Instead of beginning my writings disclosing to you all of the advantages of comparison-shopping, I will start with telling you of the consequences of what just might happen if you do not comparison shop. So unless you have money to burn, you might want to have a listen to what I have to say.
Let’s say that you woke up one morning and decided to purchase a new automobile. Let’s also say that you went to the first auto dealer, looked at the assortment of vehicles on the lot, and picked out the first blue one you saw. You didn’t take it for a test drive; you didn’t look at the price; you have no idea about the fuel economy or the horsepower- and to top it all off, one week after you picked up your shiny, new blue auto, you found out that your best friend just bought a vehicle very similar to yours from a different dealer in another county and paid nearly £1,000 less than you did. His car gets much better fuel economy, has more power, and did much better in the crash-tests than your car. He did his homework and comparison-shopped; you didn’t.
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