I imagine the 'Web Exclusive' shows are shows that are more cult or the lesser known ones. They probably don't want to spend money on distributing them to shops around the country when they probably won't sell that many copies.
I imagine the people who would buy those kind of shows are exactly the kind of people who would deliberately go on the internet looking for them.
I imagine the 'Web Exclusive' shows are shows that are more cult or the lesser known ones. They probably don't want to spend money on distributing them to shops around the country when they probably won't sell that many copies.
I imagine the people who would buy those kind of shows are exactly the kind of people who would deliberately go on the internet looking for them.
And if they're sold online, they can be made to order.
On a side note, out of all of the people I know who've been victim to credit card fraud, none of them have been victims online.
I'm not keen on buying online for security reasons.
Buying on-line is no more insecure than using it on the high street. Somebody looks over your shoulder, sees your pin, nicks your card, pinches all your money. Providing you've registered your card with Visa Verified or the alternatives, use your card online and pop the password in. No password = no purchase.
I mean you don't use your debit card in dodgy looking shops so don't buy on-line from dodgy looking websites. Been on-line shopping for years, never had a problem. Buy from the big names only or those that can take payment through PayPal so the site doesn't get the card numbers.
People are more likely to have all the money in their accounts nicked by clicking on Phishing emails and following the links, rather than lose any money on big name sites like Amazon for example.
I know when I used to take the occasional call for the company's ecommerce sites, we often got people ringing up because they didn't trust putting their details online. And yet they seemed to have no issues happily reeling off all the same info via the phone to a complete stranger (which we just put into the same website anyway so it was a moot point). I never did manage to find the logic in that one.
Personally I'm much more comfortable ordering online from a reputable business than paying in a restaurant on a credit card where it gets whisked away to god knows where to be processed, giving a potential ne'r-do-well ample time to clone it. But no-one seems to worry about the latter.
Ultimately though, you could spend all your time worrying about things, or just get on and live your life with the acceptance that everything carries a risk, whether it be paying online, crossing the road or boiling a kettle.
I agree with all those saying online shopping isn't dangerous. Yes, it has risks like everything else. I've ordered stuff online for nearly 10 years now and I've never had a problem. I've used top names and lesser known sites both here, in the USA and Australia - touch wood, I've never had any trouble whatsoever. There are more security checks and barriers now than ever before - like the password mentioned before. I think Mastercard's is called SecureCode or something similar. You set up the password with the credit card company and that acts as a barrier to completing a purchase.
Spencer for Hire has the right idea. If you take a chance, sometimes good things happen; sometimes bad things happen. But, if you don't take a chance, nothing happens. For me, the massive savings from buying online rather than in high street stores more than outweighs any risks.
If you have a major concern, set up a deposit account with your existing bank, and only transfer enough money in to make your purchase. If its Visa verified it will work with any e-commerce site, but being a deposit account (and not one with overdraft facilities) then you can't have your main account plundered.
Either a Visa deposit card, or a separate credit card you only use online with a low credit limit, would be good ways to go if you are nervous. Also - NEVER give your credit card details in an e-mail or via a website that isn't https secure, and doesn't have a padlock displayed by the browser. (Beware some dodgy sites have padlock graphics on their site)
In my experience PayPal is often more of a problem, with far less protection than making a direct transaction...
In my experience PayPal is often more of a problem, with far less protection than making a direct transaction...
You're not wrong there, and their commission structure is inflated in my view. When selling on eBay I would often say "no pay pal", only to find that folks paid via it anyway. I can't seem to remove it from my payment options.
One for Metropol, perhaps.
Visa debit with a purchase-specific amount in your account and nothing can go wrong.