This Old Cat
This Old Cat
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  1. You have not put anything into your cart
  2. Your browser is not accepting cookies

You may be requesting to View Your Cart but have not placed anything into your cart yet. If so, you'll need to return to the site's shopping pages, and place something into your cart to initialize a cart so you can view it.

If you have placed at least one item already into your cart, and find yourself at this page, it is because your browser is not accepting cookies. You have attempted to call a cart function, but your browser did not allow a cookie to be set to initialize your shopping cart. In a rare case your browser may have lost our cookies reference to your order.

You browser may be configured in its settings to refuse cookies being sent to it, or you may have manually refused to accept the cookie. In order to use Shopping on this site, we need to set a harmless reference number for your orders. The number is meaningless, and contains absolutely no information about you, your internet activities, email, or anything else. The number is a long number, which has meaning only to the shopping system while you are shopping.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

This Old Cat and many other eCommerce providers use a small cookie to remember your shopping cart: the cookie is simply a reminder to the web page of what your shopping cart number is, so that it can store the things you put in the cart until such time as you want to "check out" and send the order to the web page's owner. This string poses no security or privacy risk to you, it is simply a reminder so that we can fetch the products you have on your order sheet when you click on the shopping cart/checkout icon. Otherwise, we would not remember what you had ordered before! Some browsers come with cookies turned off by default. This page is designed to help you enable cookies so that you may use the shopping cart feature at This Old Cat.

You need to have cookies enabled to use our on-line shopping cart to place an order at This Old Cat. The method of enabling cookies is described below, depending on the type of web browser you are using. After you have cookies enabled, try to log in again. For further instructions on how to change your cookies settings, please use your browser's HELP documentation to make the appropriate changes.

HELPFUL HINT: You may wish to enable cookies immediately prior to logging into www.thisoldcat.com, then disable them immediately after you've completely finished placing your order and left our site.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Changing settings on your web browser or other Internet applications can have consequences that affect the security of your computer as well as your online privacy. This document is intended merely to show you how to enable cookies on these two browsers. The decision on whether or not to change these settings is made by you, and you alone. You should not change application settings if you do not understand the implications involved in doing so. We encourage you to understand your privacy rights on the internet. Please note that in some environments, particularly corporate environments, your Network Administrator may have locked you out of being able to modify security settings for Internet Explorer. If you are using your browser in a corporate or other organizational environment, always discuss with your Network Administrator any proposed changes to the security settings of your applications.
This Old Cat assume no responsibility for consequences of your changing your application's settings according to these suggested instructions.

HOW TO ENABLE COOKIES - Find your browser and system/version below and follow the simple steps:

I. INTERNET EXPLORER

    A. Using Internet Explorer on a Macintosh:
    1. Under the Edit menu, select Preferences
    2. Select Cookies
    3. Enable cookies per application
    B. Internet Explorer 3.x
    1. Go to View on the menu bar
    2. Pick Options
    3. Click the Advanced tab
    4. Go down to the Cookies section
    5. Click "Warn Before Accept Cookies"
    6. Click OK
    C. Internet Explorer 4.x
    1. Go to View on the menu bar
    2. Pick Internet Options
    3. Click the Advanced tab
    4. Go down to the Cookies section
    5. Click "Always Accept Cookies"
    6. Click OK
    D. Internet Explorer 5.x: OPTION #1
    1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options
    2. Click on the Security tab
    3. From the Security tab, click Custom Level
    4. Scroll to the "Allow Cookies that are Stored on Your Computer" section
    5. Click on either ENABLE or PROMPT
    6. Scroll to the "Allow per-session Cookies (not stored) " section
    7. Click on ENABLE
    8. Click OK
    E. Internet Explorer 5.x: OPTION #2
    1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options
    2. Click on the Security tab
    3. From the Security tab, click on the green Trusted Sites icon
    4. Click on Sites
    5. At the "Add this web site to the zone" box, type in (type EXACTLY as shown here!):
        http://www.thisoldcat.com
    6. Uncheck the box labeled "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone"
    7. Click OK
    8. Click OK

II. NETSCAPE

    A. Using Netscape Navigator/Communicator on a Macintosh
    1. Under the Edit menu, select Preferences
    2. Under Category, select Advanced
    3. Look for the Cookies section. Select "Accept all cookies"
      Optional Step 3. Select "Warn me before accepting a cookie", in order for sites to notify the user that they are entering a site which uses cookies
    B. Netscape Navigator/Communicator 3.x
    1. Go to Options on the menu bar
    2. Select Network Preferences
    3. Click the Languages tab
    4. Click the checkbox next to "Enable Java"
    5. Click OK
    C. Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x
    1. Go to the Edit menu
    2. Select Preferences
    3. Go to the Advanced option on the Category menu
    4. Under the Cookies section on the right, click "Accept all cookies"
    5. Click OK to save changes

III. AOL

    1. Go to My AOL at the top of the AOL homepage
    2. Select Preferences
    3. Click on the WWW Security Icon
    4. Select Custom Level
    5. Enable cookies and per-session cookies
    6. Click OK to save changes Note: If you have cookies enabled and still are having trouble, you may have third party software which disables or deletes cookies regardless of your browser settings. You will need to consult the instructions of that software for information on enabling cookies.

SPECIAL NOTE TO NON-COOKIE USERS! If you choose not to use cookies (and some folks do), we respect that. Please feel free to print our BLANK ORDER FORM, fill it in by hand and mail it to us along with your check or money order (sorry, NO credit cards if using the blank order form!).


Having difficulties? We're here to help. Please send the details of your problem to
ThisOldCat@Rochester.rr.com or call toll-free 1-866-388-4707
or fax toll-free 1-866-343-2737
This Old Cat, PO Box 320, Honeoye, NY 14471-0320
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