(MONEY Magazine) – Tired of busy 800 numbers and crowds at the mall? Subscribe to an on-line computer service and you'll find shopping menus with thousands of choices -- including items from such cataloguers as Lands' End and Brooks Brothers. On-line shopping requires a PC or Macintosh equipped with a modem. By next year, you should even be able to zap your payments over the wire.

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