Gift Shop

Prototype note: Items in addition to those pictured here will eventually be offered. However, the specifics of online purchasing are yet to be determined by the Gateway.

The most likely procedure at the time of this writing looks like this:

• the visitor will place an order via mail (carroll@rpi.edu).
• the Gateway will confirm the order via email listing the total payment due (including applicable taxes, shipping and handling) and where to send the check.
• the person placing the order will then mail the check along with a print out of the email confirmation.
• items will be delivered upon receipt of payment.

Some day it is likely that anyone a bank account will also possess an “e-bank account” tied to their checking account, which will be debited for each online purchase -- not unlike debit card purchases many of us make in supermarkets at the present time.