If you also wait for online sales to buy other electronic items like smartphones, and laptops, then you need to be alert. Many times e-commerce companies work to loot users in the name of sale. By showing huge discounts on the device, these companies can get you the product at a higher price. Shopping without doing research can make you nervous. In such a situation, there are some things that you should know while shopping online.
Understand the game of MRP
Often we see that products are made available on e-commerce websites at 90 percent less than the price. At first sight, anyone would make up their mind to buy them. But the real story behind it is something else. Many times the MRP of the product is kept higher than the selling price. So that companies can entice customers by showing discounts. But along with this, a big change is made in the sale of the e-commerce website.
Try to understand by example, then take the Galaxy S20 FE phone. This phone was introduced in India at an initial price of 49,999. The price of the same phone is showing at Rs 74,999 on one e-commerce platform and Rs 60,000 on another. That is, in this case, the e-commerce websites are fixing the price of the phone according to their own. In such a situation, the best way is to check the real price of the product once on the website of the company whose product you are buying.
The price written with the product misleads!
When we see the advertisement of a product in the sale, then the price you see written in it, along with that price, there are many hidden conditions, which are mentioned later on the product page. For example, in an advertisement, a phone has been told to be worth 10 thousand, but on clicking to buy it, its price becomes 12000. In such a situation, e-commerce companies also include bank offers and card discounts in the price cut. While the bank card on which the offer is available doesn't need to be available after all the customers. In such a situation, you only get disappointed.
Auto cancel order
You must have heard this case a lot when one of your products is about to arrive, these e-commerce platforms cancel your order without any valid reason. In this case, it seems appropriate to take the example of September last year. After the launch of the iPhone 14, the first e-commerce platforms claim to sell iPhones at the lowest price and when thousands of customers want to buy iPhones, their orders get automatically canceled later.
Many users had made social media complaints regarding this. One user had even called the Flipkart sale fake. Users said that Flipkart is cheating in the name of sales and harassing people by showing fake sales just for marketing. Many users had also demanded action on Flipkart for this. Many users who bought the iPhone 13 had also complained about Flipkart's refunds and cancellations on social media.
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