Catherine Johnson
Miscellaneous
Elective—Online Shopping
8 October 2005
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Method |
Description |
Suggested Sites |
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Auctions Gift
Certificates Wish Lists Browsing Comparison
Shopping |
People post bids
up on auction sites online and at the end of the auction the person with the
highest bid gets the object bid on. Perfect Gifts for Every Person and Every Occasion –If you need to buy a present for someone
and aren’t sure what they like, give them a gift certificate so they can
choose for themselves! A wish list is
always part of a good quality shopping site.
It is a little section that, once you have signed in, allows you to
save items that you want, so that you can come back at later times to order
them. Looking at a
whole range of items and prices on a specific topic—such as mystery books, or
dress shoes. Type in the
product you're looking for and you'll get prices from multiple stores,
letting you easily find the ones with the best deals. These sites search for you, but they don’t
sell anything. |
http://www.giftcertificates.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist www.target.com, click on wish-list. |
2 Security Tips
1) Always stick
with a site that is well-known. Don’t
shop on obscure sites where you don’t see any kind of stated
policies, return
information, copyrights, or security information.
2) Don’t give out
your credit card number unless you are actually purchasing something. Bad shopping sites might ask for it
just so you can
browse, for example. I haven’t
encountered any, personally, but don’t trust a site that does.