2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping at a single store rather that at several?
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Shopping at a single store saves gas
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Advantages: \n1. Everyone accepts it (and loves it too)\n2. In a transaction, using cash is a final deal (unlike cashing a check)\n3. In a transaction, there are no service fees using cash (unlike accepting credit cards)\n\nDisadvantages:\n1. It can be dirty\n2. You can lose it or have it stolen from you\n3. You could spend it too fast\n4. If you have much cash to carry, it can get heavy or bulky\n5. Cash can be counterfeit\n\nThere are probably a few more, but this covers most of my opinion about cash.
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24/7 seems to work.  You would be surprised if you checked the stats for agents such as WALMART in the USA, that because people work around the clock, they want to shop when they get off work.  I guess it really depends on what kind of store your talking about.  The downside is the higher cost of operation.  There has to be a demand for your products.  Check out an economics 101 book.
67496
1. Must know how to separate trash.....cost you a lot of money\n2. Do not plan your shopping during weekends...shops are closed\n3. Avoid taxi....very expensive
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it depends. From what I know, a store credit card is considered the same as a bank card (for your credit history). At any point it is good to have around 2-3 such cards open. any more or less, and you risk being considered as not such a good credit risk
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it is cheaper to buy one
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When I shop I feel in control! I don't go crazy with my money but when I hit the stores you know a real DIVA was there. It also makes me feel good inside and takes away what problems I may have had in that day. Shopping can, NO shopping is a great outlet to stress for some people.
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Pros: Better rates and more attention to you as they have few customers.\n\nCons:  Fewer locations and shorter hours.  Often less options and services than a full service bank.
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depends on your location and brand! visit their offical sites and look for a store located near you!
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depends on the area that the retail store is located. this is not an easily answered question and takes alot of evaluation based on area, kind of retail store, as well as number of other similar establishments in the same area....
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I shop there because there for food because none of the other supermarkets in town can beat their prices.  I try to buy things like toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent and other household cleaning items from the local dollar stores.  If there was a supermarket in town that could compete with Wal-Mart's prices on food, I would definitely shop there instead!!  I hate going into Wal-Mart because it is always so crowded and because the workers are not very friendly.  Of course, it would be hard to be friendly for what they get paid, but that's a whole different topic!
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Costco doesn't seem to have that much in the way of huge bargains unless you need 200 vol-au-vents cases in one big bag. For non food items you can shop around and get as good a deal elsewhere.\n\nOtherwise those big shopping clubs never really took off here because the benefits didn't attract enough of the people they wanted as members (for some reason, teachers and banking employees).
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Depends on if you are the one writing them or recieving them.\n\nWriting:\n~Advantages:\n  -Money is not automatically deducted, so you can write at check at the store, and then go to the bank and put your money in later.\n  -No reciept required, you have a record right there in your carbon copy of how much you spent and where you spent it.\n  -If you still pay bills in the mail rather than online, it's much safer to send a check than a credit card number.\n  -Can't send cash in the mail.\n  -Don't know about you, but I don't carry much cash, so when I owe friends money, they don't accept credit cards.\n\n~Disadvantages:\n  -Checks cost money.\n  -Some places don't accept checks.\n  -Too much writing!\n\n\n\nStore/Vendor/Reciever of Checks:\n~Advantages:\n  -More customers, because they have more choices in how they can pay (the same with deciding to accept American Express or Discover or whatever else)\n  -No specialized machines required (although many stores have check readers or MICRs anyway).\n\n~Disadvantages:\n  -Bounced checks!  (In many cases, the one who the check was written to is who the bank holds responsible for bounced check fees.  It is then your responsibility to get the money from whoever wrote the bad check!)\n  -Can't always verify that they actually have the money.\n\nAnd if you're the bank, that gives you another way to get money out of people!\n\nI hope that helps!
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Target has better quality stuff, so even though at face value, you're paying less at Wal-Mart, it's not gonna last as long so you're really paying more.  Baby things are better quality and durability at Target, that's for sure (I have three kids).  Clothes are better looking and last longer (two of my kids are teens).  They have a better variety of organic stuff, too, and even have their own line of good quality vitamins.  the only thing i'd go to Wal-Mart for is groceries at the Super Wal-Mart.  i'm still better off at Sam's Club (I know, run by Wal-Mart people)or Costco or BJ's.
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Look in the newspapers for your area.  You want to select a locations that are easy to get to on a daily basis.  Store chains generally have better benefits, but lower pay.  Some small pharmacies have low benefits but better pay.  That is not true in all cases however!\n\nRemember you want to keep your cost of getting there down or a big salary will not be much use if you spend it traveling back and forth.
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Well, depends on what kind of audience you want to target and what locations you are targeting. If you're opening a brick and mortar store, a website might not benefit you much, other than serving as a basic ad telling local people where you are located. Unless you're thinking shipping nationwide, then a website would be a good idea.
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Yes, I shopped around and around and around and still made the wrong purchase the first time around.  Second time was a much better experience.  Took 14 years to make up my mind on this purchase though.  Talk about shopping around, huh?