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Article #369: Christmas Shopping - Tips and Advice

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There are not Christmas queues and the number of years, and is well established,
weather is dry fine and warm, making your this is a good indicator of a reputable
Christmas shopping a more enjoyable store.
experience. When shopping online you inevitably end
? Leave it until Christmas Eve! The shops up at the 'check out'. This is the point
are desperate by this time and slash they where the store will ask you for your
prices incredibly. It is a bit of mad name, postal address and credit or debit
dash but all the Christmas stress is card details. This is the time when
confined to a single 24 hours. credit card fraud is a danger.
? Buy online. Quick and convenient, no To protect yourself look for a padlock
queuing, no trying to find car parking, icon in the status bar at the bottom of
no terrible weather. Plus many retailers the window on the actual 'check out'
offer discounts for online orders, which page, where the website is asking you to
means you save money too! submit your details. This padlock mean
Many people are worried about security that this page of the website has a
and credit card fraud when buying online. secure connection, so any information
Of course this is a worry, nobody wants that you submit on this page will not be
to be the victim of credit card fraud. decipherable to anyone else, it will be
However, there are some steps you can encrypted. If there is not a padlock, it
take to keep your online shopping is not a secure connection despite what
experience as safer transaction as the actual web page content may say.
possible. You can still submit your details,
When buying online, only use reputable However, you do significantly increase
retailers. This maybe a high street the risk of becoming a victim of credit
retailer who have an online shopping card fraud.
facilities or a large online store. Maybe Our advice would be to contact the
a friend has recommended a particular website and ask them to provide you with
website that they have purchased goods a secure payment page, or shop elsewhere.
from in the past. Some online shops state However you do your Christmas shopping
how long they have been trading. If a this year, Enjoy your experience and keep
store has been trading online for a your card details safe.






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