Talk:Online shopping/Archives/2013

Legal personality

This is not necessairy to sell products, see Talk:Legal_personality#Not always necessairy to sell products Perhaps add a link in the article 81.242.230.241 (talk) 14:24, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Early examples

FWIW, Club 403 (A Birmingham, UK, based operation, using Prestel) were offering online ordering via their "Armchair Butcher" and "Armchair Grocer" at the end of 1983. Our response was to launch the first Arm­chair Grocer service, commit our resources to the simple viewdata adaptor and modems for home micros and employ our own sales team. This worked for we finally struck a winning combination, and the last three months of 1983 and the first few of 1984 gave us sufficient members for a quality test market to take place. Club 403 News, published early 1985, scan available here: http://www.viewdata.org.uk/download.php?cat=15_Prestel&file=CLUB403News.pdf Robirrelevant (talk) 23:01, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

> Citation = Trial for TV shopping, Daily Mail (London, England), Thursday, August 26, 1982; pg. 21; Issue 26808 94.12.49.109 (talk) 17:00, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

And there's a TV news item from 1982 listed here: http://www.macearchive.org/archive.html?Title=39659 that indicates this was happening long before 1990/1994 and the World Wide Web ! Robirrelevant (talk) 17:52, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Michael Aldrich claims

I have yet again removed claims about Michael Aldrich that are sourced only to his personal website. Archives, collections, future contributions, etc. do not meet WP:RS or the strict sourcing of WP:BLP, so do not readd the information until you can source the information to objective news reporting in independent mainstream sources meeting WP:RS. You've been given this information and advice several times before, so please make sure to discuss any edits here first. Flowanda | Talk 08:52, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

The BBC reported on Michael Aldrich and the Gateshead project here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24091393 and it has been mentioned in other press like the Independent here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/forget-ebay-and-amazon-it-was-a-gateshead-pensioner-who-started-the-online-shopping-revolution-8816912.html

Are these good enough sources? Flibblesan (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:18, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

I have just watched the clip from the BBC TV program showing the world's first home shopper and her e-commerce transaction using the reference above. I didn't realise that the Brits had TELEVISED it in 1984! What a fabulous source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RYE350SE (talk • contribs) 08:59, 29 November 2013 (UTC)