BANKING UNIVERSITY- HCM CITY

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Student’s name: Tằng Thúy Vy………………….…

Reg. No.: ……………………………

WRITING – UNIT 5
(Students are not allowed to use dictionaries or materials.)

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic:
In some countries, online shopping is replacing shopping in stores. Do you think it is a positive or
negative development?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
Write at least 250 words.

Nowadays, a hot topic in the 4.0 technology era is shopping online which plays an important role in the
modern life. More and more customers prefer buying things via the internet to shopping in stores or
supermarkets. Personally, shopping online brings more positive than negative.
The first advantage of online shopping is that buyers have more options for the products they want.
Currently, there are many websites that provide diverse products for buyers to choose and compare
quality. In addition, buying on websites that customers save more time than other ways of shopping. Via
internet, customers can get the lastest information about the product in several clicks without leaving
home. Finally, the price of product bought online is usually lower than that of one bought in shops.
Therefore, customers can save money as well as time.
On the other hand, people can buy low-quality products because we cannot see the product directly .
Many online stores are not honest in their buying and selling process, they may send any poor quality
goods to the buyers who is unaware. Another problem is the shipping time and fee. When shopping
online, customers cannot get their products right away, but have to wait for the pickup date depending on
the geographical distance. Especially, buyers’ private information can be stolen when websites are
attacked by hackers. Finally, after-sale service is one of the conerns of online shopper. When the goods
are defective, it is difficult for the buyer to return the goods to the seller.
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