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Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

denmarkman — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:25:22 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 11/24/2014 03:25

Yes.

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

RockyRaccoon — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:11:12 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 11/24/2014 01:11

You're fine. Chances that your identity is stolen are pretty low.

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:41:25 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/24/2014 00:41

Any and all advice is welcome BEA. It's going to be made pretty soon and I need to know i am doing it right

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:43:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/23/2014 21:43

I am booking hotel online

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:38:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/23/2014 21:38

Kiki wrote:

So it seems like paying online is not a good idea at all? :(

Use your own judgement. A lot of smaller websites will support PayPal because they understand there is the lack of trust, so it shouldn't be a problem if they support it. Also, nowadays it's pretty standard to have a https:// protocol rather than a http:// on payment pages for the additional security, so look out for that if you can.

If it's not personal, what website are you looking at purchasing something from?

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:50:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/23/2014 20:50

So it seems like paying online is not a good idea at all? 🙁

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:41:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/23/2014 20:41

Generally I don't pay for anything online with anything other than PayPal unless it's a large, trusted company.

Even if smaller websites have the best intentions, they can easily be unknowingly affected by a virus if they haven't set up proper protection. It's unlikely, but often better to be safe than sorry.

Re: Is it safe to pay for things online?

benpaco — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:50:45 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 11/23/2014 17:50

My family orders online all the time and has only ever gotten our information stolen at all twice, once on an identity theft thing and once when Target had that hack happen, but that was an in person buy. No problems buying online except stuff getting damaged in shipping, occasionally.

Is it safe to pay for things online?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:43:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/23/2014 17:43

Like how easy is it for your money to get stolen? Has anyone ever had their debit card information stolen online? Can there be viruses on my computer waiting for me?