Buying via WWW

Bas,

I have brought a few items through the net and havn't had any problems. Just be carefull about the site's you use!


Regards


NB

I've bought loads of things off the net using cards, from books and music through to holidays and even a new car. Never had a problem. Infact, it seems to me that card fraud is more common after a high street transaction.

Tony

ps. That's a cool website!

If you as much as put a credit card near a web connected computer l33t haxx3rs will soon be buying large piles of cocaine and prostitutes in Tijuana at your expense.

They will probably sign you up to recieve child pron as well thus leading to you being arrested in 18 months time and shamed before your family and friends and hounded out of your local community and forced to live under the assumed name "Graham Bentley" just outside Norwich.

Matthew

Just make sure it's a secure site and it should be fine.
The http:// in the address bar will change to https:// if it is genuinely secure.

Bas,

I too have bought loads of stuff off the net and submitted my credit card details. A quick test to do is, if you decide to go ahead with a transaction, a message should pop on your screen saying that you are being transferred to a secure site. Of course that's not totally reliable but, if in any doubt, pay by credit card and if there's any problems later, at least you're not committing your own funds until you know it's legit.

Regards,

JonR

Hi guys,
I just wanted to let you know that I have ordered and paid for some shirts, dvd's and cd's. The package got lost (that figures)! Now I had an insurance for the stuff, so I'll get a refund. However, I have to pay for shipping (USD 20)! That sounds too stupid, I must pay for their mistake! Any ideas if I can do anything? Maybe via my credit card?

Regards, bas

I've only had one problem with buying over the web that was when the company took the money from my credit card then promptly went bust.

Fortunately my credit card company refunded the money.

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Originally posted by Steve O:
Just make sure it's a secure site and it should be fine.
The http:// in the address bar will change to https:// if it is genuinely secure.

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Browsers usually have other means of displaying whether a site is secure. which I would guess are more reliable than what is seen in the address bar. Internet Explorer, for example, has a padlock symbol that appears if site is secure.

An idea is to get another CC with a low credit level to use only online. Then if it gets 'stolen' your usual one is safe. Also get one where you can keep an eye on the daily balance via home banking so that you can take swift action if any dodgy debits appear.

I have bought stuff online for years with no problems (so far!).

The real problem is not the www as such but the postal service.

One of my friends has a credit card that, for on-line use, generates a unique card number for each transaction. This virtual card has a credit limit the same as the purchase value. If anyone is interested, I'll find out which card it is.

Tony

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Originally posted by Tony Lockhart:
One of my friends has a credit card that, for on-line use, generates a unique card number for each transaction. This virtual card has a credit limit the same as the purchase value. If anyone is interested, I'll find out which card it is.

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Please do!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

sounds excellent. I buy almost everything on the net.

Cahoot.I think it just uses your normal card to generate 'web cards'.
Sounds the danglers to me.

Tony

I had some rouble rustlers attempting to get at my bits a few months back. Mastercard dealt with it quicklly and painlessly, as I imagine they all do. Just use a bit of common; International Retailer - good, Serbian Used Knicker Retailer - bad.

And they never even delivered the knickers.

throb

FWIW
I’ve made about 100 purchases online with no probs. Would you rather give your CC details on line or give your CC to a restaurant waiter who disappears for 10 minutes with your card – where I have had problems. I know which is safer.
Martin

I had exactly that problem with a company Amex card I used once in a restaurant in Lincoln. About a year later the same restaurant tried to bill my card again.

I was a little surprised by this. I hadn't been back to Lincoln (nice place, but I was there on business), I had changed jobs and had cancelled my Amex card and gave it to my boss in pieces at my exit interview (as required to do so by my contract of employment).

Needless to say I never paid the Amex bill and it took several months to persuade Amex that the restaurant was trying to pull a fast one...