Auctions, Classifieds, Product and Merchant Evaluations
Buying Safely
100
A compilation of items for sale from a company (249).
What is a company catalog.
100
If you know where you want to buy from, but you don't know the company or product's web address, where should you search for it at (250)?
What is a search engine.
100
___________ is an online shopping mall "where you can buy almost anything, from rare books to sweaters and software" (253).
What is Amazon.
100
"Although many people think of ________ as an auction site where almost anything but body parts are auctioned off, it is also a shopping mall where you can buy things outright, avoiding either the fun or effort of having to go through the auction process" (259).
What is eBay.
100
Rule #1 when buying online: "Consider who the ____________ is" (263).
What is seller.
200
A compilation of stores found online.
What is online shopping malls.
200
"Company/product directories will lead you to companies that _________ ________ __________, with a brief description of the company, how to contact the company, and usually a link to the company's webpage" (251).
What is produce a product.
200
"___________ is an online close-out retailer, on "outlet mall" with an emphasis on discounts" (254).
"____________ has a very plain-looking home page, but one that indeed gets the job done- providing easy-to-use and primarily free classified listings for more than 570 cities in 50 countries" (261).
What is craiglist
200
Rule #2 when buying online: "When you get to the point of putting in payment information, check to see that ________________" (263).
What is the site is secure.
300
A place that people can buy and sell goods at; it can be found online or in a newspaper.
What is the classifieds.
300
"__________ contains millions of industrial product listings from 600,000 U.S. and Canadian distributors, manufacturers, and service companies, with products listed under 67,000 headings" (251).
What is ThomasNet.
300
"_________ contains millions of products and provides a wide range of shopping features" (255).
What is Yahoo!Shopping
300
"___________, the publisher of the well-known product review journal, has its evaluations available online but ony to paid subscribers" (262).
What is Consumer Reports
300
Rule #3 when buying online: "As with traditional purchases, ___________" (263).
What is read the fine print.
400
A site where people can compare prices in order to make the best buying decision.
What is a price comparison site.
400
"____________ directory includes products from 2.3 million companies in 70 countries" (251).
"__________ provides information on more than 30 million products from more than 92,000 stores" (258).
What is Shopzilla.
500
"____________ take a different approach to providing reviews by having its editors 'scour the Internet and print publications for comparative reviews and other information sources relevant to the topic'" (262).
What is ConsumerSearch
500
Rule #5 when buying online: "__________ to be able to take advantage of the protections the card issuer provides regarding unauthorized billings" (263).