Got a bike !
I just bought a bike for myself… After 7 yrs since I got my driving license, after a lot of rounds of negotiation over the years with my parents I have done it. I am now safe from the mumbai trains and the rush that I blogged earlier about. I just wanted to share how I feel and this video just says it all.. The speech by Shahrukh khan in the movie “Om Shanti Om”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXywgm0Q1I[/youtube]
The dialogue in hindi
Kitni Shiddat se Tumhe Paane ki Koshish ki hai..
Ki har Zarre ne Mujhe Tumse Milane ki Saazish ki hai..Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko agar dil se chaho to saari kayanath tumhe usse milane ki koshish me lag jaati hai..
Picture Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost…
English meaning (Its from the alchemist I know)
“When you want something, the whole Universe conspires to help you realize your desire”
The movie is not over as yet, my friend.
Next wish is to get a toyota camry.
But getting to the significance of this.
The Internet has helped me to get my bike.
What I did to get away from the maddening crowd of mumbai trains
I kept telling my parents… I felt suffocated in the trains, I have to hang by my fingernails while travelling by the trains etc and also I kept assuring them – I will ride below 40kmph (yea right), Ride on the side roads, Wont overtake and wont go anywhere else than office.
I started my research on the best bikes in the market on the internet as I did not want to buy a new bike as I would require the bike just for 5-6 months. So I started checking out blogs, Review sites etc and I finalised two bikes – The Bajaj Avenger for its looks or a Honda Unicorn for its engine
And my choices and my budget never seem to match. Both these bikes in a good condition will lighten my pocket by atleast 43-50 k so than atlast I bought a pulsar dtsi 150 cc silver as it was maintained really well and looks good too for 38k.
I started looking out for bike dealers on the internet and classifieds sites like sulekha.com, kijiji.in, cartradeindia.com
And i found my bike from a listing by a dealer at andheri… Shalimar bike bazaar… I went there and then selected the bike that I wanted.. First I liked a black colour pulsar but then I got one of my colleagues at my office Gaurav to check the bike.. Gaurav is a bike enthusiast and has three bikes.. A yezdi, bullet and a caliber So he knows bikes well.. He rejected the black colour pulsar that I liked because the engine was not worth it and was roughly used… Then we took a test ride of another pulsar.. the silver coloured one. He liked the condition of the bike and the engine. After I took a test ride I also understood what the difference was between the two bikes. I booked it and bought it.
While buying the bike I saw a banner on the dealer shop of cartradeindia.com and then found out that the dealer did not do the listing of his bikes but a representative from cartradeindia.com had done the needful like clicking pictures and uploading the listing on the site… This approach of getting listings is more of a offline strategy like the shaadipoint by the people group and job centre by naukri.com. The advertisers pays for premium listing and the representative of cartradeindia.com comes and does the listing. But this also shows the fact that more of small advertisers are coming on the internet in a big way. And they have also found out the advantage of using the internet to their advantage which is evident from the fact that the dealer also advertises the website on his business cards. The dealer told me that he is also listed on sulekha.com as a premium advertiser. And he gets atleast 3-4 inquiry calls daily from the site. I was impressed by the change that is happening in India. Nowadays professionals are not getting enough time to go out and look for their needs like buying a house or buying a car, bike so internet is the only thing that they can access and use. Due to that sites like magicbricks, shaadi.com, sulekha.com etc comes into use as it is very convenient and easy. and more are going to come.
In the coming years I can see most of the shopping like getting groceries, paying bills and even getting services of electricians, plumbers, painters etc will be done online and I am already planning to take the advantage of the coming change. I hope all brands are too.
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