September 22, 1999 Firefly Productions/The Stock Market

	High Bidder By LISA GUERNSEY Four stories from users of Ebay, the nation's garage sale.			A Fine Line By JOHN MARKOFF Is that a helpful update or junk E-mail in your in-box?			Scams Online By MICHAEL COOPER As transactions move online, so do thieves and scam artists.

Coming Soon By PETER H. LEWIS This fall, online shoppers will find a range of technological improvements.			Virtual Luxe By LESLIE KAUFMAN High-end designers have recoiled from the new medium. But they're adjusting.			The Have-Nots By PAM BELLUCK If the Web is a shopper's paradise, what of those who are still computerless?

	E-Ducation By MARY B. W. TABOR Students want courses in E-commerce. Colleges are happy to comply.			Ad Clicks By RANDALL ROTHENBERG Doubleclick seeks "to make advertising work on the Internet."			Teen-Agers By JULIE CONNOLLY If teen-agers are the E-consumers of the future, why are they at the mall?

The Plunge By JOHN O'NEIL A woman didn't know from .com just months ago. Now she runs her own e-business.			Cabin Fever By MATT RICHTEL One brave soul set out to live for five days entirely off Web purchases.			Big Blue By STEVE LOHR IBM has reshaped itself as the one-stop shop for business on the Web.

	Sounding Off By SUE CUMMINGS MP3, the format that makes downloading music easy, scared record labels. Until now.			Supply Side By BARNABY J. FEDER W.W. Grainger, a parts supplier, has more than kept pace with the Internet.			The Beginning By LISA NAPOLI Who knew the Q2 shopping channel would start something so big?

ALSO IN E-COMMERCE Marketing Strategies • Direct Marketers Find Familiar Ground • Sites Strain to Build In Customer Service • What Sex Sites Can Teach Everyone Else Home Shopping • Make Purchase. Wait for Delivery. Online Trading • Online Trading Changes Brokerages Time Is Money • A Guide to Fast Connections • Fast or Famine for Commerce Sites • Drugstores Do Digital Scramble Entrepreneurs • Big Sites Have Advantage for Now • An Early E-Commerce Success in Germany • A Perky Do-It-Yourself Web Site • Click Here for a Few Well-Chosen Words Auctions • A Wealth of Auction Choices • Tips for Bidding Online Leisure • A Food Site for Every Appetite •  On Many Travel Sites, a Limited View of the Beaten Path •  One-Stop Site Offers Menorahs and Mates Caveat Emptor • Take My Name Please! Just About Everyone Else Is Using It. • An Online Credit Check Business to Business • Web Retailers Need Shelf Space The Law • Can Defendants Cry 'E-Sanctuary?' •  Blackjack in a Legal Gray Area • A Simpler Web Sales Tax Algorithms • Intelligent Agents Promise Personal Shopping •  Faster Way to Shuffle the Data Cards Who's Buying •  The Tough, Impatient Online Consumer

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