Shopping conversation questions

Shopping

 * What are your feelings about shopping? Is it a pleasure or a torture?
 * Do you think that men and women have different feelings about shopping?
 * Do you have different feelings about shopping for clothes, shoes, electronic gadgets and food?
 * If you are buying an expensive item, do you compare prices at several shops and the internet?
 * Some shops sell second-hand goods, have you ever used them?
 * Have you ever bought something and then never really used it? What was it and why didn't you use it?
 * When you shop is it customary to haggle in your country? Are you any good at haggling?
 * Do you think people can become addicted to shopping?
 * Are you more likely to use large retail chains of shops or independent shops/sole traders? What are the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of both styles of retailer?

Internet shopping

 * Do you ever shop on the internet? What is your opinion of this way of shopping?
 * Have you ever used eBay? If so, describe the process of buying on eBay.
 * What is your opinion of the security of buying things on the internet?
 * Consider the following. How likely would you be to buy them on the internet. Give a score of 5 for highly likely and a score of 0 for highly unlikely.  Explain why you would, or would not, buy these items on the net.
 * A computer program.
 * Tinned food.
 * Fresh fruit and vegetables.
 * Tickets to the cinema.
 * Clothes.
 * Small technology like an mp3 player.
 * Large technology like a computer or a TV.
 * Airline tickets.
 * Hotel reservations.
 * A complete package holiday.
 * A CD or books.
 * Purchasing downloaded music.