Bazaar/Food Bazaar/ Big Bazaar___ are we saving or spending more?
When we say Bazaar we have before us a huge place selling everything we need, we want, we demand and dream of even if we cannot buy them. So specialized bazaars like Bazaar/Food bazaar/ Maxi Bazaar/Minil Bazaar helps us to save. We get all that we want in one place, so we save time, and energy and also money. Then it’s a myth that we spend more? Not really.
We make a budget or a list of things we want to buy, but can we adhere to it once we are thrown in the middle of so many such things which are good and at one time or the other we have wanted them? So we buy a little more than we need for the present. We also change a few things in our list and opt for those that then seem more desirable. Then with all the saving schemes they offer one tends to buy more and more thinking why not when the schemes are on, and land up spending more. You tell yourself that this excess will see you through and you won’t have to come back soon. But this does not happen. You are back soon to see what’s new in the offing and what other schemes have been introduced for you to save money. You don’t wish to miss out on the offers! Big Bazaar’s scheme of bring all old things to them and exchange for new things is attractive.
A certain girl had come all the way from Jamshedpur with all old stuff, from utensils to clothes to other electronics goods to exchange for something new and trendy. This happened some ten years ago when a certain Bazaar was rather young. It was offering an Exchange sale on old items. To her surprise she found she had to dole out money before buying! That is, all the things are weighed against a price. If your goods weigh two kgs. And a Kg is Rs. 200/- Then your goods are worth Rs. 400/-. Now you buy goods worth Rs. 400? NO! You buy goods worth Rs 1600/- that is, Value of your goods is x; you buy off Big Bazaar, x multiply 4= 4x. If x=400, then you buy goods worth 400×4= 1600/- Got it? So next time you hear of such exchange offer you run fast the opposite direction! Why would you? Run for it. After all this Exchange Program is only once or twice a year. Think of all the unwanted things you get rid of in so good a way and you get to buy new things too, and branded ones! So at the end of the day you spent more than you saved, so what? Potatoes a kilo and onions a kilo come free go grab it even if you have to buy a few more things. Remember everything will be used up unless they are too perishable! Bazaar is not meant to browse but to buy! And Bazaars are where you must go and buy!