Mall Post

Today, me and a couple of friends went over to Woodland Mall to check it out with the knowledge we gained from the article and video we watched in class. This time, when we went to the mall we tried to be more conscious and aware of the people and the way the store advertised and lured us in to the stores. One of the traps I personally fell into today and a couple of weeks ago was the “buy one get one” deal in most of the stores. The deals lured us into their stores and convinced us to buy unnecessary stuff just because of the deal. To think of it, yes, it is a pretty good deal but sometimes we tend to end up making stupid decisions while trying to be smart shoppers. These deals trick us by letting us be unaware of the fact that not all the items are the same price. And in these deals you pay for the highest priced ones. So if you happened to not be aware of the price of both of the heels because of the word “SALE” on it, don’t check the proper prices on it and don’t check the receipt you might end up with two useless pairs of heels for more than 70 bucks instead of the price you thought of which was way lesser than 70 bucks and the bigger problem is that you don’t always get a chance to get a refund because it was on a special clearance sale. But thank God! Today, I was a smart shopper thanks to the awareness of the persuasions of the brands. So I guess the persuasions of the stores aren’t always a rip-off. And I was also able to truely understand why some people think malls are like churches. As soon as you step in the store people come up to you to share the products and events and sales from that products which is like how churches try to reach out to other people and evangelize to everyone about Gods love.