{"id":86,"date":"2018-11-21T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2018-12-05T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:51:48","slug":"black-friday-dos-and-donts-get-the-best-deals-stay-safe-while-online-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/black-friday-dos-and-donts-get-the-best-deals-stay-safe-while-online-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts: Get The Best Deals &#038; Stay Safe While Online Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the smartphone looking a bit lackluster these days? Before you go on the big Black Friday hunt, make sure you\u2019re ready with safe disposal of your old device (send it to ShipnDestroy.com for secure destruction and protection of your sensitive data) and then? Happy Shopping:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not All the Best Deals are on Black Friday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Consumer Reports, doing your homework ahead of time may save you even more money than on Black Friday itself. Check ads and some of these sites recommended by Consumer Reports on where to find the best Black Friday deals on your electronics:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/shopping-retail\/top-10-black-friday-shopping-tips\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/shopping-retail\/top-10-black-friday-shopping-tips\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shop on your Desktop, not your Smartphone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many smart devices lack the security that a desktop has, so try to avoid impulse shopping on your smart device. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use a Credit Card, not your Debit or Gift Card<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A credit card company will show you records of transactions and allow you to dispute charges, whereas a debit could drain your account if you\u2019re hacked. Same with a gift card online \u2013 if it\u2019s drained, there\u2019s no way to trace it back. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Log Out of Amazon COMPLETELY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure when you finish shopping that you take that extra click to logoff the site completely. Mute your Alexa so that no unwanted items are inadvertently ordered by your 5-year-old (or other less innocent suspects.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online shopping has never been easier and now commands the marketplace. Doing your homework, staying diligent with your security measures and enjoy your holiday shopping.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the smartphone looking a bit lackluster these days? Before you go on the big Black Friday hunt, make sure you\u2019re ready with safe disposal of your old device (send it to ShipnDestroy.com for secure destruction and protection of your sensitive data) and then? Happy Shopping: Not All the Best Deals are on Black Friday: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/black-friday-dos-and-donts-get-the-best-deals-stay-safe-while-online-shopping\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}