TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: It is _Not_ Easy for Teens to Buy Alcohol on the Internet

Re: It is _Not_ Easy for Teens to Buy Alcohol on the Internet

Sam Spade (Sam@coldmail.com)
Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:12:26 GMT

John Levine wrote:

>> The Internet is providing a new avenue for underage drinking. Results
>> of a new survey confirm that millions of teenagers either buy alcohol
>> online or know an underage friend who does.

>> This is completely unbelievable. I know a certain number of people in
>> the wine business, and without exception they ship UPS and require an
>> adult signature upon delivery. In case you hadn't looked, the cost of
>> shipping is high enough that it's only worth online orders for high
>> priced stuff, ten bucks a bottle and up. the typical online order is
>> a hundred bucks or more, hardly attractive to kids.

Just out of curiousity why do the all slip UPS? FedEx is the
preferred shipper of many folks.

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: There is some confusion on this
thread. The _original_ message was 'it is easy for teenagers to buy
alcohol on internet'. John Levine responded 'Re: it is not easy for
teenagers to buy alcohol on the net'. With his reply, I emphasized the
word '_not-'. That is why we have a sort of double-negative effect
here, and I hope that clears up the confusion. PAT]

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