These stores will also arrange help for you to get round all of the departments. Some offer additional services including staff who will get your shopping for you, and a present wrapping service. Again, you will need to tell the store wht help you need. Mail order shopping Mail order shopping is becoming more popular. Advantages include the ability to spread your payments over time, the convenience of shopping from your armchair, and the ability to have goods on approval.
Disadvantages are the amount of paperwork involved and the difficultly of returning unwanted goods.
Making payments can also be difficult without a credit or debit card, and items in catalogues are often more expensive. Before opening an account with one of these companies, you need to check the prices of a selection of goods, and that the staff will give you the help you need, for instance, that they will go through the catalogue and help you choose your items. It's a good idea to get this confirmed in writing. But we hope this leaflet has given you some ideas and hints to make things easier. You will often find that help is not offered out of ignorance.