Unlike United States, buying stuff online is a relatively new concept and not much people have tried it yet.

This poll gives an opportunity for all to discuss about your shopping experience, as in the online merchants you trust, the advantages, your bad experience of being conned, etc...

p/s - COD is not considered online shopping.

- I'll be closing this thread on 14th June 2006 -

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 14 2006, 11:15 AM

Seems like so many people (7-0) trust online shopping.

For me, I will try to use Paypal whenever I can. I heard there were some fraud cases in paypal but I still trust it because I don't have to provide my credit card information in the merchant's website

If the merchant doesn't support paypal and require my credit card information, I'll try to do some research and see if it is safe. I'll just ignore the site directly if I think it is dodgy

Also, I tend not to buy physical stuff from other countries but rather use my credit card to buy non-physical goods like VoIP credits, downloadable software etc...It is sad if I had to wait for 2-3 weeks for the item to be delivered

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 14 2006, 01:00 PM

I just bought Nero 7 Premium 2 days ago.

I rarely buy physical goods online overseas, with the exception of anime OSTs and games, such as Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion which is the latest one I bought.

without credit card, it is for ppl like me to shop online

As long as you're smart about it, there's very little reason not to trust online transactions.

Depends on the goods, I do like to shop online and buy online. Sometimes things that couldn't find in Malaysia, other countries are sellings. Use Amazon hehe...

Latest stuff i bought online is NOD32. so far no problems with it.

I've done alot of online shopping. I dont have any problems with it.

Though my friend had reloaded with Jaring online and on the same day, multiple transactions were made on different sites. But they have improved since.

Another problem is, slightly off topic, original software to be bought online is really expensive since it is in USD

It is not reasonable to get a cheap software for $35 isn't it?

Agree with Femi's point that online shopping is good to buy rare stuff that you can't see in Malaysia

A good site to avoid online shopping fraud
http://www.bbb.org/alerts/article.asp?ID=435

Most of my gadget I got it from oversea via online shopping. I'm comfortable with it as long as I get it from reputable sites.

Looove online shopping. Totally comfortable with buying hardware/software online. Been doing this for years.

same here, but only online shopping with international sites and airasia though....if local i rather go shop to buy lor......

No with credit card
Yes with PayPal (or anything else as long as not involving CC transaction)

my 1st time buying online is with pcgame....buy wow and everything ends up ok....

i think shopping online from home/ur own pc shuld be no issue...
but for those who r willing to shop online in public places eg. cyber cafe shuld think twice

i got few experience where the item arrived and its different from the spec
i wont sent it back to them for exchange , troublesome
so i just kept it ....

i would say no to online shopping

Mind telling us what merchant is that? And mind sharing your experience in more detailed manner?

I have bought books from Amazon - Fine

Stuffs via eBay [yes ....Got scammed twice] - Paid via PayPal [works]

And Of course I have bought CDs , DVDs...But then once it comes to my place , bam..the box is tampered [Wah....I tried to contact the merchant , he said it could be our 'Kastam'....I wonder if he is telling the truth or not]...

hey i wonder if we buy something from overseas like from ebay, will there be any duty charges? Sorry i'm a newbie in online shopping.

is it very likely Customs 'tampered' with it.
this is the only thing stopping me from buying physical stuff online. Security-wise, i have full confidence.