Ditto for computer hardware. Once I'm sold on a certain brand of something, I'll buy it without doing any shopping whatsoever. It's for those reasons that I've taken to buying off the Web. Unless I've just got to have a well-reviewed book right now , I'd just as soon save a trip to 10th and Burnside or a crowded mall by doing a quick online purchase. When it comes to the question of security, I have no qualms about online buying.
Secure servers are secure.
Sifting through your garbage for credit receipts is a far better way to steal credit card info than snooping Internet connections and trying to break a Web server's encryption scheme. The point is that online retailers offer a different service than their walk-in competitors. Viva la difference. We're making our first serious stab at market expansion out of Oregon. June will see the launch of a Phoenix, AZ edition of Computer Bits .