Yesterday we decided to bite the holiday bullet and ventured into the Kenwood city mall,believed to be the poshest mall here in Cincinnati. Sure it was crowded but things were pretty well organized. The mall was beautifully decorated and there was the unmistakable festive spirit around. People were rushing to complete their holiday shopping and the stores had made sure that they had "discount" prices all over the place to push up the sales. The holiday shopping season in the US is a vital sign of the general health of the economy. The news isn't too good on that front as sales are down compared to last year and there are signs of a recession looming on the horizon.
I'm an electronics junkie and could spend hours looking at gadgets, however everything else is quite simply boring specially clothes,accessories and the works. Saw a big crowd at the Apple store-ipods,iphones,nanos still going strong despite the fact that Apple never ever slashes prices.It makes me wonder- why do people buy from a store, isn't it much cheaper to look for deals online and on amazon you don't have to pay sales tax(don't ask me, I have no clue how that works but its legal as of now). For example, I was looking at a Sony noise canceling headphone listed on Amazon for $135(no tax,free shipping). I checked out the same item at the Sony store and it was listed as $199.99 plus taxes. As John Matterse would say on his daily show- doesn't that stink!?
We wanted to have Nishkarsh's picture taken with Santa but there was a long queue and when we checked back His Excellency Santa Claus was on a break(:
I'm an electronics junkie and could spend hours looking at gadgets, however everything else is quite simply boring specially clothes,accessories and the works. Saw a big crowd at the Apple store-ipods,iphones,nanos still going strong despite the fact that Apple never ever slashes prices.It makes me wonder- why do people buy from a store, isn't it much cheaper to look for deals online and on amazon you don't have to pay sales tax(don't ask me, I have no clue how that works but its legal as of now). For example, I was looking at a Sony noise canceling headphone listed on Amazon for $135(no tax,free shipping). I checked out the same item at the Sony store and it was listed as $199.99 plus taxes. As John Matterse would say on his daily show- doesn't that stink!?
We wanted to have Nishkarsh's picture taken with Santa but there was a long queue and when we checked back His Excellency Santa Claus was on a break(:
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