| Send a Gift with a Message | | | | Generally, this means that a business bank account |
| In today's very mobile society, families have grown | | | | and business address has been verified. If you do not |
| apart in distances but not in closeness. With the | | | | get a return, leave and shop somewhere else. |
| modern communication modes of the cell phone and | | | | - Use PayPal or Google Checkout to pay for the |
| Internet we are more than ever able to stay in close | | | | order. Both of these payment processors have |
| touch with our loved ones and family. | | | | guarantees of safety for their customers. If you are |
| This is very evident in the fact that annually, major | | | | a buyer and use these services to buy products |
| holidays are the busiest times for telephone, cell | | | | from verified retailers, then you have PayPal and |
| phone and Internet companies. It is not uncommon | | | | Google Checkout buyer protection. |
| to have error messages indicating that "all circuits | | | | Buying online has become easier and easier. This is |
| busy" and that we should try our call later. | | | | evident by the tremendous increase in holiday sales |
| It is obvious that these families are trying to stay in | | | | enjoyed by Internet retailers. Shopping carts, (the |
| touch from a distance because they were not able | | | | software used to display items and process orders) |
| to be there in person. This fact also raises the fact | | | | have become easier to use and filled with features |
| of gift giving from a distance. | | | | to make gift buying easier. |
| Have you tried shipping a package through the post | | | | Keeping the Gift Personal |
| office or one of those shipping offices? Are you | | | | Just because you are sending a gift instead of |
| ready to stand in line for 30-minutes or more? Are | | | | delivering it personally does not have to take the |
| you one of the seasoned veterans who bring their | | | | personal side out of it. |
| own chairs? If not, you are in for an unpleasant | | | | Some shopping carts allow you to enter a custom |
| surprise when you get there. | | | | message to go along with your gift. This makes |
| Why not take this part of sending gifts out of the | | | | personalizing the gift much easier. |
| equation? It is very simple to do. Simply buy your | | | | Some retailers have gift wrapping services that allow |
| gifts online and ship directly from the warehouse. It | | | | you to select the type of wrapping you desire. |
| takes no longer to arrive and you don't have to buy | | | | Let the Gift do the Talking |
| the gift, wrap it for shipping and stand in line to ship | | | | I can still remember the movie "Scrooged" with Bill |
| it. | | | | Murray. He is in his office, his secretary has a list of |
| Buying Online is Safe and Easy | | | | people that he is supposed to send a gift. He is |
| Yes, there are scam artist on the Internet. However, | | | | listening to her call out a name and he then selects |
| there are ways to help detect if the site is legitimate. | | | | what gift to send to them. It was a very impersonal |
| - Look for a SSL certificate. This certificate is a form | | | | thing to do on his part and it was meant to show his |
| of proof that the site was verified by the issuer of | | | | disgust for the Christmas season. |
| the certificate. Click the certificate. It should return a | | | | If the gift is selected with the person in mind and not |
| response from the issuer that this site met | | | | like Scrooge then the receiver is going to love it just |
| qualifications to obtain the certificate. If you do not | | | | as much as if you had placed it under the tree |
| get a return, leave and shop somewhere else. | | | | yourself. If you can't be there in person, be sure that |
| - Look for a credit card processor seal. Click this seal | | | | you gift is. The easiest way to do that is shopping |
| to have the issuer return a response that this site | | | | online and letting the retailer worry about standing in |
| has met certain criteria for processing credit cards. | | | | line at the post office. |