In my opinion a good consumer is somebody who doesn’t waste money on unecessary stuff. A good consumer waits to replace the things that are out and repairs materials instead of buying new versions. He also transmits their children the importance of reusing and recycling old things.
I love going shopping and my favourite shops are clothes and accessories’ shops like Parfois and Miss Sixty. Despite being a pleasant activity, I don’t go shopping very often because my parents teach me not to spend every weekends shopping. So I’m not a materialistic person and I think about the usefulness of the things. Although I like buying new clothes and futile things, I prefer that my friends give me small things that for us are the biggest ones in the world because our friendship is more important than the things that they give me.
I think that advertising has a great power over people because everybody is influenced by commercials. So, I’m also influenced by advertising when I buy a product even if I don’t want to.
Filipa Cunha, 1101
A good consumer is one that buys incessantly, contributing for a materialistic society. I don’t like going shopping, it’s boring and I have better things to do, and when I buy something I know what I want to buy, and I will buy it without wandering off to other shops. I usually only buy CDs and games, and clothes when necessary. But, unlike me, most people nowadays are very materialistic and buy without thinking, some people need to buy stuff to be happy.
A great part of today’s society is advertising. TV commercials tell people what to buy, making money flow. We are bombarded by ads everywhere, TV, Internet, magazines, even in the clothes of our friends, and everyone, even if subconsciously, is influenced by them.
Pedro Carvalho, 1101
Consumerism is a problem that has sadly been affecting everyone nowadays.
In my opinion, despite being a consumer myself, people that overbuy and waste money on futile things are not rational. A good consumer should only buy what he needs, when he needs it. As I said, I am a consumer, and I love shopping, specially cool brands like Pull And Bear, Adidas or Vans, but I’m not materialistic and not a bad consumer, because I only buy things when I really really need them. I find shopping a pleasant activity because it is a way to relax, take a walk and see some new ideas of what to wear and what not to wear.
Often people are influenced by TV ads, or other ads, and end up wearing or using things they don’t even like, just because famous people use it once on the commercial, and I think that is just ridiculous.
In conclusion, I can say that advertising and consumerism are well bounded, being ads the cause and consumerism the consequence, but this only happens if people let it happen, so be a good consumer, because it is your choice!
João Miguel Araújo, 1101
In my opinion, a good consumer is someone that cares about what he buys. He wants to know where the products are made, who made them, in what conditions they were made, etc.
A good consumer is also someone that cares about the environment and that doesn’t buy in excess.
I am a consumer. I love fashion, clothes, bags, etc. I love going shopping in Zara, Benetton, etc. For me, shopping is a pleasant activity, but I don’t consider myself a futile or a materialistic person, because, despite loving shopping I don’t buy in excess and shopping isn’t the only thing that I’m worried about. I wouldn’t be able to be with someone just because he/she could give me loads of gifts. I love shopping but I care about how much I spend on it.
I wish I could say that I’m not influenced by commercials when I buy something, but I can’t. Even without noticing we are influenced to buy certain brands or clothes just because our favourite celebrity wore it in a party or he/she appears in the brands’ ad, etc.
I think that we are all influenced by advertising, because when we look around us we can see that we are wearing the same brands: Nike, Zara, Levi’s… These brands are everywhere and we can’t run away from this fact. We are a consumer society and we are consumer citizens.
Romana Silva, 1101
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