The phrase "ceased buying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone has stopped the act of purchasing something.
Example: "After realizing the product was not worth the money, she ceased buying it altogether."
Alternatives: "stopped purchasing" or "discontinued buying."
The airport will cease buying property in Sipson, near Heathrow, according BAA, a leading terminal operator that is owned by the Spanish builder Ferrovial.
Under the agreement, the two campaigns have urged the political parties and advocacy groups to cease buying commercials to influence the contest.
"Were the G.S.E.'s to cease buying mortgages or guaranteeing mortgage-backed securities, financing for buying homes today would be virtually nonexistent until the banks got back up on their feet.
At energy workshops last year, nearly two-thirds of participants said Vermont utilities should cease buying power from the nuclear plant — unless fossil fuels and out-of-state nuclear power were the alternatives, in which case more than half would continue with Vermont Yankee.
Guardian Australia has reported a push by the forestry industry and some Tasmanian MPs to remove the secondary boycott exemption for environment groups because of the impact of boycott campaigns demanding furniture retailers and overseas customers cease buying timber from unsustainably logged forests.
Sellers start selling, buyers cease buying and down goes the price -- until the company wins back investors' confidence.
Getting a series of winners will only add up if you cease buying.
I've ceased to buy whatever is being sold by the picture's maker, who seems to be engaged in special pleading as much for his right to manipulate me as for the cause of displaced Indians.
Hashimoto had wondered out loud what would happen if the Japanese ceased to buy and hold U.S. government bonds.
