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« on: July 26, 2010, 06:23:36 PM »
http://www.votebundle.com - $39 for $361 worth of shareware.
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 07:46:13 PM »
Bundle has a few interesting items in it; however the "buy" page is neither "https" nor locked. So I'm curious what you know about "these folks/this site/this bundle".

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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 09:56:42 PM »
Newish site - registered in May. Owner is one Christian Owens, from the UK

http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=v...prog_id=godaddy

He's on Twitter: http://twitter.com/the_dream

Same guy responsible for Mac Bundle Box, founded in 2008:
http://prmac.com/release-id-10177.htm
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/03/01/mac-bundle-...that-does-good/
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Mac Bundle Box was founded by Christian Owens in early 2008. Mac Bundle Box aims to provide the best Mac applications on the market at the lowest possible prices. Christian Owens has much experience in the web and application industries, working with popular social networks and other web professionals such as Chris Pirillo.

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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 07:55:32 PM »
Thanks, Paddy. For some reason I'm just seeing this post. I'm not at all sure I like Safari for boards. Anyhow ... I'm going to drop him/them a note before I transmit a CC number.

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 11:09:46 PM »
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For some reason I'm just seeing this post.


Check the Display mode under "options" on the top right hand side of the thread. You've probably got it set to "outline" instead of "standard."

Safari is no different in how it displays the forum than Firefox or any other standards-compliant browser. wink.gif
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 02:41:12 AM »
Wrote to Christian, so far no response. I'm curious to know if anyone else has purchased this bundle.


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Safari is no different in how it displays the forum than Firefox or any other standards-compliant browser.

I started a fresh thread on my Safari probs:
http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....showtopic=23131

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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 11:41:47 AM »
Heard from Christian. His response was:

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If you don't wish to enter your CC number on our site, feel free to click the small button next to 'PayPal' this will allow you to pay either with a PayPal account, or using your CC on the secure PayPal site.


Seems he really doesn't care that his shopping pages aren't secure. Makes me think twice about sending him money.

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 03:56:43 PM »
Just put your card number in backwards and email him what you did. tongue.gif
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2010, 08:03:39 PM »
Okay, I took a chance and used PayPal and my one CC. There were 2 aps that made it worth the money. They both work, so I’m thankful. I have 2 apps with bad serial numbers. I've submitted support tickets and it's now been 24 hours and I've not received a response. Personally, I'll never buy another bundle from this guy and I'd suggest none of you spend any money with him either.

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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2010, 01:39:54 AM »
Had a look - nothing there I want, but clicked on the "Authorize.Net" seal and got this popup:



Maybe it's the cynic in me, but all that seems to guarantee is that votebundle.com has signed up with Authorize.Net. The disclaimer makes it very clear that its role is nothing to do with us, the people buying from that "customer". But I guess that logo looks good on the bottom of a web page.

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