A Helpful Tip About Online Holiday Shopping
Posted on November 29th, 2007 in This And That
I was just reminded by the umpteenth post somewhere that many people are in the dark about online shopping.
Namely, you do not NEED a credit card OR paypal to shop online this Christmas.
In Canada (and elsewhere I imagine) you can purchase pre-paid Visa Gift Cards at places like Safeway, for online shopping. In many ways this is superior to traditional credit cards because there is no chance of credit card fraud.
Some merchants get anal about it, but for the most part, they are embracing such technology because it means that even broke-ass people with shitty credit can still buy stuff from them.
Not having a credit card is no reason to whine to the Internet masses that you can’t buy those Reindeer Webkinz on Amazon for Christmas.
Published by Shasta
November 29th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Visa gift cards?!? What an excellent idea.
I’ve got excellent credit; but partly that’s because I’m a little leary about sending my credit card number to China or Russia.
One of these would be perfect, if I get burned, it’s very limited.
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November 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Thanks for the tip, Shasta.
Hope your having a fabulous day!
XOXO
padme amidala
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