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Internet fraud is growing at an alarming rate, and the most common complaint by far is auction fraud. Protect yourself by learning more about it here.
Fight fake charges from online retailers
Zombie returns are coming back to haunt the credit card statements of consumers. I want to tell you what they're all about and how to protect yourself. Here's how this plays out: You return something to an online store. You get your credit, but then months later, the charge is ...
Amazon, eBay testing same day delivery
Amazon and eBay are experimenting with new ways to get what you order online in your hands the same day. eBay is testing such a model in San Francisco where you pay a fee when you order on your iPhone or iPad to get your item that same day. A ...
Senate OKs online sales tax measure
The Senate has passed a bill that will permit the collection of Internet sales tax. In an era when so few things are bipartisan, this was a truly bipartisan movement with a 69-27 vote. As you probably know, Internet sellers generally don't collect sales tax on purchases. What you're supposed ...
ReDigi sells cheap pre-owned digital music
If you're into cheap, legitimate music buying, there's an opportunity to snap up pre-owned digital music for as little as 49 cents per track. ReDigi.com allows you to either buy used MP3s or sell the ones you've got that you no longer want. Obviously, being that this is all digital, ...
How safe are mobile payments?
Mobile payments are poised to be the future, but what are your rights when using a smart phone as a method of payment? The truth is that technology is far ahead of the law. During a recent hearing, it emerged that as the transaction is processing when you use your ...
eBay tries new tactic to win back sellers
Isn't competition grand? eBay once ruled the online selling roost, but has been knocked down and not really experienced any growth of note recently except in its PayPal unit. The company has been going through a midlife crisis because of the enormous overnight success of Amazon Marketplace, which has done ...
MasterCard rolls out new digital payment system
There's a new way to pay using your smartphone that could be coming to the United States possibly by late spring. MasterCard and Visa are both terrified of major cell phone operators offering payment systems to their users. They're terrified of Apple and Google doing the same thing too. So ...
Your browser and computer influences what you pay online
Should you pay more when you're shopping online simply because of the browser you're using? Some popular online retailers think so! The New York Times reports shoppers are getting widely different prices based on whether they use Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari. Here are just two examples: For the ...
Toll fraud hurting 18 million smartphone users?
Do you check your cell phone bill each month? If not, fake charges could be taking real money out of your wallet thanks to new malicious code being built into Android software. In what's being called "toll fraud," malicious software embedded in some apps for Android smartphones is bringing back ...
Best and worst online retailers
A new tally of the best and worst companies for online shopping has been released. Do you have a gripe or praise for one of these e-commerce hotspots? The good news is that customer satisfaction among online shoppers remained steady year over year in 2012, according to the new tally ...
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