With the advent of bank cards and online banking, purchases around the world have become more comfortable and faster, which has opened up a lot of opportunities for Internet users. For example, a huge assortment of goods has appeared for every taste and color, and if the thing you need is not in the region, then you can order from abroad, overpaying only for delivery.
Of course, such online shopping makes life easier in many ways, only annually worsens the culture of consumption of goods. Now shopping on the Internet is becoming a kind of pathological dependence, as a result of which a person at home is piled up with a bunch of unnecessary trash or things “at once”, while the budget is rapidly melting. Also, blindly purchased goods often do not correspond to reality, have defects or quality errors, do not fit the dimensions, size, etc. you need. Unfortunately, even verified sites will not insure you that a live thing simply will not suit you.
Today we are considering 10 popular things that it is not advisable to purchase on the Internet. Most often, they do not meet consumer expectations for a number of parameters and lead to a stupid waste of money.
10. Flowers
No matter how beautifully modern social networks like Instagram and Facebook do not present products, we do not forget that flowers have their own life cycle. To be more precise, they retain freshness for a rather short period, so in the summer heat an expensive “broom” or a wilted herbarium can reach you. It is advisable to choose floral arrangements in trusted conventional stores where you can verify the quality and freshness of the plant, the claimed aroma, and combination with other elements of the composition. There is an opportunity to choose the appropriate design from the set that is in the store, which will make your gift more themed.
9. Mattresses
Unlike flowers, mattresses are not wilted, but lying on it may be awkward for you. But after all, our sleep depends on the quality, hardness and filling of the mattress. If you do not want to subsequently suffer from osteochondrosis and lower back pain, then it is better to choose such a crucial thing as a mattress in a specialized store. Even if an orthopedic product is offered on the Internet at an adequate price, do not rush to get a share, as the filler may be synthetic, which increases the risk of allergies. Well, and, of course, often mattresses deviate slightly from the parameters declared on the Internet, so they can diverge from the dimensions of your bed.
8. Underwear and swimwear
Is it worth recalling that under the law you cannot return underwear to the seller. And imagine how insulting it is if you posted a tidy sum for a designer swimsuit that shakes tightly in the chest or is going to be an ugly fold in the buttocks. But this happens all the time. If the clothes ordered on the Internet can at least be altered in an atelier, then you will find difficulties in terms of underwear. Different factories have their own dimensional grid, so the parameters you have learned do not mean at all that you can guess with the size. And the style presented on the model on the Internet (often using photoshop) may not be suitable specifically for your height and type of figure.
7. Headphones
Many people believe that headphones are a personal item that is best chosen along with the gifted person. In an ordinary store, you can evaluate a number of parameters: ergonomics, sound quality and suppression of ambient noise, wearing comfort, material of elements, etc. When you buy a headset on the Internet at random, you risk getting a low-quality fake or just an idle device, or a quality sung by content managers absolutely not true. You can only order the exact model that you previously rated in a regular store.
6. Furniture
IKEA and many other popular online markets allow you to make your home affordable items, innovative and ergonomic furniture. A whole staff of designers is working on bright catalogs, so when you see a stylish and very convenient little thing, "drooling" begins. However, the dimensions of the furniture may not coincide with the declared, the color of wood or other material is distorted by the monitor (or photoshop, which was used by the manufacturer), and the fittings should be of disgusting quality. Be especially careful to purchase solid structures that cannot be disassembled into small parts and yet adapted to any room, even if they do not fit the prepared place in size.
5. Jewelry
We recommend making such expensive purchases exclusively in specialized stores that have all the necessary certificates and trade permits. They also have a jeweler on staff who will help confirm the test, solve problems with sizes and fasteners, clean and polish the jewelry, and accept gold for scrap (exchange). By purchasing jewelry on the Internet, you buy a "pig in a poke." Professional photographers take enticing pictures that are often not true. In the best case, the product will not demonstrate the declared luster, the stones will be much smaller, and the alloy will have other metals in its composition. And at worst, they will send you a “toy” product or a cheap fake. If you have already decided, then demand cash on delivery or cash to the courier.
4. Shoes
As with underwear, the size problem here is very acute. Even in ordinary stores, you have often come across the fact that some models of various factories are "small in size". And if you have bumps on your feet or a protruding second finger, is the foot too narrow and the leg is thick? How are you going to solve these issues by looking at a beautifully photographed shoe? Knowing your size does not guarantee that the shoes are right for you (even if you told the operator to measure your feet, as you should in this case). Do not forget about the quality issues of the external material, lining, soles. You do not want to get shoes with traces of cheap glue or defective zippers?
3. Musical instruments
Professional musicians do not allow themselves such an oversight as acquiring an instrument in an online market. As in the issue of headphones, it is necessary to evaluate the manufacturer, the quality of the material and the sound itself before buying. Also keep in mind that a musical instrument is a fragile thing that is very easy to damage upon delivery even with the right packaging. It is good if the expelling company insures its goods.
2. Large household appliances
For the same reason as musical instruments, it is recommended to purchase complicated, dimensional, and fragile equipment in special stores. There you can appreciate the full functionality of the little thing, check it in operation when connected to electricity, track the absence of marriage, and also verify the correct execution of the guarantee. In the store you can measure the equipment and think about whether it will fit into the design of your home and its dimensions. Even if you purchase a product, and it does not fit in size, you can deliver it back to a regular store within 2 weeks. But sending a washing machine or a refrigerator to the online market by mail will be unprofitable, not to mention how much you will pay for such a service.
1. Perfume and cosmetics
You can only order cosmetics or perfumes that you regularly use in the online store. This should be a proven and well-known resource that does not trade in fakes. It’s not worth choosing perfumes based on the colorful description of the bouquet, because it’s hard to imagine a combination of aromas of patchouli, spring cedar and morning orange, agree. As for cosmetics, the issue of shades and textures, which the monitor always distorts, plays a role here.
It is often more profitable and faster to make purchases on the Internet, it’s only rarely which portals offer transaction protection and guarantee a refund in case of complaints. Be carefull!