That seems bizarre. They must have added more space to their data warehouse and need to fill it.

I first read that post in 2011, and I’ve used those steps for the last two vehicles that I tried to purchase. I missed reading the disclaimer, though as it would have helped on my second attempt.

The first time, I was purchasing a very common car - Honda Accord. Because we were not in a major city, I hit every dealer within a 2 hour drive. Am I glad. The best two offers, by over $700 difference, were each two hours away. I know, $700 for four hours doesn’t seem like much, but my wife and I combined don’t make anywhere near $175 hour. The salesman was the best I’ve ever dealt with. Friendly, but efficient. He made no attempt to upsell us anything. I had the check, and he had the car prepped. He said that Honda insisted he go over basic operation of the car, but he went through it at a comically high speed, taking less that 5 minutes. This was my best car purchase experience ever.

The second attempt was an absolute failure, as I was trying to purchase a vehicle which I later learned only had 3 in the whole region. I got one excellent price, but the dealership couldn’t do a dealer trade because I had also emailed the dealers with the vehicle, and they wouldn’t give it up.

As others have already said, don’t give your phone number until you’re confident of where you will buy the vehicle. I highly recommend creating a temporary yahoo or google email address so that you don’t get bombarded with spam.

@jcantanixon said in Best Safe Way To Pay Google Play:

I’ve had my CC compromised several times in the last decade. Over $30k worth total. Doesn’t really bother me since that’s someone else’s money. Few minutes on the phone to cancel, reverse the charges, and get a replacement card sent. No big deal. Less annoying than a parking ticket.

Ours have only been compromised twice that I know of, and most probably occurred after use at B&M … although one time it was after I bought something at buy.com.

@redmed said in Best Safe Way To Pay Google Play:

@honkinggoose said in Best Safe Way To Pay Google Play:

@cpaynter said in Best Safe Way To Pay Google Play:

The safest way to pay Google play is to enter your credit card information directly into Google play.
Honestly, I think people worry about the wrong things.

I’m not worried, but Google is watching.

When your CC is compromised like mine was, you will worry.

My comment was specifically in response to cpaynter’s last sentence, and was slightly sarcastic. I hoped that the linked article would imply that, but my social skills aren’t my strongest suit. I don’t give the Googler any more info than is absolutely necessary, and take pretty good precautions when using my cc online.

@cpaynter said in Best Safe Way To Pay Google Play:

The safest way to pay Google play is to enter your credit card information directly into Google play.
Honestly, I think people worry about the wrong things.

I’m not worried, but Google is watching.

I’ve been using a Canon MF4370-dn for about 9 years. I print less than 100 pages per month, and the Canon branded toner carts last me at least 3 years. The toner isn’t cheap, but the printer has never even hiccuped. If it died today, I would start my research with Canons.