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snipped from the telecom list for mi.* readers.  

[ Article crossposted from comp.dcom.telecom ]
[ Author was rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu ]
[ Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 1992 15:14:35 GMT ]

Michigan Bell has joined the mad rush to provide "information
services" (subsidized by local rate payers) by announcing a
shop-at-home service.  You pay $12 a month and get a phone with an
attached bar code reader and credit card reader, and a separate paper
catalog of things you can buy.  You make a phone call, swipe the bar
codes of the things you want to buy, swipe your credit card, and the
items are delivered to your door.  They have an agreement with Kroger
(big local food supermarket chain) and are working on others.  It also
lets you pay bills.

Seems pretty low-tech to me, with the data base on paper and the
requirement to physically insert a credit card into the machine, but
the local newspapers seem to think it's hot.

I think I'd rather save the $12 and do my shopping in person, but I'm
sure someone will find this useful.