What kind of shopper are you?

Are you a credit card binger or a careful cash spender? Take our fun quiz to find out what kind of shopper you really are...

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It’s December and it’s time to start buying some Christmas presents for friends and/or family, do you:

	Hit the shops of course!... you can always take it back if you find a better deal
	Start walking to the bus stop, you can mentally compile your list on the bus on the way to the shops
	Start panicking about the lonely £5 that you have in your purse
	Have a clear list of exactly who you are buying presents for and what you are going to buy them
	Start compiling a list of items that you want under the guise that they are for others
	You started shopping for presents months ago, the fact that it’s the Christmas period just means that the shops are busier

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You and your partner/flatmate have a just had a blazing row over money or lack of it, do you:

	Call up your credit card companies and find out exactly how much you have left to spend
	Breathe a sigh of relief that the new boots, trousers and watch you bought yesterday went undiscovered
	Go shopping – it’s perfect for letting off steam
	You are still angry – it's your partner/ flat mate spending the money!
	Feel guilty and start to wonder if you could have actually bought those trainers cheaper than you did
	Take the argument on board and start thinking of ways to cut corners

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Your friend at work turns around and asks you whether you are going on holiday this year, do you:

	Spend your lunch hour wandering past all of the local travel agents and day dreaming about all of the deals in the window
	Relinquish the chance to tell a fresh face about how you are going on exactly the same holiday as John in accounts but bought it at half the price online!
	Make your colleague promise not to tell anyone and reveal that you have secretly booked a holiday with your friends, you couldn’t resist - but you haven’t told your partner yet
	Excitedly tell your colleague about the two holidays that you have been on already and the next one coming up in December
	Tell them all about the holiday that you have planned, it was the next place on your list of planned destinations and you already know all of the places you want to visit when you get there
	Reply that you haven’t yet booked your holiday but what a great idea, you start your research and book your holiday that same day, easy peasy

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It’s Friday night and you are off for a night on the town, do you:

	Go in to your favorite bar, catch the barman’s eye and order your usual – it’s exactly what you were after
	Continually change your mind, so many drinks and so little time
	Order a new and exciting cocktail and pay on your card
	Research online for that great bar that serves cheap drinks, you forgot last time and paid heavily for your mistake!
	Study the menu intensely, so many delicious drinks available – and then order tap water
	Order champagne and hide the receipt

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It’s time to do you your weekly food shop. You:

	Think about what you want to order but then sneak different treats into the trolley when nobody is looking
	Walk around the supermarket cautiously taking in the BOGOF offers and use these to determine your choices
	Grab your list – you will not be deterred by the special offers for food that you don’t need
	Click ‘purchase’ on your freshly selected online supermarket order – your details are already logged in the system
	Set yourself a £40 limit and then spend double – oh well you can always freeze it!
	Go to your local shop see the extortionate prices and then re-route to the cheaper shop that’s further away – every penny counts

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Your phone bill arrives and you:

	Annoyed, you meant to cancel that contract when you bought a new phone at the weekend – and make a note to self to cancel that day.
	Intrigued, it’s itemised, so you check that everything makes sense on the bill and compare it to what you had been expecting.
	Smiling with glee - your new contract is spot on… it took you a while to get there but at last you are happy with your tariff.
	Panicked, you stuff the phone bill up your jumper before anyone else gets to the post – phew! You will look at it later.
	Already transferring money across from your online banking account to pay your bill whilst making a few business calls.
	Confused, you don’t get a phone bill? You’re pay-as-you-go.

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How would you best describe yourself:

	You are very alert and are always thinking of ways around sticky situations – you are rarely swindled
	You are a very busy person, always on the go…if only there were more hours in the day
	You are a very positive person – who cares if you haven’t got the latest iPod, you certainly don’t
	You are very organised and like to plan ahead…up to 3 months in advance in fact!
	You often get caught up in the excitement going on around you and don’t like to miss out – so you do don’t – often regardless of the cost.
	You are a very sociable and outgoing person who loves to know what’s happening; if something exciting is going on you’ll be there.

You are a...

Click on your typology to find out what it means: Chop and change clicker Closet shopper Clever clicker Window shopper Sniper shopper Shopaholic

Chop and change clicker

You tend to make your purchases in the shops, then you research online and realise the savings you could have made; not being one to miss out on a bargain you take it back and then buy it online. You feel a certain buzz from saving money – just think if you hadn’t done your research you may have gone unaware.

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Closet shopper

You would like to be one of those people that could resist the temptation to get your money out, but you’re not and there is nothing you can do about it. You buy what you want and hide it from your parents/partner when you get home. When they ask you where you bought your new item, you say 'oh, this old thing? I found it in the back of my wardrobe...'

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Clever clicker

You spend most weekdays combining work with play – working whilst also burning a hole on the credit card. You like to shop online as well as you like the feeling of shopping with such ease, infact the whole process is almost effortless. Yor mind is constantly flitting, so when it comes to getting things done you will often multi-task to make best use of your time.

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Window shopper

You are in awe of all of the new and exciting things that are available, you don’t need these items but they intrigue you nonetheless. Whether online or on the high street, you love just looking around and imagining all the lovely things you could buy. If only you had the money!

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Sniper shopper

You are a very organised person when it comes to getting what you want. When shopping you research exactly what you want, go into each shop and if you don’t find it, walk straight out again into the next shop until you do. You are focused and on a mission!

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Shopaholic

You view shopping as a hobby and a way to socialise, and probably spend too much! If you haven’t been shopping for a while you are itching to get back out there, why not - life’s too short!

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