This troper was raised to never use the Internet for purchases in any way. Being wary of scammers on specific sites like ebay is one thing, but to dismiss a whole medium as untrustworthy for any means of purchase, no matter what kind, is ridiculously oversimplifying. (And yet, for better or for worse, it sure sunk in well enough to make me wary of any use of the Internet to buy things...)

This troper was once talking on Skype with some friends from the forum RP site I staff at. My old man heard me and said that I shouldn't be conversing with people over the internet. My parents have watched too many of those To Catch A Predator specials and therefore think that the internet is populated by male paedophiles and rapists.