91.   The bull market in stocks was a source of funds for consumers, who were encouraged to buy big-ticket items because they felt wealthy.

92.   The card was used to buy items from several stores, the sources said.

93.   The challenge for catalogue companies is to make shipping and handling charges easy to calculate, while encouraging customers to buy more items.

94.   The customer must buy the item at the final price, since placing a bid automatically authorizes use of his credit card.

95.   The implied message, Quay said, is that if we buy the item, we can have the story, too.

96.   The Mizner items were bought by next-door neighbor Robert Reveley, who is restoring his house designed by Marion Sims Wyeth with a later addition by Maurice Fatio.

97.   The minutes you earn by buying items from mail-order catalogs can more than make up for the shipping charges.

98.   The news of the impending tax hike set for next April has already started a mini-boom in private demand as consumers buy big-ticket items before the hike.

99.   The one major drawback to the well-designed site was that its software does not immediately inform shoppers if they try to buy an item that is out of stock.

100.   The news of the impending increase has triggered a mini-boom in private demand as consumers buy big-ticket items before it kicks in.