UFS201 - 4th Reflection Topic

Think of a time when you bought something because of an advertisement you saw and not because you were actually looking for it. Write about your experience in about 150 words.

             I was walking on Segama Street at 10 am, when I saw many peoples are entering Tai Yang bookshop and saw there is a big banner in front of the bookshop about their promotion for their anniversary. It says the sales promotions are available up to 70% of the real price for every one book. The special anniversary promotion are also includes 50% discount for 3 to more books bought together. This term was available for novel, fiction and non-fiction books not including the magazine and journals books. But the most interesting promotion that day are the newspapers was given free and a member card distributed to 15 first customer step feet to the bookshop.

             I was think that this is an opportunities to be a member in popular bookshop as Tai Yang and it was really still at early hour after a minute they hung the banner. I was attracted to join the peoples that already in a line at the counter and asking for the member card. I am at the last and back line when I was trying to calculate them. It was 15 already and I start to give up so I steps back and looking for a book to buy. I picked the novel of ‘Cinta Selembut Sutera’ by Hanis Adreana and Harry Potter with deathly hollow Malays edition and brought them to the counter. The cashier girl was smile and said that I was a lucky person to have the last member card with special Boucher which cost RM 150. I was shock at once just after I heard a word of congratulations from customer at back then I realised that it was not a dream.

            The cashier girl gave me a form to be filled and so asking about my feeling after gets secret special promotion for the last 15 peoples that first came to the bookshop. I thank them for unexpected action gave me a member card with the Boucher and shows that I am really happy for the gift. It was just a miracle after I considered not having that member card anymore. She was calculating the cost of two books I want to buy when I gave the amount of RM 100 when she said that I could keep my money and used the Boucher. She gives me the Boucher and asks me to sign it as proof that I already used it and so I can gain the balanced.

             I am really happy as I brought two books with free and RM 50 as my pocket money at the bookshop promotion that day. It was the advertisement and the banner that shows their promotion for anniversary that first attract my eyes and body to came join them.