consumer guides

The authors have reviewed the website of these companies - not the actually shopping. For most of the sites, they've never made an actual purchase - just walked through the shopping cart. So they write about ease of navigation and cost of shipping, but largely ignore whether they site actually ships promptly and accurately, how they handle defects and mistakes or billing questions.

Very disappointing - I can evaluate the sales website for myself. What I need to know - and can't find out without making the purchase - is whether the people at the other end are reliable, helpful and honest. And this book tells me nothing about that.

I have found over 100 sites I had no idea ever existed. The humor combined with the depth of shopping indexed info makes this book a must have for me. I bought 9 books for my friends. The epicurian section is to die for and the baby section is goo goo gaga. 5 stars is an understatement AAAAAAAAA+

It's scary to think shopping can be made a lot easier than it already is. With the internet, now shopping is so easy you can find almost everything in a matter of minutes, depending on how fast your computer loads. Hillary Mendelsohn's book is nothing new, since there has been directories of internet companies before, but she does present it in a manner shoppers are more used to, rather than in technogeek language. Another book worth exploring if you are looking for internet shopping: Stretch Your Dollars by Buying Wholesale. Saving money so that you can buy more is always exceptional, isn't it? My wife thinks so! Thanks to the internet, she now has more stores to shop til her fingers drop.