Buying a tablet is pretty much the same as buying an electrical goods online and so the rules that apply are the same.
Electrical Safety Council safe shoppers guide
When buying:
- Always compare the same product on different sites.
- search on the name of the retailer with the word voucher
- search on the name of the retailer with the word review
- some retailers now offer order now collect in store
- Remember to add in carriage
- find out who the courier is (do they have local branch/can it be left with a neighbour etc)
- Never buy if there is no phone number or address on the website
- make sure your email address is correct
- never press the same button twice (to avoid double payments)
- take a copy of your payment screen in case they don’t send you payment confirmation
- take a note of which payment system they use (if any), such as PayPal, Sagepay etc.
- If anything looks funny or fishy follow up immediately
- if no email has been received
- if no thankyou/confirmation screen has been received
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