[econcon]

I hate going to physical stores specially the country where I live, the shop agents watch you like a hawk to make sure you aren't shoplifting or using stuff without buying.

Other than this, in local store - shop space is limited so they try to sell you stuff on which they can make maximum profit margin rather than branded quality product.

Many times I head out of the house to buy a big name brands tool or consumable only to be manipulated by the shopkeeper to purchase some local brand crap quality stuff not just that he also went great length to prove how big name brand product is scam when in reality big name company here spends more on advertisement and offers less margin for stocking their products, so local shopkeepers try to not stock them. The product I was buying was epoxy adhesive.

Country is India.

Secondly, the shopowner offered discount to young girl who was before me in a queue but nothing to a young guy or old women either. Who wants this kind of descrimination?

As a result I've stopped going to offline stores and now strictly purchase everything online atleast there is no "obvious and visible" descrimination there.

There are still things in India which can't be bought online for example, I can't buy plwood, MDF nuts and bolts and screws, steel angles, pipes etc... Or any hardware products like expoxy adhesive, plumbing solder, pipe fitting online so I still have to go to some store rather than save money and time and get it delivered to my door.