ONLINE BUYING IS NOT ADVISABLE IN INDIA

Wow. That is really unfortunate. Here you still have t be careful but not really if you buy from a reputable seller.

Online shopping is good only if we purchase from trustworthy sites like Amazon, Flipkart and the likes. Most online sites run on a marketplace model meaning goods are purchased from brands and kept at company warehouses and then sold away to customers. In that case we should opt for assurance from the seller .Only if a product is amazon assured or Flipkart assured has the quality checks been done well. In case of an inventory based model like if we purchase in -house fashion brands from Myntra such as Roadster and HRX we can be assured of genuine products since the ecommerce entity is in charge of keeping the inventory of goods. Personally speaking most of my online purchases have been helpful since they helped me save quite a lot of money. Amazon and the likes are pumping huge amount of money in ecommerce hence the best prices are got online. There have been some instances where the purchases have not been satisfactory and I returned the products and got full refund/replacement. Hope this helps :)