This was backed up by Colin Johnson, who runs a mail order company in Lincoln and who told the BBC his staff were happy to work part-time.

BBC: Underemployment affects 10.5% of UK workforce

Currently if a mail-order company has no physical presence in your state, it doesn't have to hit you with your state's sales tax when it sells you something.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

But, after studying a high-tech corporate-services provider, a French grocery group, a German broking house and an American mail-order company, the authors found little correlation between loyalty and profitability.

ECONOMIST: Not all loyal customers are profitable��or vice versa

Natasha Spivack is the owner of a mail-order bride company successfully sued by a bride who had been continuously beaten by her husband.

CNN: GOP House's inaction on VAWA shows bigotry

Heymann's Pacific Mail Order System began as a direct-mail advertising company, which later evolved into a mail-order firm for members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving in Vietnam.

CNN: Klaus Heymann profile

Gregory Wasson, president of Walgreens Health Initiatives, which includes his company's mail-order business, insists that you don't get any real bargain ordering by mail.

FORBES: In The Pill Box

Inquiries will centre on whether the company is using its position to dominate Germany's mail-order parcel market.

ECONOMIST: Business this week | The

After I won my order against Google, I received the IP and e-mail account information from the company in October 2010.

FORBES: How To Bait and Catch The Anonymous Person Harassing You On The Internet