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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
The choice isn't physical retail vs. Amazon. There's alternative online retailers too. Obviously use your head about where you're going to give your CC info but there's plenty of equally trustworthy alternatives to use and many support things like Paypal to make giving out card details safer. I would argue that perhaps Amazon has made you lazy even just from a mail order online perspective. How often have you honestly checked alternatives? Even just big obvious ones like Walmart.com? Personally I know I was pretty bad about it too, so no judgement just food for thought.
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I am utterly unwilling at this time to add to the number of online sites that have my credit card/personal info on file. That's not me being lazy. That's me not willing to take any new risks at this point. I've done it in the past:
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I've learned the hard way that having your credit card info spread all over stores on the internet is a recipe for disaster from a security standpoint.
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and I was rewarded with needing to get a new credit card about every 3-5 months or so (and these were not fly-by-night online retailers). I've gone for about 3.5 years now without the hassle of having to report credit card fraud (and all it entails). So I'm going to keep on doing what I know works.
When I feel dissatisfied in any way with the service(s) I receive from Amazon, perhaps then I will consider switching to a new online retailer. But until then: if it ain't broke, I'm not looking to fix anything.