the 5 tax may be an issue he says fashion first with a lot of fashion designers offering their designs on ecommerce websites now the fashion conscious shopper is also happy to shell out the extra buck to get their hands on designer wear in the convenience of their home when i am getting a variety of designs and colours to choose from while shopping for clothes online paying extra for it hardly matters says saurabh mehrotra an interior designer in kanpur bhawna divy ahuja who runs an ngo in lucknow also says that paying extra for an exclusive range of clothes only available online is worth it since a lot of major clothes brands dont have their outlets in the city and the ones which do have stores here in lucknow dont have good stock online shopping is the only solution she says raveena beri a housewife in varanasi rues that the local shopping leaves her wanting more there isnt much variety in clothes available in stores in varanasi so i prefer to purchase almost everything online moreover these shopping sites provide attractive discounts round the year while in stores it is only during festival season or end of season that discounts are given she reasons no way however dr nishant kumar a dentist from allahabad says that a 5 increment in taxes will certainly curtail his random online shopping since online shopping portals provide such competitive prices one tends to shop for things that one does not even need for instance i have bought wrist watches and apparel online just because they were available at a good price now if i have to pay 5 extra for this i will certainly restrain myself he avers ditto for uday rao from varanasi who runs his own electronics business now i will buy only those things online which are not available in stores in varanasi i recently bought a garden swing and parasol from a shopping site since it was not available in stores in varanasi and i will continue to shop for such things even if i have to shell out extra money for it but for things like apparel i will prefer to buy from the showrooms in the city instead of just shopping randomly online says rao inputs from jhasumittimesgroupcom itishreemisratimesgroupcom meeravohratimesgroupcom and akashwadhwatimesgroupcom by ruchi kaushal tnn published on jun 2 2016 at 0526 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app tax online shopping homenewsshoppers