I think I've been had :(

Thanks a lot TLW and wyrdness, I'll get on to them if it's not arrived by friday, might as well give them the benefit of the doubt.

[anna]

LOL the .org playing inspector Poirot again

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by anna

LOL the .org playing inspector Poirot again

You'd be amazed the trail you leave on the net...


There was a lad on pistoneheads who wound a few people up, from a photo of his dad's bike and one video he posted online we got his name, address, phone number, age, parent's names, previous house owners names etc etc

Creepy internet stalkers FTW...

[anna]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

You'd be amazed the trail you leave on the net...


There was a lad on pistoneheads who wound a few people up, from a photo of his dad's bike and one video he posted online we got his name, address, phone number, age, parent's names, previous house owners names etc etc

Creepy internet stalkers FTW...

I´m a little scared of you right now

Legit or not i'd not buy from anywhere that doesnt have a secure connection when entering card details.

Correct me if i'm wrong but yer debit card isnt protected and any money stolen is lost??

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Kuze

Legit or not i'd not buy from anywhere that doesnt have a secure connection when entering card details.

Correct me if i'm wrong but yer debit card isnt protected and any money stolen is lost??

True, but I think the website in question uses paypal

Even if it doesn't it was only the information page I got to without a secure connection, it's possible had I filled in all the details such as my name and address and gone forward the payment page may have been secured

Still poor practice though...


And anna, your old boyfriend from high school has some very nice things to say about you...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

You'd be amazed the trail you leave on the net...


There was a lad on pistoneheads who wound a few people up, from a photo of his dad's bike and one video he posted online we got his name, address, phone number, age, parent's names, previous house owners names etc etc

Creepy internet stalkers FTW...

I remembered that guy .... he would have been 16 by now

You don't want to mess with PH'ers in their Honda Civic type R's !!

Originally Posted by Kuze

Legit or not i'd not buy from anywhere that doesnt have a secure connection when entering card details.

Correct me if i'm wrong but yer debit card isnt protected and any money stolen is lost??

Well unfortunately I'm not a computer wizz so I don't tend to investigate every site I buy from. I was unsure about this one and am usually very cautious when it comes to buying owt off net. I asked YC about it at the time and he said to give it a go and watched the transaction go through...we weren't sure about it but it said it went through paypal so thought it should be alright...

If this place ain't genuine though then there are contact details so I can play heck with them just on principle.

I think it's at the bank's discetion whether or not they recover the cash/refund what gets stolen off debit cards, it's usually pretty obvious and if owt happens now then I will know to mention this place....Hopefully it'll be reyt enough though.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Well unfortunately I'm not a computer wizz so I don't tend to investigate every site I buy from. I was unsure about this one and am usually very cautious when it comes to buying owt off net. I asked YC about it at the time and he said to give it a go and watched the transaction go through...we weren't sure about it but it said it went through paypal so thought it should be alright...

Easy method:

When you're browsing, if you're on a page that requires you to enter anything personal look at the address bar at the top

It should start https://... not http://...

Imagine that you're standing in a crowded pub, don't enter anything on an unsecured page that you wouldn't say loudly in that pub when talking on the phone...

hmmm ok didn't know that, thanks Wolfie