Toughest decisions while buying a mobile phone, first deciding which one to buy and another tough decision is deciding where to buy the mobile phone. not only mobile it is also applicable for any gadgets from a brand,
Well both online and offline shops have their own advantages and compromises, don't get confused, you can easily choose one based on your needs, but be aware of the deceptive marketing strategy and sweet talks in both online and offline shops, that made to lure the customers to buy their products,
Let see in detail where you can find right phone and gadgets effectively without other influences.
Comparing online and offline store-
Price difference of mobiles in online vs offline stores-
One of the reason for people buying products from the online they can get it cheaper on online most of us know reason for that,
They cut off 15%-20% from the price by removing commission of the middle men like dealer's, retailer, regional vendor, out of the equation,
They directly transfer their mobile units to the home depot of online sellers like amazon and flipkart so they don't need to separate storage units which increase mobiles cost for offline stores.
Some offline stores give some additional accessories and gadgets with the mobiles and call them as freebies but`add that price with the mobile price, the problem is most of them poor quality products stop working in few month,
You get more offers in the online shops with card offers and festive sales.
Time efficiency:
If you want to buy a phone from online, you will only able see descriptive photos and info on the product page. after placing a order you have to wait for 2-6 days for delivery then only you can able verify how the product's works and how its looks,
Even though online shopping company's like flipkart and amazon offers replacement or refund, if you're not satisfied with the product you received, that a weary process, let me share something from my online shopping experience.
I ordered a phone from flipkart, i live in a suburban area where it takes 3-4 days to receive products from e-shops, so i received my phone after 4 days after couple of days i found it has speaker issues, usually it doesn't occurs even it happens you can return it, like i did,
Then i requested for refund they contacted me asked some questions and accepted my return, next day the delivery partner took my return after 3 days i got my refund.
We can't complaint them, it has to be happens in this way to avoid scams, and to ensure every things happens in the right way, so we have to follow this time consuming complicated process.
But in offline shops simply these problems get avoided because, you can directly able to experience the products in your hands in the shops, many retailer also offers return policies like those online stores, but offline stores are more time efficient than online stores.
Online stores are not at all bad but the nature of it makes some processes slower than offline store.
User convenient-
Offline stores do not exist in all places, they usually exist in main cities and towns, so people have to reach to these places to buy mobile phones and gadgets.
So people who cant reach those offline stores prefer buying phones from online stores, because they offer door delivery even, if you want return they pickup the product from your doorstep.
You don't need go to anywhere to enquire about stock availability, product details and terms and policies in warranties and returns , you can check everything in those online shopping websites itself.
So online stores offers more user convenience than the offline stores.
Offline stores manipulating consumer-
For a long time offline stores are being accused for manipulating consumers and make them buy the product which is more profitable for the store .
Most of the offline store do this in various levels in some store, if you asked for redmi, realme mobiles the sales persons will bash them and tell stupid thing like they will over heat they are cheap quality products,
Those sales person brain washes the customers and make them buy the products from offline focused brands like vivo, oppo, samsung which will get more commission to the offline store
If the mobile you ask is not in stock then also, they will try to push the mobiles they have sometimes.
To avoid those manipulation before buying, go hear the tech expert opinions from youtube tech channel or read tech blogs from tech bloggers.
Conclusion-
The final take away is the issues like malfunction common occurrence is quite common in the both online and offline stores, brands like xiaomi and realme price their phone competitively using online stores
so don't worry about the online shopping most of the times it's ok, my opinion is go for online shopping to avoid manipulation happens in offline shops.
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