Carao - pictures finally!

[WARBIRDWS6]

I'm not teasing. I've put up the link to the carao site a bunch of times. I try not to post it because I don't want to be a "hawker" of somebody's product.

http://www.costa-rica-natural.com/

ha. i was just busting balls. i figured you would tell us if we asked. but i honestly hadn't seen the link in any of your previous posts. but you didn't want to be a produce whore like you are now for posting it. j/k again in case you are gonna get upset.

 

[Mike P.T.]

I definately want to get my hands on some. The whole credit card thing though I'm not too sure about though.

 

[SofaGeorge]

I definately want to get my hands on some. The whole credit card thing though I'm not too sure about though.

I emailed him to ask about that. His dad emailed me back that they've added a banner stating the credit card thing is secure. I was trying to get him to get PayPal too. Not sure if they will do that.

 

[Mike P.T.]

I emailed him to ask about that. His dad emailed me back that they've added a banner stating the credit card thing is secure. I was trying to get him to get PayPal too. Not sure if they will do that.

You lucky bastard. I bet you're really good friends with this guy and he gives you a ton of this good stuff for free along with other goodies from their native land. I want IN!!!

btw - thx for the mega blast back

 

[SofaGeorge]

You lucky bastard. I bet you're really good friends with this guy and he gives you a ton of this good stuff for free along with other goodies from their native land. I want IN!!!

btw - thx for the mega blast back

Actually - that's the truth. I've been emailing the guy a lot... and he just wrote me two days ago that he is sending me two free bottles of his new batch. (If you are broke - PM me your address and I'll send you one free. If you're not broke BUY YOUR OWN!)

It's kind of interesting to write to him too - definitely a very different life than what we lead. Read his site... he's like this organic farmer health nut. He seems pretty poor, but highly ethical... definitely dedicated to living a naturalist existance. He doesn't even have a phone. He has to walk to town and hook his computer onto a pay phone to retrieve his emails. (I feel guilty as shit having him put out the money to pay for postage sending me the stuff.)

He sent me one letter and he was describing working all day in this huge tropical fruit rainforrest that he owns... working all by himself all day with no one else in sight for miles. I have to admit... I sort of envy his life. It sounds freaking beautiful.

 

[EngiCream]

I emailed him to ask about that. His dad emailed me back that they've added a banner stating the credit card thing is secure.

They sure sound like nice people, but the page is still not "secure".....the page is the same as it was the other day except for some text that says "Your credit card number is secure on the server."

Maybe with the increased exposure they'll upgrade their checkout system....or there's always paypal...or maybe even money-order (not sure how that works in costa-rica though)

BTW sofageorge, I'm broke.....if Mike P.T. doesn't take you up on your offer I will.

 

[SofaGeorge]

They sure sound like nice people, but the page is still not "secure".....the page is the same as it was the other day except for some text that says "Your credit card number is secure on the server."

Maybe with the increased exposure they'll upgrade their checkout system....or there's always paypal...or maybe even money-order (not sure how that works in costa-rica though)

BTW sofageorge, I'm broke.....if Mike P.T. doesn't take you up on your offer I will.

Engicream... can you do me a favor and write me an exact description of what is wrong with their site re security. I've been emailing the guy and his dad. They were very concerned about this issue... and his dad sent me a description of why it WAS secure. Since I know NADA about this... it'd be better if I could send them an exact description of what is wrong.

How do they upgrade it?

One of them emailed me that they do take checks.

I pushed them to get PayPal. I wonder if that is going to be their best solution.

 

[EngiCream]

Engicream... can you do me a favor and write me an exact description of what is wrong with their site re security. I've been emailing the guy and his dad. They were very concerned about this issue... and his dad sent me a description of why it WAS secure. Since I know NADA about this... it'd be better if I could send them an exact description of what is wrong.

How do they upgrade it?

One of them emailed me that they do take checks.

I pushed them to get PayPal. I wonder if that is going to be their best solution.

I tried PMing you this answer, but it's over the 1000 letter limit so I'll just post it here:

For example, go to these sites:

https://www.paypal.com/

https://www.hushmail.com/

http://216.219.200.193/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=AFS (click on checkout and you'll see it turns into a secure site.

The thing all these sites have in common are they all start with https: instead of the normal http: if you look in the lower right corner there will be a little lock and key icon too. That lets you know that the site is secure, the site is who it says it is, and that all your info will be encrypted and safe (ideally).

I really don't know how they go about fixing this problem. I only know what to look for in a site when I'm purchasing things by credit card. I looked for it in the costa-rica site and didn't see it. Off the top of my head I guess you could talk to Ulter since he runs an online store....or maybe even George Spellwin. I think you could have a third party provide the security for them....yahoo does this....in fact while I was sitting here I searched and found out that the www.ceri.com site uses yahoo for this service. take a look:

http://store.yahoo.com/ceri/index.html

Here's where to get more info on this:

http://store.yahoo.com/

Personally, I think it'd be much less hassle if they just used PayPal.....they walk you through the whole process.

I know this isn't an exact answer, but it should help get them started.....or at least see what people mean when they say that there checkout system is not secure.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Engicream... muchos thanks. I'm going to cut and paste your answer to him into an email. These seem like really nice people and it's great to be able to help them out.

PM me in about a week and I'll send you one of my bottles. They should have come in by then.

 

[EngiCream]

PM me in about a week and I'll send you one of my bottles. They should have come in by then.

awesome...thanks a lot!


BTW - you might wanna try posting this problem on the chat board.....I would think that someone there has to run an online store and knows exactly how to get a secure checkout system set up.