Internet Shopping

Online shopping during the 2004 holiday season grew nearly 25% over last year's holiday shopping season, according to several studies, with the consumer-electronics and apparel categories leading the way. Competition is fierce among the shopping sites, with shopping.com ( www.shopping.com )and Yahoo! Shopping ( shopping.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFmODBlbXFuBGRzdAMyMjcwODIyOARzZWMDZnAtdHJvdWdoBHNsawNzaG9wBHNyYwMyNzE2MTQ5 ) getting the most attention. Nielsen/NetRatings, December 2004

Do you shop on line using the Internet? Bring us your experiences, good and bad. What are your favorite shopping sites? Share your experiences with the group.

PC Magazine in the April 26, 2005 issue listed the top 100 sites you didn't know you couldn't live without. The one related to shopping were:

www.complaints.com	Don't suffer in silence, list yours or look up others.
www.fightback.com	Remember David Horowitz?
www.freeafterrebate.info	Not necessarily free, but low cost.
www.howardforums.com	Info on cell phones and PDAs.
www.myrateplan.com/phones	Look for the best plan and phone to meet your requirements. (I had troubles with this one.)
www.partstore.com	Spare parts for consumer appliances and computers.
www.responsibleshopper.org	Reports on hundreds of companies.
www.woot.com	One deal of the day.

In the same issue they had the top 100 classics, including these in the shopping category:

www.amazon.com	More than just books.
www.consumerreview.com	Buying advice.
www.ebay.com	"The mother of all online garage sales."
www.gizmodo.com	Gargets and gizmos.
www.netflix.com	Rent DVDs.
www.overstock.com	Shopping is better than the comercials.
www.shopping.com	Find, compare and buy.
www.surprise.com	Gift consultant.
www.techbargains.com	Great deals on tech products.