A. www.smartnetlinks.com follows the Better Business Bureau's (I'm not a member of the BBB) recommentdation by having a Privacy Statement posted on site. You can access that statement at Privacy Statement

A. I receive tons of e-mail offers and way to much spam. I've had one e-mail account terminated because I got way too much mail (averaged 890 junk mails per day.). Yep, thousands of junk e-mail monthly. Thanks to USA.net, my new e-mail service that allows me to identify, then block out the junk mailers. I'm a one-person operation and I've lost customers due to the large volume of mail I waded through. Feel free to contact me with your comments and suggestions since I'm using my personal e-mail account now! I prefer to see what my customers say, want or need.

A. I've removed all the counters. What is left is a statistical monitor, used to track where my customers come from, how long they visit, what pages they are interested in, etc. Don't worry I don't know who you are and cannot bother you. All I see the ISP's number. You know, that we are exposed to market research everyday in one form or another throughout our life. What we eat, read, view, wear, drive, travel: all closely monitored by someone. Besides the USA, I get regular visits from many countries including: Canada. the UK, many European countries, Japan, Australia and Russia too. Many customers come via the Search Engines and Directories, but I get most direct due to my advertising. I need to track what customers asked for to understand how and why they came to my web site. I need to make advertising interesting and effective to turn browsers into customers.

A. When you go into a brick and mortar store you visit the various department, you see and touch merchandise from various sources. Many stores sell the same merchandise, from the same manufacturers, but a vastly different prices. SmartNetLinks marketPLACE is doing the same thing showing merchandise from many sources, other retailers and manufacturers, i.e., an associate or affiliate representing and presenting their product or service.......... with a nice discount because the overhead is so much lower.

A. I move stuff around to keep the site fresh. My affiliation with vendors and other stores is by mutual agreement. Those agreements can be terminated by either party. I keep a close watch on my daily traffic. Retailing is strickly a numbers game... if people don't visit, or they visit but don't buy... then as the saying goes... Houston, we have a problem!

A2. If I get any negative feedback about a site I've recommend, I remove it immediately, then I resolve the problem

A3. As you know, there is a huge shake down with dot com's. A great many have or are going out of business, going bankrupt or stop their affiliate programs. As a result you've, no doubt, noticed that more than a few are no longer represented on my site. They could still be in business. If they were one of your favorites... try a search to find their new location.

A. YES, it is completely safe. SmartNetLinks operates with a secure server (SSL, with 128 encryption) and all vendors operate with a secure server too. Your information is sent encrypted (jumbled). The receiver must unjumbled and reassembled. The are many different method of encryption. You can be assured that your information won't get into the wrong hands while it is being transmitted. Yep, there are hackers, but should something get intercepted, they've got incomplete, useless info. (Hacker could benefit society, but they choose to satisfy themselves, what a waste of talent...huh?)

This is a great question. The new digital era is here. Isn't this exciting: wireless internet on your wrist, in your cell phone, or in your palm computer. WARNING: All this information is sent in the air... it can be captured by anyone. Security isn't in place to protect confidential airborne information. When the wireless vendors can protect customers 100% I'll jump on the wagon, until then I'll stay with the hard wired stuff. It isn't 100% secure, but it is about as close as it can get for now. Hackers are trying every minute of every hour of every day to steal whatever they can...watch out.

Q. What are those links at the bottom of the home page for?

SmartNetLinks belongs to a long list of internet organizations which offer services to e-tailers to bring the best the internet offers. These links are actually cooperative advertising items. I'm helping them promote their site and in turn they promote mine. My page 3, B2B contains more of the list.

Thank you for visiting. A special thank you to the many who contacted me with suggestions. The idea is to make this website useful and valuable to you. I really appreciate your ideas and suggestions. All of the improvements and my success can be directly attributed to customer suggestions. I thank you.

SmartNetLinks is always worth your time! I spend hours each day searching the internet, reviewing web sites to find those just perfect money saving products, services, promotions and business opportunities we use everyday. I think these web pages represent the absolute best, unbeatable bargains I've found to-date!

Kindly bookmark all the various SmartNetLinks pages. It is best to bookmark the initial page, since the page you're being referred to changes frequently.

Feel free to send me your suggestions and comments. E-mail: BUD

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CHAIN LETTER FRAUD
From the WebChamber too. Visit this government site explaining how you'll get ripped by chair letters. Chair Mail Fraud

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CREDIT FRAUD PROTECTION. Anyone can protect themselves from credit fraud by calling 888-5OPTOUT. Get yourself removed from automatic credit searches. This way any of the four major reporting firms MUST contact you BEFORE releasing any of your confidential information. Do this NOW, this is a very, very good thing

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IDENTITY THEFT
It seems that one of the fastest growing crimes is identity theft. The California Office of Privacy Protection provides information on privacy rights and some steps to take to protect yourself from the risk of identity theft

Here is a PC Magazines article on Identity theft. PC Magazine article: Identity Theft
I don't know how long this url will be there, so check it out immediately.

Here's a copy of an e-mail from someone that suffered the consequences of identity theft. ID Theft

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FRAUD.org
The internet is the newest breeding ground for crooks to hook dreamers. Before you spend any of your hard-earned money remember to check-it-out thoroughly! When they pressure you, make unbelievable promises, taut blue sky gains, run away, run fast and report them! If you think you are about to be or are being ripped off or you're receiving suspicious mail, telephone, door@door, or e-mail offers... REPORT them to Fraud.org.

Here is a copy of another e-mail sent to me regarding a Visa-Mastercard fraud scheme. Please, DON'T talk to anyone that calls you about your credit cards. If they contend there is a fraud HANG-UP (that might sound rude-but hang up) then CALL the PHONE number on the back of your credit card and check it out, Read story, CLICK:VISA-MASTERCARD FRAUD

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I'm a Bronze member of the World Wide Chamber of Commerce and support integrity on the internet by doing so.

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