Interesting categories of shoppers

Shopping is generally associated with women but men cannot be disassociated with this hectic job. For some, the nuisance is extremely nerve-wrecking, as they have to give company to their families during their shopping-cum recreational trip.

There are many kinds of female shoppers, difficult to count and differentiate in the first look, but the dichotomy is visible on a closer look.

The first kind of shoppers is those who go directly to their targeted shops and buy things after requiring little-adjustments in prices. Such customers are respectable and considered very gentle in eyes of the traders.

Secondly, there are some people who land at their targeted shops and, after checking most of the pieces randomly, they pick up their required items only. They, however, do not give their final approval and leave for a market trip. They try to find similar stuff from different shops and check the difference in prices.

After a hectic trip, they once again land at the same shop from where they started the trip. They buy things while testing the level of patience of the traders and shopkeepers to the limit.

Another kind of customers is that who buy the things in their first attempt, but make a trip to market to check the prices and to consume the hired time. Sometime shopkeepers face troubles when other shops offer them a lower price for things they have purchased already.

Moving on, another type of shoppers comprises those people who bring with them ‘rented-wise’ people to their shopping trips. Those wise people are widely-famous among the traders and markets. At times they even have secret unwritten agreements with the shopkeepers.

This kind of customers go to the selected shops and pick-up things with the help of the rented-wise people. Mostly these shrewd-people adjust the prices according to the will of the tradesmen, keeping aside their hidden commission.

Lastly, there are shoppers who are considered to fall in the civilized class. They prefer to go for shopping with their male members and opt for fixed-price markets. This class does not put shopkeepers in trouble and select things after less-hectic practices.

Disclaimer: This article is based on personal experience in a specific area and different regions have different kinds of shoppers according to their urban and rural cultures.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Mar 23 2012. Filed under Opinion, Society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.