A Tip By kz1000st (Read 1,383 times)

[skunkhome]

Card hacking? Most card hackings take place in restaurants. Hackings that take place at secure sites online are minuscule. I have never received a receipt from Amazon that had anything more than the last 4 digits of of my credit card. Most retail stores now days will credit directly back to your credit or debit card simply by scanning the receipt. That means they have your card data in their computers, a-la, the Target hacking.


As for Amazon, I know of no company that doesn't from time to time make mistakes but I have done quite a bit of business with Amazon over the years, they have what I consider a fair if not liberal return policy.  When they have screwed up they have  promptly and cheerfully done what it took to correct the error.  If all things are the same I usually choose in favor of Amazon because they have earned my trust through crackerjack customer service. 

[JR]

Aug 19, 2014 11:22:42 GMT -6 skunkhome said:

Card hacking? Most card hackings take place in restaurants. Hackings that take place at secure sites online are minuscule. I have never received a receipt from Amazon that had anything more than the last 4 digits of of my credit card. Most retail stores now days will credit directly back to your credit or debit card simply by scanning the receipt. That means they have your card data in their computers, a-la, the Target hacking.

The list goes on. put your card in a gas pump, the tenant inside can read all of your info before they reset the pump for someone else ......unless you hit the clear button on the pump as soon as you turn the pump off. Got to a hotel/motel and let them give you a card/key for your door, all credit card info on the card you got your room with is on that door key card. That's why I take them with me when I check out.

On Ebay purchases I've received the invoice has no credit card info including the last 4 of the card you used or your pay pal account either. The thing with Amazon happened a little over 2 years ago, won't argue with you one way or another on their system now and I don't have a clue as to why they sent me this other person's property and info but they did and did it 3 times.

JR

[skunkhome]

I worked in the freight industry and in warehousing. I have seen something as strange as pressure sensitive labels being transferred from one carton to another sliding them around on a pallet because one corner was dog-eared and because the packer got rushed and did not seal it down properly. One packer may pack and process 200-500 packages per day....it is so easy to label a carton incorrectly regardless of the quality procedures in place. A quality control manager is continually trying to figure out how things can go wrong and set up procedures to prevent then . Murphy's law does exist.  Things do go wrong but the true measure of a company is how the error is corrected and prevented in the future.  Zero defects!

[kz1000st]

Aug 19, 2014 8:27:23 GMT -6 JR said:

That's a no brainer KZ. You'll not buy any tire brand in a 10" tire that will last long and you'll not notice a lot of difference on the ride I'll agree but I'll promise you on the rough roads I ride which are state highways you'll not run the Kenda's even the 100 miles I did in a larger tire size.

Since your wife rides the Rebel spend the extra bucks, she's worth it!

JR

Quite true. The roads around here that I ride are comparatively smooth. The Fashion is long, heavy and as Non-sportbike as it comes. The tiny back wheel is a non factor in everything. Off the bike it looks like a wheel off a wheel barrow.

My feeling is I'll get more miles out of a pair of $30 tires than I do out of single $70 tire from now on. When I put the Cheng Shin on the 150cc years ago many of the reviews said "Expect 2,000 miles out of this tire." Five years later I have over 5,000 miles out of its 10" Taiwan made rubber. So much for reviews. I'll find out by trial and error from now on what lasts and what doesn't. My review of the Bridgestone Molas ML-16 reads like this.

"Wildly over rated and more expensive than its worth. I'll be lucky to get 6,000 miles out of this tire despite the cost. Traction, ride and handling are no better than the stock Chinese tire. Despite others declaring this the Mileage King it's no cure for the tiny back tire's wear issues. I'm buying Shinko or Kenda next. I expect an inexpensive tire to wear out quickly and ride poorly for the price."