Shopping
Departmental stores are opened 24 hours a day. Shopping Malls generally open at 10:00am and close down at 9:00pm. On weekends and on holidays, these timings may change. Generally, on weekends malls close down at 6:00pm.
If your stay in a particular city is very short, then it is better to consider buying 2nd hand furniture etc. Places where you can find them are: Thrift Stores, Flee Market, Garage Sale, Goodwill Stores and Other Yard Sale.
You might get a booklet for local classifieds in your mailbox on one of the weekdays, it has lots of adds about the items people are selling. Some will be Moving out sale, Garage Sale (these will be put in the persons garage, or yard mostly on the weekends). You will find almost everything in each edition of this booklet from kitchen items to cars, to computer stuff etc.
Other than this, you will find the sales information on internet classified like Yahoo classified, Excite Classified and also on the Display Board of the Temples and Indian markets.
You can buy small things like hangers, dairies, tools for daily use etc. from One Dollar Shop.
Eventually, try to find out the comparative prices of all daily groceries and household items. With time you will notice the price differences even at the reputed markets basically due to some kind of sale going on. There can't be a standard declaration as to which is the place where everything is cheaper.
Few stores have a Membership Card which is free of charge. If you are frequent purchaser from that store, then it is better to get the membership card, as they provide some bonus buy program for their members (i.e. members get some advantage and rewards).
Few shops don't accept debit/credit cards for payments less then 5$ or 10$. Or in some cases they don't accept cards at all. Hence you may find the display board saying "Cash Only".
You will be getting some discount coupons of some items of certain stores, in your mail box. Don't hesitate to show them at the respective count.
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