By just clicking a mouse or touching a screen, shoppers can buy nearly any product online -- from groceries to cars, from insurance policies to home loans. The world of electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, enables consumers to shop at thousands of online stores and pay for their purchases without leaving the comfort of home. For many, the Internet has taken the place of Saturday afternoon window shopping at the mall. Consumers expect merchants to not only make their products available online, but to make payments a simple and secure process. However, the same things can go wrong shopping online as in the real world. Sometimes it is simply a case of a computer glitch or poor customer service. Other times, shoppers are cheated by clever scam artists. Sometimes it’s smarter to make purchases in person rather than online. It can be easier to judge quality, for example, rather than relying solely on what you see on a screen. For me I specially refused to buy things online. The three main things that I refused to buy online are: Prescription Medications, Electronics, Luxury Goods.
The first thing that I refused to buy online is Prescription Medications because prescription medications are as plentiful online as other fake goods. They are much more dangerous. More recently, a Colorado doctor is facing criminal and civil lawsuits for filling a prescription for antidepressants over the Internet to a 19-year-old student who later committed suicide. The civil suit alleges that the doctor signed off on the prescription without a consultation. These kinds of news proves that sometimes is not good to buy all the things online specially the things that related to your health. So, I personally think it's not good the be a online shopper.
The second thing that I refused to buy online is Electronic goods. When you buy a flat-screen TV from your local electronics store, you expect that it'll be handled with care by store employees every step of the way, from the store to your living room. But online, you have no way of knowing if that delicate screen will be schlepped to your doorstep on a truck that's also carrying a carton of loose bowling balls. The retailers don't make it easy, either. Most foist responsibility on the shipping carrier, rather than handle it themselves. PC Connection, for example, requires you to refuse damaged goods from the carrier, or note the damage when you sign for the delivery. Online buying also means you're making an expensive purchase sight unseen, which isn't smart when it comes to electronic goods.
The third thing that I refused to buy online is luxury goods. It is true that you can find good deals online, but how about a Rolex for $50? A Prada handbag for $150?
If you believe you're getting the real deal for this much only, then you are totally wrong here. Because those things are fake they are not the real ones. You don't even have a clue by selling fake luxury goods they are just trapping people and making money because they knew that people can't see online if the product is a real or a fake. These are the main reasons that I refused to buy these three things online.
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