Shopping Online.
Books, Websites April 30th, 2008Its been more than 2 years since I have been shopping regularly online, it was around 2-4 times a month earlier and now its almost 5-7 times. I do most of my regular transactions online, like paying monthly mobile/ electricity bills at Visa Bill Pay, incase I am going out of station, I buy airline tickets at IXIGO, or train tickets at IRCTC, concert tickets for Iron Maiden show at TicketPro, Tata Sky recharge vouchers, etc and recently purchased Indian Premier League tickets for the match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers at Kyazoonga using the credit card. I don’t mind spending the extra 25-40 bucks they charge for courier. It is more convenient and saves a lot of time. And when it comes to paying credit card bills, its simple to transfer money through netbanking. Damn, I relay too much on the net and feel really handicapped in case its not accessible even for a couple of days.
I read a lot of books and boast of decent enough collection that can be called as a small library. At the last count I have around 187 odd books including the technical reference material. For the past year and half or so, I have bought almost all of my books at Indiaplaza. If I come across any good book I just add it to my wish list at Indiaplaza and once the wish list is big enough or if I have finished reading all the books from my library, I add them to my cart and order them. Not only there is 22% off on most of the books, the books get delivered in just a couple of days at my place. Also, the collection of books that they have is much better than the one at my neighborhood book store. I am very much impressed with their customer service though there have been only a couple of instances where I need to bother them, else, everything has been smooth so far. I bet its one of the best shopping portals in India.








April 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too.
Aaron Wakling
April 30th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Try Flipkart.com for books if you like it.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
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May 1st, 2008 at 2:08 am
I do prefer online shopping, if you really feels you gonne get good quality products from online shopping ,keep go ahead buying online products.
It will also increase your redeem points for buying more products.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:19 am
@ Aaron: Thanks
@ Binny: I have an account at flipkart.com but have never bought any books from there so far.
BTW just got a mail from books.futurebazaar.com..seems that they r launching in a big way !
May 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I prefer to book directly with makemytrip.com goindigo.in
they provide cheapest deals.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
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June 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Try infibeam.com for online shopping.Here you can get books as well as other products also.