I was just reading reviews on mall culture and I am also tempted to write. It is ok for those who are in upper middle class have sizable income to spend have no problem in visiting malls. They can afford to pay more for normal product in market, they can afford to buy what they never wanted to buy, they can afford to buy non durable product in a nice decored way, they can afford to avoid complaining as in a mall you hardly find a complaint listener in a genuine manner, they can afford to spend a lot win a scheme prize target.
Here I am talking of restricted income group who have monthly budget may be middle class or lower class people. They by copying other s go to malls once or twice and forget. In a desire to get all stuff of day today shopping one goes to a mall but on detailed examination and thinking one feels cheated. I do not understand how an air conditioned mall with huge investment can sell us all gorcery or milk cheaper than a normal shop. It is an eye wash that they get discount on bulk buying. They are here to make business and not charity. The discount they get is not passed to public. They get mrrp jacked up from supplier source which no one detects. Barring grain and vegetables whose prices are published in news paper all other products where they sell branded and un braded goods where they make huge profit by their prices/ schemes and tempting people to buy what they never needed.
My tip is whether on affords to waste money or not, one should be careful and alert while going to mall. It is not meant for India barring metro cities and cosmo cities.