Shopping conversation questions
[edit] 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? 

[edit] Internet shopping

    Do you ever shop on the internet? What is your opinion of this way of shopping?
    Have you ever used e-bay? If so, describe the process of buying on e-bay.
    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 programme.
        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.