11-04-2014, 06:39 AM | #1 |
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Is Paizo safe to buy from?
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I was looking at the Pathfinder Tales books available on Amazon.co.uk, and saw none are available as Kindle ebooks, so I went direct to the website where the ebooks are available for purchase. I was wondering how safe/secure it is to buy ebooks from them? Do they store payment details? Do they use the card verification system offered by some banks for online shopping? I may just buy the pbooks if it's too complicated. |
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11-04-2014, 08:33 AM | #3 |
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That's the way i was leaning. Thanks TimW. They said they don't use PayPal directly, but you can use a PayPal credit card. I wonder why they don't just accept PayPal fully? And why don't they offer their ebooks on Amazon? Surely their audience and therefore their revenues would increase hugely?
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11-04-2014, 11:01 AM | #4 |
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Black Library (Warhammer) don't sell through Amazon either. Maybe they feel that their gaming customers won't have a problem dealing with them direct, and don't want to give up the cut to Amazon?
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11-04-2014, 11:05 AM | #5 |
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I've never purchased an eBook from Paizo, but I have purchased numerous other products from them via their website without any problems whatsoever.
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11-04-2014, 12:04 PM | #6 |
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You can try them out with a prepaid credit card, that way you don't need to worry if they turned out to be not safe.
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11-04-2014, 02:30 PM | #7 |
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Credit cards are also very good for situations like this. I can monitor who charges and how much they charge on line and I can dispute anything with a simple mouse click. Your average credit card is rather secure against fraud.
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11-04-2014, 03:42 PM | #8 |
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My boyfriend buys a lot of books and fun stuff from them and it's very safe.
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