online shopping can be quick, easy, cheap, and safe! today’s class: › online shopping safety...
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Shopping Online! Tips, tricks, and secrets
Leah KrausFayetteville Free Library
12/7/2010
Save Time, Avoid the Mall!
Online shopping can be quick, easy, cheap, and safe!
Today’s class:› Online shopping safety› Auction sites – eBay› Finding local goods – Craigslist› Sites for unique finds› Bargain & Deal of the day sites› Comparison & Coupon sites
Online Shopping Safety
Make sure the internet connection is secure. Look for:› The picture of the unbroken key or closed lock in
your browser window.› The web address on the page that asks for your
credit card information begins with “https:” instead of “http.”
› The words “Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)” or a pop up box that says you are entering a secure area.
Use a variety of strong passwords. › The best passwords are not your address, birth
date, phone number, or recognizable words.
More Online Shopping Safety
Use a credit card rather than a debit card or check› If you have an unauthorized charge on
your credit card, under federal law your liability is limited to $50.
Legitimate businesses do not ask for SSNs or bank account numbers on the Internet. › Do not respond to such emails and do not
click on any links they contain.
More Online Shopping Safety
Be knowledgeable about web-based auctions. › Familiarize yourself not only with the policies of the
auction site itself and also the policies of the seller's items that you want to bid on.
Find and read the privacy policy. › Find out what information the seller is gathering from
you, how the information will be used, and how you can stop the process.
Review other policies including the return, refund, and shipping and handling policies, expected delivery dates.
Print or save any records related to your online transactions.
Online shopping safety links:
Yahoo! Shopping Tips:› http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/info/consumert
ips.html American Bar Association’s Safe
Shopping:› http://www.safeshopping.org/
Security Garden Online Safety Tips› http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2010/1
1/online-shopping-safety-tips.html
Online Auctions - eBay
Get Registered
Shop and Bid http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/basics.html
Shop
Seller Info.
Buying on eBay
Research the Seller Read the Fine Print Compare Price – Policies and S&H
cost Bid to Win! Pay securely with PayPal
Buying Local: Craigslist
http://syracuse.craigslist.org/ Use Craigslist to deal locally with
people you can meet in person! When buying from someone for the
first time, please remember to:› Meet in a public place› Be especially careful when buying/selling
high value items › Have a friend accompany you
Buying Unique - ETSY
http://www.etsy.com/ Handmade, personalized gifts Communicate over Etsy with the artist/
crafter to specify exactly what you want
Follow the same precautions as with eBay:› Make sure to read the seller’s policies› Make sure the seller has positive feedback
Buying cheap – Bargain & Deal of the Day sites
Bargain Sites:› Overstock.com› SmartBargains.com
Deal of the Day sites› Woot.com› Tada.com› Groupon: http
://www.groupon.com/syracuse/› Today Show’s Steals and Deals:http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40538512/ns/today-holiday_guide/
Buying cheap– Comparing Prices
Shopzilla› http://www.shopzilla.com
PriceGrabber› http://pricegrabber.com
Buying cheap – Coupon sites
Retail Me Not› http://www.retailmenot.com/
CurrentCodes› http://www.currentcodes.com/
Wow-Coupons › http://www.wowprintablecoupons.com/
Restaurant.com
Questions?