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Online Shopping vs Offline/In-Person Shopping has been an internet sensation for a long time. Both have different pros and cons. Every person had different experiences in the past and we show our likeness based on those experiences. Stick with me and I will take you on my shopping journey preference based on my experiences.
Buying Mobile:
When I was in school, I was told I could get a good mobile when I go to college, and in college, I was told the same for university. In university, I finally got a personal mobile but it was MOTO E4. My games were lagging, PUBG was not working, overheating, and poor camera quality, and low battery timing. It was one of my worse phone-using experiences but it was the best I ever saw so I was used to it. I had the money to buy a phone but I read many finance books which messed with my head a lot.
It took me 1.5 years to realize, I need a phone. My time became more valuable to me day by day. I finally made the choice to buy a phone. Since I was a gamer, I had a huge circle of online friends. I picked phone sellers from that circle and found 3 people who are phone shopkeepers. I joined them in a group call and they debated what is good and what is bad along with overhyped and trending models. I made up my mind after that call that I need POCO X3. The decision was not only based on discussion but on the internet I found out about the America-China trade war. According to the limited information, I gathered I found out POCO X2 is over made than demand cause Europe and America banned it. The company made some changes and launched POCO X3 to get rid of the backlog.
This information was enough to get started. I took a loan from my sister and sold all my price bonds. I gathered around 39k PKR (171.68 $, at the time of writing). This was the exact amount I needed for buying from a shop. On further research, I found out how many scams are happening when buying from physical locations. I searched for mobile distributed who should be listed in the stock exchange (I also had stocks of 75k in the Pakistan Stock Exchange, 330.15 $ at the time of writing). After doing all the research I picked the safest routine to deliver my physical parts of mobile directly from China, which was further assembled in Lahore (Trusted and passes all validations) then it was shipped to me by Leopard (Lowest delivery scams) in Karachi.
After making sure everything is fine and doing detailed research on the mobile market of Pakistan, I went to the official routines to place my order. I soon found out 39k is local but officially it's 45k (198.09 $, at the time of writing). I got a 6k loan from my sister within the next 6 hours and placed my order.
I was among the rare individuals who placed such a big order for an online product. People said different things to me which made me even more fearful. I was even fearing at one point that the phone comes break or if it never arrive and all my money will vanish into thin air. I backed everything with logic and reasoning and I knew the product I get will be original with even micro-level originality with no fraud.
My phone finally arrived and I made a video of it while opening the box just in-case if anything went wrong. I knew I had 2 years warranty so I can ask for a refund even if it starts to get overheated or any other issues covered in my insurance policy. This was one the best financial decision I made and I am a proud owner of POCO X3.
I know all this stuff might look nonsense or over dramatic but doing all this didn't take me much time. I even enjoyed deep diving into the world of scams. Since I have experience that usually Pakistanis have bad experience cause they buy cheaper (6k I paid extra), even now if people who know me very well ask me when they need to buy something online. It's a blessing that my skill is helping a friend even today buy a laptop in a world that is filled with scams if we show a little laziness or greed.
I will not give a final conclusion cause the in-person buying experience also has advantages but when we don't know validation details, it's better to buy from/through the most trustful resources. What do you think of my story? Would you like to know my in-person shopping experience too for comparative analysis? Although I prefer both online and in-person shopping. The in-person shopping experience is confusing for me but I oddly enjoy it.
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Last night, Sheru told me about his dream to serve arm forces. When I asked him Why he want to serve the country only by joining arm forces as there are other ways too, Sheru instantly got puzzled. It looked like had no idea about the true meaning of serving my country and Freedom. I am not a Guru too but it reminded me of my debate with my father when he showed keen interest in me joining arm forces.
Nowadays everyone (the majority in Pakistan) wants to join arm forces with hopes of serving their country. This true spirit and emotions are the result of songs, poetry, and reputation. A big chunk of what our country has is already allocated to forces. This means that like a business it needs money to run. Our country is already a defaulter in loan payments. We are barely surviving between grey and black list. Already many things like Airport are in contracts of tax collections for loan payments. We are gambling with China as an investor as we have no other choice. In short, this loan is becoming the biggest threat to the nation that is being ignored by the youth.
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