People can buy just about anything online these days. Books, DVDs, furniture, computers, and even wholesale diabetic supplies and other medical supplies and medications. I, for the most part, just buy books online, generally from Amazon. I’m not exactly sure how it works, but Amazon is either partners with Borders or owns it or is owned by it. It doesn’t really matter. The important thing is that books ordered off Amazon come from the same warehouses Borders books come from unless they’re used. And I trust Borders. I’ve been going to that bookstore for years and years. I’ve also been ordering books off Amazon for years. Still, a book is a book. It’s just printed words on pages. Short of tearing it up, there’s not much that can go wrong in it’s shipping to damage the books. Of course it can always not arrive at all or be late, but that’s a different matter. If you order a computer online, there’s any number of things that can be wrong with it. If you’re buying an appliance or a computer, it’s always best to look at the thing first before buying it. That way you at least see it and know what you’re getting for your money.