dears, it's me again. thank you all for your kind help. ^_^ Question: Many people argue that nowadays consumers buy lots of goods they don’t actually need because they are influenced by advertisements. To what extent do you agree or disagree? The issue whether the majority of people are influenced by different kinds of advertisements so as to purchase a number of commodities they do not need in fact has sparked off an intense debate in the current society. From my perspective, the impact of other factors such as peer effect and sales by merchandise outweighs the impact of advertisements. Indeed, it is widely known that advertisements play an important role in attracting people’s eyes and prompting the sales. Also, advertisements tend to exaggerate the quality and usefulness of goods tempting people to buy what they do not really require without hesitation. Whereas, the effects are limited since consumers gradually realize that most of the ads are deceptive. Instead, recent years have witnessed the rise of peer influence that people especially youngsters are easily influenced by peers. Given that peer pressure, teenagers tend to purchase something that others obsess as well regardless of whether it is useful for them. Then these things of no use may be discarded by people, which means a waste of money. In addition, sales of a variety companies may exert a significant impact on customers. When there are discounts on some commodities, people are easily immersed in shopping without any hesitation. That is mainly because that consumers are inclined to believe that it is worth buying these goods on sale due to their cheap price. To conclude, although advertisements have a certain influence on customers’ purchasing behavior. However, compared with advertisements, peer influence and sales effect are the major contributing factors to people buying a considerable number of goods they do not need.