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New technologies and ways of buying and selling are transforming the lives of consumers. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Technological advancements have had immense effects on every sphere of people’s lives. Owing to these innovations, the ways how goods and
services
 are purchased and sold have
also
 experienced great transformation as many people now use the global network for the mentioned purposes.
This
 essay agrees with
this
 point of view and elucidates some arguments in favour.
Firstly
, online shopping is quite handy for individuals who are low on
time
 to explore shops and service providers physically. Since a variety of goods or
services
 can be found and ordered through websites while being at home or the office and the valuable
time
 deemed to be allocated for wandering shops to find necessary items can be spent more efficiently, say, with family members
instead
.
Moreover
, many online shops offer delivery
services
 that free customers from logistic issues too.
Secondly
, cyber-shopping
also
 greatly contributes to buyers in making decisions. Some advanced applications allow
to compare
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 prices for certain products or
services
 proposed by various sellers.
Thus
, buyers tend to spend minimal
time
 identifying the best offer. To exemplify, hotel.az website in Azerbaijan supports purchasers to nominate the cheapest price for a hotel room among many service providers.
Finally
, the Internet
also
 helps customers to acquire valuable feedback about items and
services
 on sale. Previous buyers are more likely to publish positive or negative posts commenting on features of the item or service provided by a seller. When I do online shopping,
for example
, comments are of great importance for me.
Therefore
, before placing an order I attentively read posted texts. In conclusion, undeniably, technological developments revolutionized the ways how goods and
services
 are bought and sold which helps to save precious resources
such
 as
time
 and finance.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • transforming
  • consumers
  • buying and selling
  • new technologies
  • revolutionized
  • consumer experience
  • e-commerce
  • convenience
  • range of options
  • mobile payment systems
  • transactions
  • challenges
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