Online Shopping

Again, it is time to share something. Today, I will share my online shopping experiences. I started purchasing online when I was in college. I used the Web site www.rediff.com. I ordered a piece of shirt, which was attractive in the display picture. When it reached, the color was dull, the material so cheap and size smaller than I asked for. My 400-500 rupees were wasted. When I complained, they wanted me to spend money on returning the defective item and then they will replace. I doubted and didn’t return. Few months after that, I purchased a walkman with inbuilt speakers, which was priced very cheap on www.rediff.com. The walkman I received was cheap in everything. The erring sound would blow my ears with the extra noise, which I did not pay for. I stopped purchasing online.

Two years back, I came across Web sites, www.futurebazaar.com and www.indiaplaza.in. I started with small purchases and this time the world was totally different. These sites sell their items at a very competitive price and provide you with a lot of options to choose from. They sell products of all the good brands available in the market. In addition to this, they provide excellent customer service. Futurebazaar replaces your item, if found defective, and they arrange for the pickup of defective item and delivery of fresh item without any extra charges. They pack the items nicely for safety in transportation and send the items via one of the best courier service providers. I must have purchased items worth thousands, which include pressure cooker, printer, mixer-grinder, camera, etc. I never had any complains till now. They are prompt to reply and you can always connect to them on the customer service numbers.

Meanwhile, I again tried www.rediff.com for shopping and to my surprise they are still the same. To begin with, they do not have any customer service number or email id to contact. They will provide you the sellers email id and numbers which will never work. So once you have paid money to them, there is no way in this world you can catch them. Moreover, you can give feedback for the seller, and if your feedback is good it is published else it is not. I guess this was my last shopping experience with rediff.com. I have also tried www.indiatimes.com twice and their service is good.

My suggestion would be to check the sites www.futurebazaar.com and www.indiaplaza.in, compare the prices including the courier charges and then place the order if you find it better than you can get it in your local shops. There are also some good modes of payments such as http://www.paymate.co.in or http://www.giftmate.co.in, which rolls out attractive offers at times.

Happy online shopping.

टूटे ख्वाब

आज मेरे कुछ ख्वाब टूट गए
क्यूँ मैं जीता था इस उम्मीद में
कि मेरे ख्वाब में परियां होंगी
जबकि मेरे उम्मीद की कोई सतह ही नहीं

ख्वाब की परियों के पर नहीं होते
बिना किसी अपेक्षा के प्यार नहीं होता
होता नहीं बिना जीवनचक्र का कोई रिश्ता
सहारा कोई भी जीवन भर का नहीं होता

अब जी नहीं करता मेरा सोने को
वो ख्वाब बार बार वापस आते है
और सिर्फ नींद में ही नहीं
वो अब जागते हुए भी सताते हैं

अब मैं किसी ख्वाब में जीना नहीं चाहता
मरना भी नहीं मुझे किसी ख्वाब में
ना ही इंतजार करता हूँ उस पल का मैं
क्यूंकि हर पल उस इंतजार का बहुत ही दुखदाई है

मेरे ख़्वाब

आज मैंने तुम्हारे ख़्वाब देखें
ख़्वाब में तुम्हे बार बार देखें
क्या बात है मैं समझ नहीं पाया
लेकिन हर बात में सिर्फ़ तुम्हे ही पाया

क्यूँ अब मुझे यह अजीब नहीं लगता
कि हमारे बीच कुछ भी तो नहीं
वह सबके समझ के परे ही सही
लेकिन फ़िर भी है वह सबसे बढ़कर

मैं उम्मीद भी नहीं करता किसी से
कि समझे वो मेरी बातों को
समझे हमारे रिश्ते को
या फ़िर मेरे इरादे को

तुम मेरी ख़्वाब में ऐसे ही आना हर बार
मुझे रहेगा तुम्हारा हर रात इंतज़ार
उस इंतज़ार के पल को भी जीना चाहता हूँ
कि अब मैं उस ख़्वाब के लिए ख़्वाब में ही मरना चाहता हूँ