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by memracom 4511 days ago
Where on earth do you get the idea that people are scared to buy online? Are you channeling 1999 again?

I still remember the first time I bought something online back in 1995 from a small book publisher that specialized in books about UNIX tools. They accepted my order on the web but asked me to send my credit card details separately by fax fro security. It was O'Reilly books. Back then it was true that people were afraid to buy online but it only took a few years to change that.

The biggest proof that people are NOT afraid to buy online is the size of the Internet fraud industry. They can only steal from a very small percentage of people so their business can only succeed if massive numbers of people are buying online.