I prefer to burn my calories at the mall.

I love online shopping. It's great to be able to go to a website, type in what you want, and BAM! there it is. No going to a store and wandering around trying to find it, no standing in line waiting to buy it, and no dealing with unknowing employees who don't know for sure if they even carry it, whatever it may be. The only downside is that you have to wait a week or so before you get whatever you bought, so it doesn't work to well for last minute stuff. I do ALL my Christmas shopping online, who wants to deal with the crowds? As far as security, I've been shopping online for eight years or so, and I haven't had a problem yet.

Since the WWW has become too crassly overcommercialized, I avoid any form of ecommerce rigoriously. Shopping on the WWW isn't very useful to someone who lives in a large urban area anyway because of all the discount and dollar stores, thrift stores, flea markets and department stores, etc., available without the need to pay any shipping cost. The only reason I can see where WWW shopping would be useful is for someone who lives in a rural area, or for some very hard to find items. a farmer, for instance, can buy seeds, or perhaps a certain collectable item. WWW shopping, actually is the same as purchasing merchandise through a catalog, and many catalogs feature hard to find, or business/industrial type of products. There will also be issues of security and fraud. traditional catalogs, for now are more secure.

You can definately get better deals online compared to the high street... I have bought quite a bit from the internet such as christmas and birthday presents from a wide range of websites. I'm currently trying to scope out a good deal on a digital camera - so if anyone knows of any really good websites let me know...

I would like to buy stuff online but I can't cause I'm too young.

I'd rather shop online than go to Wal-Mart and deal with the incompetent.

I do it once in a while, but there are some cool places to shop online. Best places to shop besides amazon.com or ebay are department stores who have online shopping because they usually can be trusted.

I've been buying more and more products online lately, since my tastes tend to go towards hard to find books, cds, etc. Plus I hate driving in traffic to go to a stare which may or may not have what I'm looking for.

Even though I have been online for many years, I was always rather nervous about shopping online. The fact that I would enter my credit card number and send it to someone’s machine that was who knows how far away un-nerved me just a bit. And even though now, I will shop at a few places online, I still try to be very careful when it comes to giving out sensitive information. I also examine my bank statements very closely for anything that looks odd. But over all, the more I do it, the better I feel about buying items online. Because I don’t like standing in long lines at the stores, not to mention finding a parking place at most of them in my area, online is a great way to purchase things, IF one is careful.

I have shopped online and so far I have not had any problems yet, but you have to be wary when using such sensitive information like your credit card numbers or debit card numbers.

I like to shop online because the prices can be much lower.

I partly agree with Galomorro's comment, I'm not a big shopping fanatic either. However I always get so paranoid whenever I consider ordering something from the internet especially if it's from another country and it requires for me to give out my creditcard number. I always remember all the warnings I've gotten (courtesy of my mother) about people stealing the numbers and then stealing my money. I would love to let go of all my fears and just throw myself into the internet shopping market, but I just can't do it... not yet.

when the local stores can't provide me with anything, the net is the last resorve.

We have done some shopping on the internet. We have found some nice forums that help the buyer find a business that offers a good price for what we are interested in. And yes we have found some good deals. We only shop when we can afford too. I say this because i know that there can be bad side to shopping on the internet since you almost always have to use a credit card.and that can get costly. Yet so far we have had good luck with the times we have purchased something.

I do love going to the mall, despite all the hassles. I also love to try on clothes and shoes and stuff before I buy them and you can't do that shopping on-line. Shopping on-line may have it's advantages, but I'll take a trip to the mall with Daddy's credit card any day.

I wholeheartedly approve of online shopping. I hate waiting in lines. I detest stores that have a limited selection available so that I cannot find what I want locally. Online shopping usually means you have a larger selection and do not have to hassle the crowds, but can shop whenever you want in the comfort of your own home.