Travel News Desk,During the festival season, shopping starts in every house. People do online and offline shopping to buy everything from home decoration to other items, but during the purchase of items, many types of scams happen to them, due to which they are cheated of a lot of money. Although one should be careful before shopping from any place, but especially during the festival season, it is important to examine everything closely. Let us know what kind of scams are happening these days during the festival season and how it can be avoided.
fake shopping website
During the festive season, you will see ads of many such shopping websites which will offer great discounts, but let us tell you, most of these shopping websites are fake and are made to cheat people of money. You are not given the option of Cash on Delivery (COD) on these shopping websites. When you send money to buy a product, after some time your product is not delivered. The surprising thing is that the customer care number of these websites also does not work. In such a situation, during festivals, it is advisable to buy goods from official shopping websites only.
Packaged goods turn out to be defective
When you go shopping in a market and you like a dress or any other item, the shop refuses to open its packing. When you bring the goods home and open the packing, you will find that the goods are damaged. Later the shopkeepers even refuse to give refund. Let us tell you, shopkeepers do this taking advantage of the crowd. In such a situation, no matter how crowded it is, be careful while purchasing goods.
Rate the goods and cross check.
During Diwali and Dussehra shopping, the price of every item in the market is sky high. Therefore, shopkeepers fool many customers and sell low priced items at double the rate. In such a situation, you may suffer a lot of loss. If you are buying any item these days, first cross check the rates with other shops, so that you can avoid spending unnecessary money.
gift card scam
These days you will find many such stalls in the market, which will offer gift cards and in return will ask you to fill a form, in which your important details will be asked. Let us tell you, in such a situation, scammers obtain your personal details and then misuse these details.
Be careful while buying goods at wholesale price
If you are buying goods at wholesale price from other markets including Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, then it is important to keep a close eye on the goods these days. In most of the cases, it is seen that people are getting scammed while buying bulk goods during the festival season. Because the shopkeeper packs fake goods and takes more money in return. Therefore, when you carry a lot of luggage, get it packed in front of your eyes and do not trust anyone.
