Just in time for

the Christmas shopping season, two stories about abusive Internet retailers: Thomas Hawk’s PriceRitePhoto story about a bait-n-switch camera store and Cameron Barrett’s UrbanFlorist.com scam story. The message here isn’t to avoid shopping on the net, but to remember that Google is your friend, and before shopping with a company you haven’t used before, it’s worthwhile to check around before putting in your CC #.