I just sent the following message via the contact page at http://ameridroid.com/contact

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Hey there.

I decided to purchase an Odroid C-1 and several accessories, but I've been having a hell of a time trying to do that.

I originally ordered last week from hardkernel.com, but they canceled it on their own the next day and sent me an e-mail explaining "there has been some lost case these days in US" and telling me to order from ameridroid.com, with an apology for any inconvenience.

That was, in fact, a bit of an inconvenience, but I set off to buy it again anyway and ended up running into two problems:

1. The C-1 details page here <http://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-c1> says "U-boot/Kernel/Linux source code will be released 15-Dec-2015. Android source code will be published in February 2016 after resolving some license issues".  This is probably an error, since the page here <http://hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php> says "U-boot/Kernel/Linux source code was released 15-Dec-2014. Android source code will be published in February after cleaning some license issues."  (Note the one year difference between the dates on ameridroid.com and the ones from Hardkernel!)  If for some reason the C-1 you ship differs and the dates are not a mistake, I need to know that.  I'm not interested in waiting 1+ year to get my order completely fulfilled.

2. If I ignore the above and press on with trying to complete my purchase, I don't have any confidence in the security of my payment.  The ameridroid.com site doesn't use HTTPS.  That's okay for adding items to the cart, since at that point, nobody is yet transmitting any payment information, but it's *only* okay if the checkout happens from a secure page from, say, https://pay.ameridroid.com.  But that doesn't happen.  The checkout page is served from https://04622216-5b1d-11e4-8b60-14feb5da1938.mysimplestore.com.  The immediate questions become "What is this site and its affiliation with ameriDroid?  How can I be sure this isn't a MITM phishing attempt?"

Thanks,

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