Food- Where do you go to eat?

Transportation – How do you go to places everyday?

Clothing – Where do you go to buy you clothes?

Recreation and Entertainment – What do you do in your free time?

Living – Are you living with your family? Renting a house?

Traveling – Do you go traveling very often? Why?

1. Wants

are those things that are you must have to stay alive: House, food, or clothing.

2. Needs

are those things that you need to improve your life: Car, PDA, or diamond.

Shopping Mall

Shopping Arcade

Hypermarket

Night Market

Street Vendor

Online

Black Market

Warehouse

Shopping Channels

Department Store

Everyone needs to eat food to stay alive and it can be expensive sometimes! By knowing what you need with a shopping list, you will be able to buy everything at once and cut down the time on your food shopping trip. You should spend a little time on planning and using coupons. By doing this, you will be surprised about how much money you can save. You might often find the quality of store brands is the same as the famous brands, and are also less expensive. Sometimes there might be a 10-15% difference on the same things you want to buy at 2 different stores in the same area. Don't waste your money just because it is your habit to shop at a store that you always go to.

The cost of clothing has always been very expensive in Taiwan . Why?

You can save money by buying next year's winter clothes at the end of this season and sometimes the styles are still the same. Do you think so?/Do you do that? 

You should buy an $80 pair of shoes that will last for a long time instead of buying 3 pairs of $35 shoes that are not good quality. What do you care about when buying your outfits? Why?

Stay away from trendy fashions. By doing this, it will cost you a lot of money on your clothes. Where would be some ideal and cheap places/areas to buy clothes in Taipei ?

Buying your clothes from second-hand clothing shops will help you to save money as well. What do you think about second-hand clothes?

Troubles     Long-distance     Telecom Company

    Deals               Fixed

In most areas of Taiwan , your local phone service has a ______ price. The difference in ____________ phone call and cell phone costs can be different. Many people simply stay with their original long-distance or cell phone ______________ _____________because it is convenient and they feel that it would be too much ________ to change. By shopping around, then you may find some great __________ that can save your money.

1

Doing a little homework

5

Try before you buy

2

Choosing the right store

6

Spend less on what you’re buying

3

Using the coupons

7

Shopping around

4

Trying store brands

8

Watching the scanner

Will help you not to buy the things you don’t need or never use. Before you buy something, try one out before you pay the cash.

To help you shop more smartly. Take the time to do a shopping list while checking what you need to buy in the house.

Is to decide on how much you can spend for buying. This will help you to shop without going over the budget.

Because for basic grocery needs, many grocery stores sell great product and price, for large amount of things, you may want to go to the hypermarkets.

Is to compare the information in similar products that will help you get the best price for your money.

Will help you to save a lot of money each year by buying things with discounts/using coupons every time you go shopping.

Will keep the cashier be more careful while scanning through the things you’ve bought.

Is not to be afraid to try new products or stores. You might save about 40% off your bill every year with some store brands.