The short answer is: depends. Long answer is Amazon is basically as safe as one can expect.
Anecdotally I've personally had some combination of paypal and a online tea and herb place lead to my credit card getting a few extra charges on it. My experience with Amazon and the few merchants i've used has been basically postive. Some things I can get a little cheaper there. (Shirts, and fuzzy winter wear stuff for example) as compared to LL-Bean or Eddie Beur (however that's spelled) For what it's worth Amazon and some of there affiliates even have a no questions asked oh-that-was-the-wrong-item (or even junk item) policy. Ocasionally it's a small 5% fee for them to pick it up a little lower from the USPS guys. (it might be a little more now no idea) On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Paypal has a 2-factor login, the PayPal Security Key here: > https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/security/security-protections > > It sends you a 1-time PIN vis SMS to your mobile phone. 2-factor is pretty > nice but they often differ. Google has an "Authenticator" app which I > prefer to SMS. Others use a physical "dongle". SMS is popular. > > -- Owen > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:15 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I continue to use both, a lot, without a problem. >> TJ >> =================================== >> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >> Santa Fe, NM >> SPJ Region 9 Director >> [email protected] 505-473-9646 >> =================================== >> On Nov 23, 2015 12:38 AM, "Nick Thompson" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Everybody (or anybody), >>> >>> >>> >>> Some years back, PayPal got hacked and I cut off all contact with >>> them. Now I am in a situation where there is something I can only buy >>> through paypal. Is it any less safe than Amazon? I guess I am worried >>> about losing my credit card number to the ether. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry for low quality question, >>> >>> >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> >>> >>> Nicholas S. Thompson >>> >>> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology >>> >>> Clark University >>> >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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