Being a fashion designer and avid traveller with a never-ending passion for exploring new places, I used to face some difficulties at times. Since my programs are most of the time instant, I hardly get any time to book my tickets by standing in the long queues.
About a few years back, I used to wish that one fine day the system will change itself for the good and travellers like me can feel a sigh of relief while embarking on their trips. Anyways since there was no alternative option available at that time, I was left with no option but to pay a hefty commission to an agent.
Like all dreams come true one day, this dream of mine soon turned into a reality. One of my friends, Shashank, told me about an online portal that can take care of all my needs. Frankly, I was in two minds whether to use its services or not since I was never ever involved with such portals in the past. However, the thought of giving an undue commission to the agent made me go for it.
I created a User ID after filling up the easy online form and then looked at the hotel booking section. My first fashion show was slated in Goa and I was quite occupied with the arrangement of costumes and making interactions with the participating models. I booked a ticket for me, my parents and my assistant and was able to get an immediate printout of the confirmed hotel reservation. The cheap hotel booking put me in high spirits. In addition to that, the credit card payment made by me was confirmed to me by a friendly and soft-spoken customer care executive. My endeavour was a huge success and I entered the fashion world with a bang.
That was 8 months ago and 8 months down the line, I am a successful fashion designer working with some of the most respected names in the fashion world and a satisfied customer enjoying the pleasures of Online Hotel Booking through Retails Direct. Ever since then, I have staged many fashion shows in Indian cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Kodaikanal, Manali, Ooty, Shimla and Nainital with reliable help from none other than Retails Direct.
Friday, June 20, 2008
My dreams of entering the fashion industry helped by Online Hotel booking!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Search the market with a hawk’s eye: Don’t get trapped in false shopping delights
In a conscious attempt to revolutionise the shopping spree in India, one of the website named RetailsDirect has made some conscious efforts to bring forward many result-oriented and customer friendly plans for the Indian consumers. People all over the world have suffered from many problems regarding online shopping. Low quality or pirated products account to frustrations in the consumer's mind. Moreover even the leading portals don’t have the facility of EMI for its users.
All these stories were things of the past. With RetailsDirect catching up the Indian market, you can get everything you ever dreamt of. We all know that word of mouth always plays an important role when it comes to marketing. Recently, when I told my shopping experience to one of my friends, Bhupinder, at first he didn’t believe me. Well, even I was adamant to prove him the benefits of shopping on this particular website.
Months passed by and Baisakhi came. The festival we all celebrate with fun and frolic. It was during the evening time when Bhupinder came gasping for a breath of fresh air. I immediately gave him a glass of water to drink, unknowing the fact that it was the tiresome street shopping he did all day long with his wife. He bought many gifts for his mother, brother, sister and cousins. Everyone was excited and highly moved to see his token of love for his family. The only person who was unmoved was me. I do have the obvious reason! After the supper we all sat down and started discussing once again regarding his street shopping experience. To my delight he said that he was tired of tedious shopping. I got my platform and there he was trapped in my net. I immediately switched on my laptop and started going through the pages of the website. At first he didn’t noticed but then something caught his eyes. It was the same Split AC he bought for his mother but at a much cheaper price. He jumped from his place, snatched my laptop and started browsing the website. It took 20 minutes for him to regain himself. Not once, twice or thrice but he might have read the Split AC’s reviews a dozen times. Finally he came to the conclusion that shopping at RetailsDirect is worth the money and time! Moreover you don’t have to sweat it to look for Split AC in the scorching heat.
I delightedly said trust my shopping reviews, guys!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
1st Marriage anniversary and 2 die-hard customers for Sony Ericsson!
Like every mobile user, I also like to place my hands on the most advanced mobile phone. But there are times when after the purchase of a mobile phone, you start thinking on the lines of getting a relatively old phone. One cannot stop the innovations in the field of mobile technology but can obviously exercise his options while making purchase for a long-lasting and interesting mobile phone.
Shopping online since the last 2 years has given me enough experience. Let me tell you about it. The old saying, "First impression is the last impression" is true for the online shopping portals too. Now let me tell you why? The Internet is full of such portals and suppose a customer like me wants to buy something and trusts a website. Now, suppose that particular website delivers a low-quality product to him and that too, after a heavy follow-up and delay, would you think he will go again to buy anything from that portal again? Not me at least, and I guess no one else would too.
However, an online portal must be careful enough to respect the sentiments and value of money of its customers to create a niche for itself. In my last 2 years at the online shopping world, I just came across one such portal. I know you will be eager to know the name but let me first tell me about my shopping experience.
I and my wife were planning to buy mobile phones to get rid of our old phones and what a better time than our 1st marriage anniversary. We both wanted a stylish mobile phone with lots of features along with adequate battery standby time and brand name for sure. We looked at this website, recommended to us by our friend, John. Two models of Sony mobile phones: Sony Ericsson K200i (me) and Sony Ericsson J120i (my wife) were the clear-cut choices of both of us. These Sony mobiles have been with us for the last eight months and I must tell you that we were completely taken by surprise to see such a customer-friendly response from a portal. The delivery of the product was immediate since we received it in just 2 days as against the assured delivery time of 5 days after we paid the amount using my credit cards through the safe payment gateway. These Sony Ericsson mobiles have been fighting all odds to stay young and bring smiles on our faces. After all, it’s all about smiles, you see, thanks to Retails Direct.