Shopping
What kind of shopping areas are there?
Supermarket
Mall
Inside of a mall-a kiosk
Inside of a mall-a food court Many small food vendors in a common area.
Online shopping Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
In the West there are also:
Dollar store
Inside of the dollar store
Shopping center
Shopping Center Mall
Warehouse Club
Costco and Sam’s are the most popular. They sell in bulk (large packages).
Second hand store/Thrift store
Yard sale/Garage Sale
You can bargain. This was $5.
Chain store (This is a hardware store)
This is the inside of the hardware store. These are faucets.
Toilet seat covers
boards
In China salespeople stay close to the customer. In the West they don’t. Image courtesy of nenetus at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
When you want to buy a piece of clothing what do you do first?
Try it on in the fitting room/dressing room. What problems might there be when you try it on?
When you want to buy something cheaper what sign do you look for?
There’s no bargaining at stores. (You can bargain for houses and cars) Sale-it’s a little cheaper
Clearance- it’s a lot cheaper
Coupon-a piece of paper that gives you a discount
What if you buy something and after you take it home you don’t want it anymore?
Return it. “I have a return.” Most stores give you 30 days to return something.
How can you pay for your purchase?
Cash, credit card, bank card Images by thaikrit, hin255, vectorolieat FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Bank card/debit card- The money comes out of your bank account on the same day Image by David Castillo Dominici at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Credit card-the money doesn’t come out of your bank account. Once a month the credit card company will send you a bill for the whole month. Then you pay for a part of it or all of it. You have to pay high interest on the remainder of what you don’t pay. Image by Gualberto107 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
But you also have to pay sales tax.
Any bad shopping experiences?
Role play-shop for… with salesperson.