Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

Advisories for online transactions                                                              E-commerce is the necessity of today. Whether it is payment of your bills or making travel reservation or buying stuff online. E-commerce has facilitated the users with its efficiency and economy of purchase. While it has facilitated the users, it has also caused woes to the consumers also. Now a days, there has been increase in fraudulent transactions while doing online shopping. Some of the fraudulent transactions can be avoided if preventive steps are taken. There is no doubt that prevention is the best cure.  I am just giving below some of the advises that may be kept in view while making any online purchase.     1.Check with the manufacturer / distributors whether e-commerce websites you wish to shop are listed ...

Advisories for Online Shopping- Prevention better than cure 1 . Check with the manufacturer / distributors whether e-commerce websites are listed as their authorized resellers for the products you wish to buy.   2. Avoid shopping at Cyber Café. Cyber-café are highly insecure for payments through credit / debit cards.   3. Use only trusted web-sites for on-line shopping through trusted payment gateways.   4. Before doing any shopping at on-line shopping store; please ensure that the site has provided proper details of customer care in their link ‘contact-us’ with telephone number, email ids, postal address etc. If possible, verify details of telephone number and email id by giving a call and mail to seek some details about some products.   5. Provide complete details in the order form including mobile number, email id.   6. Study the complete terms and conditions including delivery commitments, refund policies and process for warranty replacements, after-sa...