Ive come to the realisation that i simply hate buying anything now. This is, largely, for a couple of reasons..
A. The main one - **** me there is just simply too much choice for almost everything now. For example if you want some wireless earbuds, there are literally hundreds, probably thousands to choose from at such a wide variety of prices and with such varying reviews, how in the hell is anyone able to make an informed decision on what is good? I went through a couple of different ones of varying prices, first pair was cheap and absolutely awful. Second pair was twice the price, but still not that wonderful, third pair was barely more expensive than the first, but has much better sound quality and more features than either.
This is just an example though. It applies to pretty much anything, especially anything in the electronics market.
If you punch in any sort of cheap electrical good into an ebay or amazon search you get 1000's of results. Now a lot of this is due to the insane amount of chinese brands, but then that doesn't help, because i have often found some of the cheaper stuff is better than the crazily expensive known brand stuff.
B. Constant changing of discounts, voucher codes, cashback etc. Prices of things change too frequently and by too much, ALL THE TIME. One day something is worth £100, the next day it will be £50 with a cashback offer or something. Often you will buy something from a retailer, and then the following day you will receive a newsletter email from them informing you that the thing you just bought is now half the price.
It is just becoming absolutely impossible to make an informed choice on the quality or price of almost anything these days. Few things seem to have any inherent or lasting value and the prices charged for things just change seemingly on a whim.
/end rant
So GD, anyone else just totally exasperated with the retail market?
A. The main one - **** me there is just simply too much choice for almost everything now. For example if you want some wireless earbuds, there are literally hundreds, probably thousands to choose from at such a wide variety of prices and with such varying reviews, how in the hell is anyone able to make an informed decision on what is good? I went through a couple of different ones of varying prices, first pair was cheap and absolutely awful. Second pair was twice the price, but still not that wonderful, third pair was barely more expensive than the first, but has much better sound quality and more features than either.
This is just an example though. It applies to pretty much anything, especially anything in the electronics market.
If you punch in any sort of cheap electrical good into an ebay or amazon search you get 1000's of results. Now a lot of this is due to the insane amount of chinese brands, but then that doesn't help, because i have often found some of the cheaper stuff is better than the crazily expensive known brand stuff.
B. Constant changing of discounts, voucher codes, cashback etc. Prices of things change too frequently and by too much, ALL THE TIME. One day something is worth £100, the next day it will be £50 with a cashback offer or something. Often you will buy something from a retailer, and then the following day you will receive a newsletter email from them informing you that the thing you just bought is now half the price.
It is just becoming absolutely impossible to make an informed choice on the quality or price of almost anything these days. Few things seem to have any inherent or lasting value and the prices charged for things just change seemingly on a whim.
/end rant
So GD, anyone else just totally exasperated with the retail market?
