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+<h1>Purchase some Merchandise</h1>
+
+<p>Please read the item's ID number off of the bar code, and type it into
+the box below.</p>
+
+<%= start_form_tag :action => 'buy_validate'%>
+<%= text_field 'merchandise_id', nil %>
+ <%= submit_tag 'Ok' %></form>
+<%= end_form_tag %>
+
+