Powell's Books has built its outstanding reputation with more than twenty-five
years of personal service. Online, we believe you should feel just
as safe as you would in our Portland, Oregon aisles. We'll stake our
reputation on it.
If you choose our secure server option, all of your personal information will
be encrypted before it is transmitted over the Internet. (Note the change from
http:// to https:// in the URL as you enter our security zone.) This means that
data cannot be read as it travels through the internet to our system. Our
secure server, certified by
Verisign (click on our Verisign Authenticity
Seal above), provides the highest level of security
available. And once we receive your encrypted personal information, we then
store it on a machine that is not accessible from the internet.
We're confident that our security system is the best in the business, and you
should be, too. That's why we guarantee that every transaction you make at
Powells.com will be 100% safe. If unauthorized charges are made to
your card as a result of shopping at Powells.com, you will pay nothing.
In the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must first notify your
credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.
Under US Federal Law, your bank can not hold you liable for more than $50.00 of
fraudulent charges. If your bank does hold you liable for any or all of the
maximum $50 amount, Powells.com will cover the charge (assuming
that the unauthorized use of your credit card resulted through no fault of your
own from purchases made at Powells.com while using our secure server).