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 Will  wrote: 
 W> On Thu, 26 May 2005 23:00:56 +0000, gapope wrote: 
 W> 
 W> > I dunno about TC, but I have taught myself to not need such things! 
 W> > 
 W> > And the GOOD shopping sites online allow you to prepay orders by 
 cheque/ 
 W> > 
 W> > (Amazon is especially good -- they'll display a printable invoice, and 
 h 
 W> > your order for enough time for your payment to arrive, then ship) 
 W> 
 W> You can, but it's so inconvenient I really don't see why anyone would if 
 W> given the choice. Buying things via cheque online is usually a multi-week 
 W> endeavour which I much prefer to avoid. 
  
 There ya go -- like I said, I've taught myself to not require such speed in 
 the 
 rare online purchasing I do, because I'd rather the multi-week endeavor than 
 the BS of owning a credit card! 
  
 Because I care, 
  
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