An important subjective experience of shopping isgratification, defined as satisfaction of desires, and buyinggratification occurs as one feels the pleasure of acquiring anobject of desire (Roberts, 2014). Many consumers buy thingsnot necessarily because they need them but because buyingand acquiring a product in itself gives pleasure. Buying a newpair of shoes or dress or car or any other non-essential good,because it is non-essential, brings us pleasure not only in itsuse but just in the knowledge that we bought it and we own it.This gratification is even greater when the purchase isunanticipated. Contrarily, it is likely to be muted, however, bya conscious, diligent effort entailed in choosing it. Priorresearch has shown that buying gratification is a clear outcomeof impulse buying (Wood, 1998), which is the opposite ofmore deliberative, comparison shopping.