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To: Tom Trader who wrote (42516)	5/7/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

I have never purchased anything using the net--other than trading stocks. Have you done so? In fact, how many people on this thread have done so--and even if they have, how significant have these purchases been? I'm a people, so I'll respond. My 'net purchases, excepting trading: Item - source -------- ---------- 1 book -- Amazon.com 3 CD set, 3 cassette set -- Not from K-Tel, were specialty items. 1 notebook computer (group gift, I ordered it) - NWCD.com Not a large list, but I was comfortable with it. I'll add that I've bought a few peripheral upgrade items and a PC by mail-order (phone order) -- and I plan to order exclusively from internet sites for all future computers/peripherals. Reason - That way I know the order will be correct. When I mail-ordered my current Dell by phone a couple years ago, the order got screwed up just because the salesperson neglected to put the order in correctly.

To: Tom Trader who wrote (42516)	5/7/1998 2:19:00 PM
From: jjs_ynot	Respond to of 58727

>>> have never purchased anything using the net--other than trading stocks. Have you done so? In fact, how many people on this thread have done so--and even if they have, how significant have these purchases been? I purchased: Book Directly from AMZN Car Referred through Auto-by-TEL (new) Garden Tractor Referred through Classified 2000 (used) Various Software Advisory services

To: Tom Trader who wrote (42516)	5/7/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58727

>>I have never purchased anything using the net--other than trading stocks. Have you done so?<< Tom, so far all I've done is buy stocks, but I've come across some real eye-openers on the web in the past month... 1) Just saw this banner ad for a free credit report I'm going to get: consumerinfo.com 2) I'm coordinating travel for a family reunion. Two of us in separate cities have to fly to another city, rent a car and drive 100 miles to a small outlying town. I have four windows open at the Yahoo! travel site right now giving me quotes and dates on plane tickets, auto rental, and motel reservations, and the ability to book them. I can bookmark the web pages and forward them to my relative by email for discussion. The airline prices look OK and I will probably book my flight that way, but the auto rental prices seem a bit incomplete. See: travel.yahoo.com 3) At the Dell online site you can now configure your new PC with any number of options and get a price: commerce.us.dell.com