HoboCop Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I want to buy some computer parts online (using my parents money hehe) anyway their all afraid that their cc number will get highjacked and then theyll be charged like 4billion dollars and the world will blow up :D So is buying stuff online actually secure? Are my chances good for gettin my cc number stolen? BTW the website im planning on buyin sum stuff right now is http://www.savingxoom.com If that helps... :ponder: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 only 1 review here http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2504.html call up your cc bank and ask about/sign up for online fraud protection. also make sure that your cc allow shipment ONLY to same address as BILL to. online shopping is pretty secure, but even best sites sometimes get hacked into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 www.pricewatch.com go there to find a better site cause most of that stuff is $10 - 20 bucks more then the pricewatch site 32x CDR $71 on your site 32xCDR $54 on pricewatch site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 by the weay it a lite-on on your site and on pricewatch too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YahoKa Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Check with the BBB ... (See if they are registered, or if there are any complaints about them) Check their privacy policy, return policy, etc ... (if those are good there is a good chance they are a good online store) Check who does their credit card billing ... (they should **_NOT_** be storing credit cards on their servers) Search on goolgle for them, see what people say ... That site does not look very good, so i would be much less enthusiastic about ordering from them :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboCop Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 thnx for you replies guys the store is a yahoo store type thingy... and i did get that site off price watch lol who cares if its 10-20 $ difference? its my parents money hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulfusion Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Originally posted by HoboCop thnx for you replies guys the store is a yahoo store type thingy... and i did get that site off price watch lol who cares if its 10-20 $ difference? its my parents money hehehe lol....and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboCop Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 haha guess my question would be if yahoo can be trusted? or will i get my a$$ hijacked? And i think the prices are pretty good thinkin of buyin a tower and a mobo thats about it... Yahoo Policy... Security Practices Yahoo! Shopping merchants use secure servers to protect all of your personal information including your name, address and credit card information. Please remember that no data transmission over the Internet, or by other means, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. SOUNDS pretty good to me... what do u guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2002 first off, I have NEVER had a problem buying things online. As long as the site is using some form of SSL, you can be damn sure your transmissions cannot be decoded. Since this is a Yahoo! site, they're billing is handled by Yahoo and therefore it's up to Yahoo to be secure. Since Yahoo uses their shops to make money, they better have a damn secure system to attact businesses to their service. So, it makes sense that this place is secure, you just have to worry about how the business conducts themselves. Be sure to fill out any business ratings after you get your stuff so other people can know if the site is good or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2002 oh yeah, moved to internet, network & security - timdorr heavy moderating industries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboCop Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 OKAY I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure I'm gonna buy from this site the only review said it was pretty good... Prices are pretty good... and the billing is handled by Yahoo's 100% no way in hell can info be transerfed by internet :) Thnx guys for ur replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimlock Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I have never had any trouble buying stuff online. You just have to make sure of a few things: - Make sure the order form is encrypted (lock at the bottom) and you have the 128-bit encryption on the browser to be as safe as you can be. - Try to buy from someone reputable. Fly-by-night places are all to common on the web these days. That being said, the CC companies as well as federal/state law help protect you in the event something goes wrong. I believe that most CCs have a $0-$50 liability in the event of credit card fraud. Just check and see. Most states have a law that states you can't be held liable for any 'unsigned' purchase you did not make using a CC beyond a certian amount. Of course you would still have quite the headache of messing with the CC companies etc if something did happen. Offline shopping can be risky too. When you give your card to a waiter at a resturant for 5min while they go off and ring it up, what could they be doing. You may be suprised at how many 'card readers' some of these rouge employess have. Also, ringing up a CC transmits some info (I don't know how much) to validate and charge the card anyway over a phone line. Oh well, enough rambling. Chances are good you will never have a bad experience buying online. Plus you save a ton of $$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 56 bit encryption has already been cracked by distributed.net, if you are not in us/canada, your data isn't really secure ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan Posted June 16, 2002 Share Posted June 16, 2002 The main problem in online shopping, and security in general, is the so called "Man in the Middle"... I mean, if you're thinkning to talk with your online shop while you're talking with someone else that pretend to be the online shop. But this is very difficult, because it cost a lot of equpment and ability, because of the certified connections the recent browsers do... and so on... all to stole your cc number?!? Of course, i suggest to shop only from trusted online shops... bye bye.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts