| Send a Gift with a Message | | | | this site has met certain criteria for processing |
| | | | credit cards. Generally, this means that a business |
| In today's very mobile society, families have | | | | bank account and business address has been |
| grown apart in distances but not in closeness. | | | | verified. If you do not get a return, leave and |
| With the modern communication modes of the | | | | shop somewhere else. |
| cell phone and Internet we are more than ever | | | | 3. Use PayPal or Google Checkout to pay for the |
| able to stay in close touch with our loved ones | | | | order. Both of these payment processors have |
| and family. | | | | guarantees of safety for their customers. If you |
| This is very evident in the fact that annually, | | | | are a buyer and use these services to buy |
| major holidays are the busiest times for | | | | products from verified retailers, then you have |
| telephone, cell phone and Internet companies. It is | | | | PayPal and Google Checkout buyer protection. |
| not uncommon to have error messages indicating | | | | Buying online has become easier and easier. This is |
| that "all circuits busy" and that we should try our | | | | evident by the tremendous increase in holiday |
| call later. | | | | sales enjoyed by Internet retailers. Shopping |
| It is obvious that these families are trying to stay | | | | carts, (the software used to display items and |
| in touch from a distance because they were not | | | | process orders) have become easier to use and |
| able to be there in person. This fact also raises | | | | filled with features to make gift buying easier. |
| the fact of gift giving from a distance. | | | | Keeping the Gift Personal |
| Have you tried shipping a package through the | | | | Just because you are sending a gift instead of |
| post office or one of those shipping offices? Are | | | | delivering it personally does not have to take the |
| you ready to stand in line for 30-minutes or | | | | personal side out of it. |
| more? Are you one of the seasoned veterans | | | | Some shopping carts allow you to enter a custom |
| who bring their own chairs? If not, you are in for | | | | message to go along with your gift. This makes |
| an unpleasant surprise when you get there. | | | | personalizing the gift much easier. |
| Why not take this part of sending gifts out of the | | | | Some retailers have gift wrapping services that |
| equation? It is very simple to do. Simply buy your | | | | allow you to select the type of wrapping you |
| gifts online and ship directly from the warehouse. | | | | desire. |
| It takes no longer to arrive and you don't have to | | | | Let the Gift do the Talking |
| buy the gift, wrap it for shipping and stand in line | | | | I can still remember the movie "Scrooged" with Bill |
| to ship it. | | | | Murray. He is in his office, his secretary has a list |
| Buying Online is Safe and Easy | | | | of people that he is supposed to send a gift. He is |
| Yes, there are scam artist on the Internet. | | | | listening to her call out a name and he then |
| However, there are ways to help detect if the | | | | selects what gift to send to them. It was a very |
| site is legitimate. | | | | impersonal thing to do on his part and it was |
| | | | meant to show his disgust for the Christmas |
| 1. Look for a SSL certificate. This certificate is a | | | | season. |
| form of proof that the site was verified by the | | | | If the gift is selected with the person in mind and |
| issuer of the certificate. Click the certificate. It | | | | not like Scrooge then the receiver is going to love |
| should return a response from the issuer that this | | | | it just as much as if you had placed it under the |
| site met qualifications to obtain the certificate. If | | | | tree yourself. If you can't be there in person, be |
| you do not get a return, leave and shop | | | | sure that you gift is. The easiest way to do that |
| somewhere else. | | | | is shopping online and letting the retailer worry |
| 2. Look for a credit card processor seal. Click this | | | | about standing in line at the post office. |
| seal to have the issuer return a response that | | | | |