Although many shops do encourage you to order through the internet, there is still a sizeable market for buying products in catalogues by ordering them by phone. It is relatively quick and easy to phone your order through on your sim only deals UK phone and the clothes or books will be with you in a few days, as quickly as you had ordered through the internet.
Of course, if you have no internet connection then this can be a very good solution for your catalogue shopping, but there are drawbacks which you should be aware of.
Firstly, it is possible to make an error by phone – if you do not speak clearly or have a strong accent or even if the person taking your order does not speak English very well then there is always room for error and you cannot prove afterwards that you ordered correctly.
That brings me to the lack of confirmation as when you place an order on the internet you get an instant confirmation detailing what you have ordered, whereas you receive no such thing by phone until you receive the order.
Shopping by phone certainly has its place but personally I would only use it as a last resort if my internet connection was not working and I needed to place an order urgently.
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