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Privacy & SecurityWhy open an account with Chessler Books? Having an acct allows you to order without retyping your name address
and CC number every time you order, making typos, etc. The info is in my computer,
why not use it to make your life and my life easier? That is how
amazon works, and everybody else. We dropped our 800 number some years ago because the new way is better than the old way. To
be more secure you may feel that you should phone or email an order.
But that is a pain for you and me, takes time, and creates an area to
introduce errors. And it takes time. Computers
make life easier if you let them. The only good part about the phone is
the ability to talk, chat, enjoy each others company. And people who call me often enjoy talking to me, and vice versa. I
know some folks think that there is some benefit in avoiding having an
account with another website. But that's not how it works. No
matter what you do, if you place an order on a website your info is
recorded in our or their computer. So when the Russians and Romanians
are done with hacking the CIA and get around to mining Chessler Books
they will get your number no matter what you or I do. However,
they probably will not hack our website, they will get somebody bigger,
as the payoff is much greater. You never hear of small websites being
hacked. Its always some company that has 30 million credit cards. Of course, what is unsaid is that some people think I, little old me, will do somethings
to them by my having their account, password, credit card, etc. Well,
guess what, I already have your CC number, and have for 35 years, so
that is not happening. If you don't trust me, just send me a check,
money order or cash. That method worked well for many years and still
does. Also
some may think I will send them too many emails. Well, I do send a lot
of emails. Often three a week. Most people ignore them. If they really
bothers you, unsubscribe. One click and you are off, and can never get
on again! You are LOCKED OUT! In
fact, most people realize that if they really want to get a chance at
the good books they should be on my mailing list. So I had my programmer
write a small app for me so I can manually reinstate people who
foolishly deleted their names from our list. I assure you that there
are many people who like ..... love..... are addicted... to getting my
emails. Mountain books are a part of their lives, and I help bring it to
them. I am not selling time shares on a beach in Bulgaria. This is
climbing books, not the Florida lottery. My
customers generally love getting my emails. I have some customers who
buy from us every week. Quite a few spend hundreds of dollars each
week or month. It is
much more than entertainment. It is what some people do with the
disposable part of their income and come back for more. So we know we
are doing the right thing. Also,
the ordering/billing/website programs and the mailing list are not even
connected! Every week or two I use another custom app so I can scoop
up all the emails from all the recent orders and I add the emails to my
list, with the same fingers that are typing this windy essay. I copy and
paste the new emails. The programs are unconnected. There is only one way to be safe on the internet. Which is: ready for the truth? Don't be on the internet. Be a Ted Kaczynski.
Don't use email, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon, Chessler, just stay off. If
you spend money, go to the shop and pay cash. If you buy from some
company too far to visit, tell them what you want and send them cash, or
a money order, not a credit card, NEVER a debit card, and NOT a check
on your checking account. If you ever tell anybody anything you do not
want the world to know, its too late. The world already knows it. I
wonder sometimes how the police know who looks at child pornography?
Reading child porn is illegal in America. Just to read and look, forget about creating it. What
happened to Amendment 1? Well, the police read your emails. How do they
do that? I don't know, but it clearly violates Amendment 4, search.
They don't ask for your permission, but they will send you to jail for
reading kiddie porn. So if the cops are hacking your computer, its fair
to assume the bad guys may hack it too. So in the 37 years we have been selling books, and 22 years we have been using the internet, privacy and security have not been problem areas. Having Amazon hack my listings on their website, get the books I had that they didn't know about, and then undersell me is a problem area. It is also a crime.
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