Example sentences for: mail-order

How can you use “mail-order” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Quill ruling protects sellers of tangible personal property from state taxation if their contacts within the state are limited to mail-order catalogs, telephone, or the Internet.

  • Investors bought a brilliant company: Omnimedia--a Web site, mail-order operation, two TV shows, two magazines, Kmart partnership, and 27 books--netted $24 million last year from the gospel of Martha.

  • The New York Times metro edition leads with the meaning of Rudy Giuliani's election, while the paper's national lead is the soon-to-be-announced decision by major mail-order companies to start collecting sales tax from their out-of-state customers.

  • Compaq’s main competitors, Dell Computer and Gateway 2000, sell directly to consumers through mail-order and Internet operations.

  • Go figure: That mail-order sales tax agreement will apply to products sold over cable TV and the Internet, but not to those sold via online information providers like America Online.


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