Wednesday, November 4, 2015

To Buy or Not to Buy...

E-Commerce is a pretty normal and useful thing that most people who are on the internet use. We have the ability to buy pretty much anything you can think of with the click of a button. Just 10 years ago it was not so common for people to buy so much of their stuff online, and some would say even today there are things that people just refuse to buy online. Here's three things I wouldn't buy online, or things I'd have problems buying online:


  1. A House- It's not that I have a problem buying a house online, it's just I don't know how much I trust the source. They post pictures but how updated are those and how true are those pictures. Now I'd be inclined to buy it online if the seller was giving me a live feed tour of the house, and I felt that I could get a deal from buying it online rather than in person. 
  2. A Car- The problem with buying a car online is that again just like the house, is that are the photos or videos true and honest about the condition of the car. I would like to be able to drive the car just to know how it feels to drive it, because I might not like how it feels to be in the car. So I'd prefer to buy it in person. 
  3. A Tuxedo/Suit- This is a pretty specific thing and personally I've never bought a tuxedo or suit in my life before. But I do know that I rented one for my freshman year Homecoming in High School and for the perfect fit I had to get measured. I just wouldn't be able to buy it online due to the fact that it would be difficult for me to have it fit to my specifications and to know whether or not I like how it feels on me before hand. 
To sum all of this up I would say that the things that I prefer not to buy online all have to do with the comfort level or trust of the seller. I just want to make sure I get what I pay for and doing that online is a more difficult task with a few things and that's why as of now I'd prefer to buy these things online, but that doesn't mean that I will never ever buy these online. 

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