Comments on: 3 Most Important Tips for Safe Online Shopping

By: earthlink

earthlink — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:47:22 +0000

You can afford in a lot of shops which arent much more that High Street shops. Puma, Jack Wills, Fat Face, Ralph Lauren, Levi’s, Reebok, Quicksilver, Ted Baker to name a few are all reasonable.

By: corpo

corpo — Mon, 24 May 2010 03:12:06 +0000

I live in Bicester!!!

By: sadgirl

sadgirl — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:53:41 +0000

You could, but I can't imagine any store accepting it. They would be on the hook for the loss if there was fraud.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:27:09 +0000

Yes you can.

Most Merchants require credit or debit cards to have address verification. Your bank may need to activate your card for internet/phone purchases. You may have tried to order from outside of your home country. Some banks require you to activate the card for international purchases even if ordering on the internet. If you placed a lot of orders you may be over your daily authorization limit. Some merchants charge you an authorization and a purchase which looks like two charges because the merchant does not know how to merge the transaction. The authorization is usually removed in about a week.

To correct some people above

In person US debit card with a Visa or MasterCard symbol can be used two ways at some merchants

Use the Credit button and you usually sign for the purchase.
Use the debit button and you enter your pin at the pos terminal

Online and by phone it can only be used as a Credit Card and you should never give anyone your pin number. All ways come out of your checking account with no delays using a debit card. My experience. You are also protected with debit card purchases. The key is notifying the bank fast.

By: truth

truth — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:58:43 +0000

same, how old r u?

By: gizmo2006

gizmo2006 — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:07:14 +0000

Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT go get a credit card to buy people gifts for Christmas! You WILL regret it…If you can't pay for it now, you won't be able to pay for it much better later…. If you friends/family do not understand that you can not afford fancy gifts, then shame on them…. Buy the people who are most important to you something meaningful that you can pay for now, or make something from the heart. Going into debt for Christmas gifts really is a bad idea. Please think twice before you do it.

By: Thorpe

Thorpe — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:01:57 +0000

It is probably more dangerous to hand your credit card to some 16 year old, puke, kid cashier at the local store. Who knows what that kid will do with your number!

By: urbantool

urbantool — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:59:35 +0000

i live in bicester and work in bicester village.. theres definately no credit crunch going on..
bicester village is private property as well. but doesnt stop tourists taking pictures of themselves holding products in the stores and taking pictures of us!

By: psychic

psychic — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:02:00 +0000

Haha I used to live in Bicester and we have a similar user name

By: crass138

crass138 — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:56:41 +0000

Yeah, you should be fine. Prepaid mastercard/visa should be accepted anywhere mastercard/visa is accepted.