Traditional shops or online shops?

      

   Nowadays, we live in a society in which we buy new articles everyday. We buy so many things such as clothes, shoes, videogames... that another form to shop was developed. This is the online shops. Which do you prefer, traditional shops or online shops? Both have some advantages and disadvantages, so let's have a look at them.

    

   On the one hand, traditional shopping is better if you want to check that the product is in perfect conditions and  it fits you (if you are buying clothes). In addition, going shopping with friends or your family is funny and it is a good exercise. Moreover, shop assistants will help you to choose if you have any doubts. However, shopping can be also exhausting because sometimes you must wait a lot on the queue to pay. 

    On the other hand, online shops have a wide variety of products that you can't buy in real shops. Also, you don't have to move to your nearest city or shopping mall to buy what you need, in a short period it will arrive from anywhere in the world. But, you can't rely on everything on the internet because maybe they are liying you. Once, I bought a present for a friend, which was a phone cover that I couldn't buy here. So, I ordered it and when it arrived it was in good conditions. When I gave the gift to my friend, she realised that the cover was made for another mobile phone and it didn't fit hers. As the time to complain to the web had already passed, the only thing I could do was ordering a new one. Luckily, it was cheap and this time was the right one, although it took one mounth to arrive. 

     To sum up, both kind of shops are useful in differente ocasions. Personally, I prefer going shopping in traditional shops because I like trying the products and I had much more fun. Despite that, I will still buy some particular things online, the ones I can't find anywhere else.

   Lucía Rodríguez Martínez 4ºD