Everyone is going to have their FEELINGS about the trustworthiness of PAYPAL, banks, companies, and so on... the thing is my cards have been hacked by those hackers who get at orders DURING THE CHECK OUT PROCESS, AT ANY SITE, NOT JUST HERE.... and it HAS to be noted that while I have been "afraid" of PAYPAL for YEARS, they ARE the ONLY ones who (so far) have not been hacked...it DOES add a layer of "invisibility" to simply hook up a credit card to pay pal, and use them as a "gate way" TO your card, in checking out....it's like putting an "invisibility cloak" on your card! (NOT keeping any money IN paypal) so the process of checking out becomes hidden... I'm going that route...what other choice do I have? I WANT TO SHOP....so I have to FIGHT BACK and TRY.  It still COSTS to use a gift cert...?!

 Good luck everyone... !! It's an evil world with hackers in it...but we need to fight back. 

Yes, I got the notice too... at least NOW I have more information to show my bank that it was indeed HACKED...it will help with my on-going "dispute" !  I have the $521 charge to EtheopianAir in UGANDA that slipped through before Visa called me on a declined $1000 charge. :(  I am STILL in the resolution of this charge... how CAN they believe I would charge such a thing?!  grrrrr!!  

I WILL USE PAY PAL AS A GATEWAY WITH A NEW CARD!!! THEY CAN NOT WIN!!!  I WILL SHOP!   

NOOOO but the button to GO TO PAY PAL was not there, the first time my friend did this process??? My friend is trying AGAIN RIGHT NOW, as I type this.... stay tuned...

 IT WORKED!!  the "missing button is there this time..." so she could GET to her pay pal...and did check out, and GOT HER HAIR THAT WAS ON SALE ! YAY!

Would the missing "go to pay pal button" be because she had never used pay pal here, before?  Makes me wonder, I'll just have to try it myself once I get my new card that I want to use this way. 

whew! 

OK well I'm just waiting for a store person to tell me if the portal HERE works this way and if, indeed the pay pal BUTTON option WILL appear at check out, since my friend could NOT FIND THE PAY PAL BUTTON DURING CHECKOUT.

I just went and read a lot on the PAYPAL site... seems I only need to LINK my new cc to my paypal account...then use my PAY PAL ID here, when I check out via the pal pal portal...so my card numbers NEVER have to be TYPED IN AT A STORE again!  PayPal is being the 'gate way to my cc' I think.  The cc can STILL get hacked but maybe it's a bit more secure, being stored and used from PAYPAL only... hmmm..

Well it's my understanding if I put money into my paypal, then use it to pay for my order here, it should be immediate... however this is where I am confused and waiting for Kristi to help... It may be that I need to have my new cc 'on file' with my (new) pay pal account FIRST for the charge to "sale right through" using the paypal gateway... but it all sets MY brain to spinning... I'm trying to learn about how paypal works BEFORE I receive my new card... I better go TO paypal and start reading... !

oohhhh then it's a recognized issue! yay!  NOW I can be patient!! Thanks so much for letting me know!

Well I had just decided to get my first EVER Pay Pal account, but then ONLY use it to put money IN to pay pal JUST in the amount of what I put in my cart...then buy that right away USING PAY PAL... so I need to "learn" the pay pal procedures.... KristiS said she uses Pay Pal this way, gets her downloads right away (hey we all "need" that instant gratification, right?! :) - though really, it's because I am in the middle of an art project and need something for it)  - but take advantage of the pay pal security with a brand new card... however, I am also going to start out by using this new card at only ONE store...for about a month, then add one store at a time...try and track it... yet hoping beyond hope that this will solve my stressful issue...to say nothing of being forced to miss all the sales ! grrrr!

oh dear... poor lady.... thanks for you help!

Food for though, g_purvis!  So sad that these horrible people keep finding ways to mess with the good guys (the store merchants, and us!) and it's so darn hard to catch them! :(

Well.... I had my new "low limit" card for just THREE WEEKS and got hacked AGAIN! I made sure I only used it at our 3D content stores....so IT gets hacked but my regular card I use ALL the time for groceries and necessities DIDN'T... sure excludes my bank, my machine, and Visa.... I am so so so so so upset! I had a cart full with coupon in hand.... and I can't go TO my bank branch to get an "instant" replacement, due to my health...so I have to wait 7-10 business days..... AGAIN.... I asked the fraud dept. about a "pre-paid visa"... but he said I would HAVE to go IN to a branch to be issued that kind of card.... sooo IF I'm brave enough to shop again (probably start here first, as I actually feel safest HERE) and IF it gets hacked again, I WILL wait till a less "germ-y" time in summer to walk into a branch and get a prepaid card...and to keep it safe, I will 1. fill my cart, 2. go to my bank on line, put the exact amount on the card, and then 3. immediately BUY the stuff in my cart and use the limit... The Fraud guy said the NUMBER can get hacked, but at least if they can't use it for these $500-$1000 travel agencies charges maybe they will give up?!?!  He said the only way they could use it is if they used it at the EXACT same time as I was.... I just hate this STRESS.... really messes with my poor muse when she gets an artistic idea and needs a product!

oh sorry PS   Windows 7 64 bit, IE 11 on a DESKTOP computer.

I really just don't get it...if I choose a date, shouldn't it just happen...?

At least the mods in the FreeStuff forum stuck my Thread in the header...I need to thank them again, as people are letting me know "I just found your free stuff, thank you so much".... NOW...so that helps a lot, to KEEP the word out. 

 Honestly, I keep TRYING to USE Rendo like I used to...it's just so frustrating!  :( 

 OH I know cc numbers are not stored here...and I honestly do NOT think it happened via Renderosity,...I have shopped here for YEARS...I mean YEARS with no problems...but I also found out last time my card was hacked, that it's not the cc numbers that are getting hacked, it's the ORDERS themselves...and the numbers are being taken off the order within the "inner workings" of the charges going through...so it's sort of at a different point in the process that the hackers get into.  :(  

 This is the whole reason I now keep TWO cc's active - I'll always have one to use for food, etc.  I at least can 'narrow it down' if I only use my low level card at just a few shops... and I ALWAYS watch my activity on line...and I always pay off the card in total each month.

 It's just so upsetting...  

 I was told that the "file version" I saved out of my Poser 2014 would NOT work in any Poser but 2014....that I needed a copy made with the file version changed to "9" from the "10.4" - so I did that and posted it as a separate link on the same page:

 http://www.lynescreations.com/survivor.htm

 I sure hope I did that right!

OH, finally figured out HOW to upload a small image to this post! Wish there was more of a clear way of how to upload...not all of us are young computer geeks for this sort of thing!  ;)

 Thanks, Kerya, you're SUCH a help to me! hugs!! 

 This thread got lost again, and UVDan just put my thread in the header so it's always there for any new folks to find all my goodies, even when I can't post often for reasons of:

my darn joints... and/or no new freebies...

I do have one new little freebie:  a Native American head dialed morph POSE, available on my website page, showing an image of same:

http://www.lynescreations.com/survivor.htm

Cheers, everyone! :)

Lyne

Lyne's Creations