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This British site from the Office of Fair Trading contains a thorough article on considerations and precautions to bear in mind when you're making a cross-border purchase online. You'll find helpful basic tips, such as looking for guarantees, double-checking exchange rates, and finding out about hidden costs. There's also information on importing goods, customs taxes, how to complain constructively, and, as a last result, how to take legal action against a supplier in another country. By reading this article, you'll do yourself a favor by learning how to prevent problematic situations from arising--and if worst comes to worst,you'll also be prepared to take unethical vedors to task. Overall, a very useful reference, particularly if you do a lot of buying over the Internet. Christy Stabin

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:35:03 -0800