Payment is made immediately via the Internet, unless the server is unavailable.

However, rice power reserves the right to refuse any and all orders or deliveries in the event of (a) surpassing the order threholds indicated herein
(b) ongoing dispute with the Buyer
(c) Buyer's total or partial non-payment of a previous order
(d) credit or bank company's refusal to authorize payment
(e) non-payment or partial payment. In all these cases, rice power cannot be held liable in any manner.

The bank or credit card payment transaction between the Buyer's computer and the secured payment system managed by PayPal, is entirely encoded and protected using the S.S.L. (Secure Socket Layer) procedures.