Poll: Buying Items Online?

My question for today is: Would you buy products off of the internet?
If no, why not? (ex. I’d rather go get in my car and go buy it from a store..)
If yes, what would make you pick one site over another? (ex. security of the site, visual, paypal..)

Website: Flash or HTML?

At the moment I am in the process of creating a personal site. I have not chosen whether or not to use Flash or HTML. The biggest problem I see with Flash sites is they can be difficult to navigate, where HTML sites are straight forward. Other than that, the interface of Flash sites are more creative and pleasing to the eye. If you had to choose which one would you pick?

I bought “Web Design: Flash Sites” written by Taschen today and found these creative sites: