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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.
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