Online Shopping Safety Tips - Volume 2

The most common complaints after purchasing items online include delivery problems. It may happen that your purchase takes weeks to turn up or arrive to you in a damaged condition or even do not arrive at all.

So as a measure of precaution you should make sure that your item is in stock and check the expected delivery time before you complete your transaction. Most of the good retailers notify their buyers through emails as soon as they receive your order and also when the item is being shipped or in case there are any problems or hold ups involved.

Late Delivery. If your purchased item doesn't arrives on time you should contact the retailer to check the status of your order and if you plan to cancel it then you should find out whether they have already charged you for it because some companies process your payment before the item has been shipped and as such you are entitled to a refund.

What to do if the item is not delivered? There are several things you can do in the event your item does not arrive - first would be to make a written complaint to the retailer and to contact them directly by phone, either to the company itself or the person in concern. Your recourse in the event that you do not receive a fair amount of compensation (or any amount of compensation, for that matter), would be to file a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau, or at least with your state's department of consumer protection.

Before you make your purchase you should check all the terms and conditions including delivery costs, your item's in stock, whether you are entitled to refunds or repairs or if the company accepts returns or cancellations.

When making online purchases, you must carefully guard your privacy, hence the necessity of scrutinizing a retailer's privacy policy. This is because a large number of retailers collect information on you through website cookies. So it would behoove you to give pause when considering the information you wish to share online before making a purchase, as these personal details would often be needed to facilitate the purchase. Sometimes you will have no option but to use your credit card to pay, which means that you need to check on the company that handles the financial information for the purchase, and of course, you should absolutely not share certain information with online retailers.

Lastly, make it a point to keep your receipts and invoices so you can carefully monitor your online transactions. Make a hard copy of any online transactions (good online retailers always send email confirmation) by printing off these confirmation receipts. Want to know how to win your ex back? It's not impossible. We'll show you how to get my ex boyfriend back the right way. [l]