Do you think shopping online with Credit card is safe now a days?

India
January 21, 2008 5:31am CST
With everyday hacking and fishing mails popping into our accounts and banking sites are duplicated or hacked. Do you think shopping online with credit cards is anymore a safe play?
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4 responses
@DJ9020 (1596)
• United States
21 Jan 08
As long as you pay attention to what you're doing I think it is very safe. Make sure you are on a secure site, and always investigate any suspicious emails you get from companies, even if they look legit. I think shopping online is so much safer than using your credit card in a restaurant. After all, in a restaurant, you hand your card to a complete stranger who disappears with it for a while, then brings it back!?!?!?!? But then again, the only time I was ever close to being a victim of identiy theft was over a check I wrote in a doctor's office. The receptionist was running the checks through the telecheck, then keeping the checks instead of shredding them. Needless to say, I no longer write checks and trust them to take care of it. I either watch them shred it or get it back.
• India
22 Jan 08
Thanks so much for your valued comments on this discussion. I really appreciate your time and nice response.
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I have been using credit cards online for over 5 years now and I have never had any problems. I always use the sites taht have the little secrue lock on the page and I use paypal whenever possible. My credit cards don't have that high of limits so no one would want to steal them anyways.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
21 Jan 08
I have a seperate card with only a small amount on it although I feel quite safe these days, I think the banks have safety measures with their cards.
@honeylore23 (1081)
• United States
21 Jan 08
Me, I don't have credit cards. Here in our place, only few has, only those rich people. But then, I think shopping online using credit card is not safe anymore. I have watch from news that people who used their credits card during shopping were also fooled and their cards are being copied. If those people who go shopping in person are fooled, how much more those who are shopping online.