Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tarek, What exactly has your bank warned you against? You can buy from reputable retailers like Foto Hobby without any reservations. You have the same return privileges as at any French shop, maybe even better; they will answer any questions you might have before you have to buy (and they are much more knowledgeable about Leica than 99% of local shops)--and if for some reason you are nervous about sending your credit card details by email, you can send the order by fax or just phone it in. Most retailers use secure web sites for order-taking, and for example Foto Mayr (a place where I buy most of my film since it is up to 50% cheaper than here in Switzerland) requires you to transmit your credit card and address info only the first time you shop with them. You then get a customer number, and on any subsequent orders you simply click on a "same as last time" button next to the payment and delivery details. Now, I can see how French business would like to discourage people from shopping online--obviously they have a strong incentive to keep people from discovering the extent to which they are being ripped off. Nathan Tarek Charara wrote: > Yes, sure... but buying over the Internet? My bank has several times warned > me against it... > > Tarek - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html