I think I've started buying things on the internet just recently in the past year, mainly because it's cheaper to get textbooks on internet shopping sites like eBay than in a bookstore. I've bought video games, textbooks, and even digital services like Microsoft works through the internet. It's a lot easier to buy things from a store than through a computer because you'll have it right away, you know exactly what you're buying, and you don't have to pay extra for shipping. The problem with buying things online is that you can never if what you're getting is what you want. For example, if you buy a textbook online, you can never know if all the pages are there, if the pages are readable, or if even in one piece. Even if the seller says it's as good as new, how can you be sure? You're definition of brand new can be different from the seller's. One thing, in particular, that I wouldn't want to buy from the internet, unless I absolutely have to, is clothes. I like to wear my clothes, check out the sizes, see if they look nice, and if they look good on my before I buy them. But you can try them on through the internet. You can only see the design of the clothes. Will it look good on me? Will it make me look fat? Is it clean? Does it fit? These questions will only be answered once it reaches your doorstep in roughly 3-15 business days. My biggest issue is the size. Similar to what I mentioned before, the seller's idea of small could be much bigger or smaller than my idea of small. It's a lot riskier to buy clothes online than what people assume.