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Second Life Questions
I hope someone out there it familiar with Second Life! I have to use it for a class and I'm last.
I have a couple of questions:
A. Is it safe to buy things from the Marketplace? Like clothes for your avatar? I can tell that anyone can list stuff but the site handles all of the transactions so random people can't see your information?
B. I accidentally left a box of stuff I bought on a... sandbox? People won't be able to see my credit card info or anything right?
C. Also, even though my internet runs fast second life runs very slow... anything I can fix that with?
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Marketplace is the safest place to buy stuff because you get a copy or receipt of proof that you bought something. It is possible that you buy something from a store in SL world, and don't get it. It's happened twice to me. Your credit card info is well protected in SL but if a program fools you to put your SL name and password into it, they will steal your linden money, avatar and clothing, the whole acct. So even if it looks like an official SL page, do not ever put that info name/password into it, the only place its safe to give your SL name and password is in SL marketplace.
If you left a box in sandbox, try to find your way back. No one else can open it or delete it or get any personal info on you from it. So you need to find it and open it.
It always runs slower than any other thing on internet. You can try to boost up to a better video card, but other than that, it always run slower, especially on evenings and weekends when more people are on too.
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Hello, Welcome to SL
I am a 7 year resident :-)
The marketplace is associated with Second Life, The transactions are hooked up to your account in world. When you log into the market place you will see your ($L) balance. It is a legit website and I have used it many times, In fact I shop there more then I do inworld.
The sandbox is used for building and rezzing (loading) items from inventory. Most sandboxes have a 4-7 hour policy before items are automatically returned back to your inventory. Therefore you did not loose your item, Check your inventory and look for the object in your "object" folder. In order to open or take back rezzed (loaded) items you can right click on the items.
Linden Labs (Creators of Second Life) have a privacy policy. Your credit card information is secure and will not be seen by other residents. I have used my credit card to buy $L (money) in world for the past 7 years without any problems.
Second life does frequent updates, This can cause second life to load slowly. You can read the grid status by logging into secondlife.com Also, Make sure your computer meets the requirements to run second life. Graphics card, Video card, Ram etc. A basic computer may not be enough to handle it. If you are trying to run SL off the motherboard (no graphics card) your computer will eventually die and could burn the hard drive.
Anymore questions, Message me in world at Jezzy Ricardo I am more then happy to answer any questions regarding your concerns.
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