WHY ONLINE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT IS
SAFE
Using your credit card to shop over the Internet is similar to using it to shop in
regular stores, restaurants, or from mail-order catalogues. In any of these situations, a
reasonable degree of caution will protect you from fraud, loss, or the invasion of your
privacy. You would never give your credit card number over the telephone to a person or a
company you didn't trust. Use the same judgement in your online shopping.
Many people contemplating shopping online are concerned that the private information
they send to an online vendor, such as credit card numbers and other personal information,
can be intercepted by a third party "listening" to the online transaction. So
far, credit card number theft over the Internet has been extremely rare; in our research
of major law-enforcement and consumer agencies, there was not one reported instance of
this kind of credit card fraud. As online commerce picks up, however, it is possible that
this type of theft will increase. You can protect yourself from such interceptions by
making sure you only send personal information over a secure link provided by the vendor.
A secure link will ensure only the vendor with whom you are communicating can read the
information you send.
Our system has the capability to provide you with secure payment technology on our ONLINE ORDER FORM that
encrypts your credit card information. This enables you to enter your credit card
number directly on our order form, and be assured that this information is private and
protected.
By ordering via credit card online, we can also verify payment within 24 hours, and
process your order quickly and efficiently.
If you're using Netscape Navigator, you'll see a solid blue key (
) at the bottom
left of your screen. Netscape Communicator users will see a padlock (
) if they are
looking at a secure page. Microsoft Explorer users can tell if they are securely connected
by looking for the padlock (
) at the bottom right of the screen. If you click on the
key (or padlock), your browser will show you our site's digital certificate, which lets
you know that we run the Web Site.
To use this secure payment technology, please go to the ONLINE ORDER FORM. Or
press the BACK button on your browser to return to the Ordering Information page.
