1.   Keep in mind that the federal Fair Credit Act applies to online purchases as well.

2.   Americans opposed to paying sales tax on online purchases won a battle this month when Congress extended a moratorium on Internet-related taxes for two years.

3.   American Airlines and AOL Time Warner have created a program that gives American AAdvantage miles for online purchases, using technology from Netcentives, an ailing competitor to MyPoints.

4.   An online purchase of a present for my daughter is quickly followed up with e-mail for breast enlargement potions and lingerie catalogs.

5.   And unlike many traditional retailers, the lingerie queen still refuses to allow catalog and online purchases to be returned to stores.

6.   As online purchases mount, they claim states will lose a valuable source of revenue unless they can collect the sales tax.

7.   A case study of how the battle to deliver online purchases is waged.

8.   A person with a question about an online purchase will be able to talk with a customer-service representative without having to get on the phone.

9.   But he still sees a huge future for online purchases.

10.   But like many online shopping purchases, most of my dealings with small, unknown retailers have been eBay auction transactions.