Online shoppers beware.Tips for buying over the Web Consumers are expected to spend 20% of their holiday budget shopping online. To safeguard online shoppers, the Better Business Bureau (BBB BBB A medium grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency to indicate an adequate ability to pay interest and repay principal. However, adverse developments are more likely to impair this ability than would be the case for bonds rated A and above. ) publishes Shopping Safely Online. The guide discusses online shopping techniques, the "red flags" of online fraud, ways to spot bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. Websites, as well as e-commerce and privacy issues. You can view the brochure on the BBB's Website (www.bbb.org/library/shoponline.asp), or order a hard copy by sending $2 and a self-addressed stamped envelope A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), or just stamped addressed envelope (SAE) in the UK, is often just that: an envelope with the sender's name and address on it, with affixed paid postage and mailed to a company or private individual. to: CBBB CBBB Council of Better Business Bureaus CBBB Community British Brass Band Publication Fulfillment Department, 4200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203. Bulk orders are discounted. |
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