as reference, whenever I want to buy something new.
I love it when I go to the market, bargain or pick up something (both for street market or supermarket), pay for it and go with it.
A friend of mine always gives her reasons for online shopping to be the excitement of expecting something.
She always illustrates with
you know when your parents promise to buy you something as a child, you already picture it without seeing it physically.
Then, when it finally comes….yes that excitement…. that's it.
Her excitement is unlimited 😂
After hearing this, I decided to give another try after receiving a none satisfactory online product.
A friend of mine started selling bags online.
She added me to the store group, where the bags are so beautiful and affordable.
I decided to give it a try and as well patronize my friend.
The enticing bags from her store.
Note : Collage made with my phone, photos in college aren't mine.
I quickly ordered for one, out of the samples she sent.
the ready and available for pickup.
I know why I picked the available one because I didn't want many delays and I wanted to travel the next week.
She promised to send it to me the next day, which I didn't receive.
I was patient enough to give her more days......three days gone, I didn't receive anything.
Then, I called her letting her know about my travel plans and I wouldn't mind coming down to her house to pick it.
That was when she told me, she was expecting to receive the goods days back.
What?!
Until now, I am yet to receive my online ordered bag.
I haven't had a pleasant online shopping experience so far.
And, seriously, I am not trying it again.
I pay and collect as seen, no wait, no stories, no disappointments.
There are lots of online shopping stores here in my country.
Ranging from the popular ones like JumiaNg,Jiji Nigeria, Konga and Kara to the less popular individual ones.
Mostly, you pay for shipping fees and have it delivered to any location of your choice.
My favorite is JumiaNg, like I said, I mostly use this for price reference.
Occasionally an interesting Black Friday offer will trigger me to place an order.
The only thing I have against them in some cases of “the more you look, the less you see” kind of products.
Or “what you ordered vs. what you got”.
This is when you get something that didn't meet your expectations.
When it comes to food. I haven't tried online order too.
I just walk to the place, and place my order.
Crazy things do happen in my country 😅
So, I can't order food online.
That doesn't mean as seen is more healthy and safer.
But the mentality and the previous stories have clouded my judgement.
From the little ones I have seen, online shopping is stress-free, which you will get to pay for in its fees.
At first, you won't notice how expensive the product is, until when you pay for its delivery and commission fees.
Which in most cases you pay online before they send your product.
Heard some go with the 60% online pay before delivery, which is rare.
Thank you very much for reading through my entry.
Here is a link to the contest post.
