Having disregarded the security issue, I thought that people would now be open to the idea. However, the typical consumer issues then began to surface in our discussion. Issues like cost and availability. If things were cheap enough, then it might be worth the hassle to purchase them online versus purchasing them in a store down the street. For example, take computer hardware, a popular item for sale on a world-wide computer network.
Computer hardware is rather finicky and often needs servicing.
Say that machine was purchased via the Internet and shipped up to you via courier or cargo mail. These questions were a big issue. New multimedia interactive services with lots of content are springing up all over the Net. HotWired and and others are providing articles, reviews, discussion forums and plenty more. Magazines and news services like Time , CNN , and others are offering a substantial amount of content on the Net for free.