A note about the safety of sending credit card info via email, with suggestions.

Many people would rather not send their credit card information via email, for fear it will be intercepted somewhere along the way. This is a legitimate concern, and though we have never learned of a problem in this regard with anyone who has ordered from us, many people feel it is wise to disguise your number one way or another.

Apparently there is dastardly software available to hackers which constantly searches email going over the internet, automatically looking for the telltale structure of credit card numbers. We are told that there are a number of simple ways to foil this software by disguising your number so that it isn't flagged as a credit card number:

• You can write the number out as words, like this: One two two three, five five five two, three two four seven, seven seven two two. (Or even misspell them: "won, too, tree, fore...")
• You can send the first half of your number in one email, and the second half in a following email.
• You can stick other characters in amongst your number, like this: 12blah23, 55yuk52, 32gosh47, 77boy22.
• You can tack another number somewhere, then tell us to remove it, like this: "12239, 55529, 32479, 77229: remove all 9's."

In other words, just disguise your number so it is not in the usual form, and the hacker software won't be able to spot it. You can explain how you disguised it in your email, because the hacker software doesn't read the email, it just looks dumbly for the credit card numbers.

If you are still worried about it, you can always call in your order, send it via snail mail, or use a secure site like CD Baby.

THANK YOU!!