Unless they have paid a store assistant or porter to carry their purchases for them, that is.
They can fund these purchases by using some of their cash or switching out of their pre-decline holdings.
As Milton Friedman long ago observed, the best purchases are those made by people spending their own money.
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At BIGinsight, we surveyed men and women regarding online purchases between January 2011 and 2012.
Like Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), ESAs rely on debit cards to make purchases.
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They funded the purchases with their savings and scrimped by living in rented two-bedroom apartments.
And so government purchases an awful lot of cars for all kinds of things.
This would extend background checks to purchases made at gun shows and on the internet.
And Chinese steel mills have been forced to make purchases on the spot market.
It is also not about whether online buyers owe tax on their Net purchases.
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The Fed's purchases of US government securities had "kept inflation from falling even further", he said.
Should Americans feel like they shouldn't make big purchases, they should be insecure about their finances?
Candidates represent what might be called tied purchases of a market basket of goods.
China limits purchases from India, the world's largest rice exporter, due to quality concerns.
The Social Development committee expressed strong concerns over restricting discounts on these bulk purchases.
Cardholders will be able to make purchases denominated in euros without having their cards re-issued.
These systems allow merchants to manage customer purchases made by credit, debit and gift cards.
Any past purchases from the iTunes Store will show up on all of your devices, too.
In theory, a consumer is supposed to pay sales tax on purchases from out-of-state retailers.
But take heart sorrowful shoppers, not all purchases we make when despondent are bad ones.
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The wealthy make most, if not all their expensive purchases online and circumvent state sales taxes!
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They will also be able to offer shoppers customized offers based on previous purchases.
Facebook announced Facebook Gifts, which lets users make purchases for friends directly through the social network.
Our high-quality customer service and well-designed online platform engenders repeat purchases among our customers.
Groups can be set up via Facebook, giving these purchases a new, social dimension.
Many U.S. cards charge transaction fees of as much as 3% for foreign purchases.
For this group of Chinese, food makes up a high percentage of annual household purchases.
Obama's efforts to enact tighter background checks for gun purchases following last December's Newtown, Conn.
Game developers pay Facebook 30% of the earnings from virtual-good purchases in their games.
The game thrives on casual, thoughtless purchases, but pulls in fans with surprisingly deep gameplay.
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