Practice Final

EAP2b

Online Shopping

Have you ever thought of doing your shopping from your home or work place and with the possibility of comparing the prices? With the development of technology it is now possible. On-line shopping is one of the easiest ways to shop and get what you are looking for. As we all might know that we are living in a busy society where time counts a lot. Thus, with the possibility of shopping from any place it makes life easier for many people.

However, on-line shopping has some advantage like, getting favorable and affordable prices, and disadvantages, like losing credit card data, and it brings a way for thieves to steal easily.

The best affordable and favorable prices are found online. As the time matters a lot in this society, many people do not have enough time to go to different malls or shops to compare the prices. Online shopping is not limited and “it allows you to get great deals when you compare prices of the same item from different online shops"( Robertson, 2006, para, 1).For instance, I have classes every day from 8 am to 3 pm, and over the weekends I am always busy with house work and homework from CESL; thus, I have no time to go to the University Mall and Marion Mall so that I can compare the prices; therefore, with the possibilities of shopping online make my life easy, because I get what I am looking for with financial conditions that meet my needs and finances. Thereby, shopping online has better advantages to me.

The easiest way of getting things can also be the easiest way of losing things. Shopping online can be the easiest way of getting almost whatever we need, but at the same time it is also the easiest way where “ your credit card information can be stolen”(Epinions.com, 2008, para, 1).For instance, my friend lost money while shopping online. She saw an advertisement about a diet tea. Then she could not resist, and ended up buying it. Afterwards she found out that she was having a big bill from nowhere. However, she had no way to prove that the bill was not hers. Therefore, she lost a lot of money through online shopping for tea.

Online shopping brings great advantages to thieves. Many thieves are finding online shopping as a good way of stealing from people who use it and not being caught. As the technology can be used to achieve good things it can also be used to achieve bad things. It can make some impossible things possible, thus fevering the online thieves. For instance, some movies illustrate how technology is being used in crimes.

Online shopping can have its own disadvantage; however, it does not mean that we should stop buying online. It means that we can still buy things online but we must be very careful. We should first try to find out from people who used the same site before if it is a trustful website. Thus, if you do not know anybody who used it before, you will have to investigate the case before buying anything.

References:

Robertson, C (2008, January 3). Stay safe while shopping online. Majon International. Retrieved December 3, 2008, from
http://www.majon.com/articles/shopping

Five tips for safe online shopping. (2008, October 20). Epinions.com. Retrieved December 3, 2008. Retrieved from
http//www.epinions.com/finc-review

Nicholls, T (2006, May 10). Chip and pin fraud set to rise. Evening Standard. Retrieved December 3, 2008, from
http//www.thisismoney.co.uk/saving-and-baking/article