Micro Macro Mundo Inc. is Trusted e-commerce Certified

Again, we are pioneers in securing you data. You may buy with confidence from us being assured that NOBODY will have access to your information in any of our Computers and that your data is securely encrypted while in transit from your Computer to ours.

Micro Macro Mundo is proud to announce that we have passed all the tests and complied with the hundred's of pre-requisites to become a "Trusted e-commerce program to validate compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) mandated by all the major credit card associations including: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, Visa, Inc. and Visa Europe."

This has been a huge work required by the Credit Cards processors and required a profound upgrade to all our systems, not only in hardware but the software to protect our systems against anyone trying to steal data from them.

The PCI DSS, a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security, was developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. Inc. International, to help facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global basis.

The PCI DSS is a multifaceted security standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. This comprehensive standard is intended to help organizations proactively protect customer account data.

The PCI Security Standards Council will enhance the PCI DSS as needed to ensure that the standard includes any new or modified requirements necessary to mitigate emerging payment security risks, while continuing to foster wide-scale adoption.
Ongoing development of the standard will provide for feedback from the Advisory Board and other participating organizations. All key stakeholders are encouraged to provide input, during the creation and review of proposed additions or modifications to the PCI DSS.

The core of the PCI DSS is a group of principles and accompanying requirements, around which the specific elements of the DSS are organized:
Build and Maintain a Secure Network

Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data
Requirement 2: Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters Protect Cardholder Data
Requirement 3: Protect stored cardholder data
Requirement 4: Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program
Requirement 5: Use and regularly update anti-virus software
Requirement 6: Develop and maintain secure systems and applications Implement Strong Access Control Measures
Requirement 7: Restrict access to cardholder data by business need-to-know
Requirement 8: Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access
Requirement 9: Restrict physical access to cardholder data Regularly Monitor and Test Networks
Requirement 10: Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data
Requirement 11: Regularly test security systems and processes Maintain an Information Security Policy
Requirement 12: Maintain a policy that addresses information security

To further the adoption of the PCI DSS, the PCI Security Standards Council defines credentials and qualifications for QSAs and ASVs. The PCI Security Standards Council also manages a global training and certification program for QSAs and ASVs.

Micro Macro Mundo has been working for over 2 month to be able to comply with all these requirements and the seal of "trustwave" is displayed in our Home page for you to review.

Marklin 37530 Club 2009 HO for Members only

Marklin 37530 Insider Club Model in HO and 88530 in Z gauge.

This unit can ONLY be ordered using the Original Coupon included in the last Marklin Club Magazine mailing.

Please sign it and send the original (not photocopies) without delay to our address by mail:

7138 S.W. 117th. Ave., Miami Florida 33183

Micro Macro Mundo Inc. will as always, offer a substantial discount to those regular Customers of us that keep being loyal to our business.

Customers without coupon or not Club member WILL PAY FULL PRICE set by Marklin.

There are also more items for the Members as each year: New 2009/10 Catalog and one car either in HO or Z gauge. (there is nothing for free to those that collect 1 gauge, what a shame, Marklin) These 2 products are FREE from Marklin to the Club Member.

However, those Customers that only order the FREE Car and FREE Catalog (as part of the benefits of the Marklin Club) if no other order has been received from them, will be charged a fee for handling and shipping their order of the "free" items.

We are crossing tough days due the recession and each day more increases on prices from everyone are received, including the Postal Service and other carriers, so there is no way we can afford to send these "free" products and the very heavy Catalog for free as there is involved a lot of work, packing material and other expenses to ship.

The idea behind these "free" offers from the Marklin Club was to increase the business between Collectors and Dealers, however, this is not the case in many instances as in past years, we have received dozens of coupons for the free goods and no a single order of regular Club items that has a cost for the Member.

We strongly oppose the policy of Marklin with these "free" offers. If they are for free, then it is up to Marklin to send them out to each Customer Member of the Club and not to pass all these expenses involved on this matter to Dealers that have enough with being feathered with all the Marklin problems.

Of course, we will honor all the coupons sent to us, but if you have not bought with us in the last 12 Months, we will charge you $ 20,00 for shipping EACH of these "free" items (Catalog and HO car) and $ 16.00 if the car is Z gauge.

For all those other Customers that have spent at least $ 500.00 in the last 12 month with us, we will ship these free items FOR FREE. If you spent less than $ 500.00 then we will charge you the postage to be paid or the cost of FedEx/UPS ground to your location at cost.

PLEASE NOTE:

Revise the Credit Card you have on file with us. These days of Bank changes, there are many numbers that have changed and/or expiration dates changed.

If any change was done to your card, also the 3 digits from the back have changed, so we REQUIRE you to update your credit cards on file to be able to ship your backorders and items from the Club.

Marklin 31860 3 Crocodile set 150th. anniversary

Marklin 31860 set of 3 Crocodiles same as 31859 but in a production of only 500 units Worldwide.

This set is very scarce and we have already sold out all our allocation.

We can only take orders without guarantee of delivery as we are not sure if we will be able to get a few more of these.

Same as 31859 this item was sold out even before we knew it will be made.

But it is not bad idea to have an order even if we can't cover it, you never know.

This set is part of a presentation package offered to few Dealers and the same package that includes the black Crocodile 39564

Marklin 39564 150th. Anniversary Crocodile BLACK

Marklin has announced, among other items, a series of special Exclusive items such as this Crocodile Black item # 39564

The production of these locomotives will be limited to 2000 units only, so we encourage our Customers to place order for it immediately as our allocations is slim.

These are some highlights of it:

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) class Ce 6/8 III freight locomotive. Design with diagonal side rod drive.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder and a sound generator. It is limited to a production of 2000. Get yours from ajckids.com while we still have them. It also has high-efficiency Softdrive Sine propulsion and a maintenance-free, compact-design motor. 3 axles and a jackshaft powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has articulated running gear to enable to it to negotiate sharp curves. It has a 3-part metal body with end hoods that can swing out on curves. The locomotive has detailed roof equipment. The headlights and marker lights are maintenance-free warm white LEDs. The headlights with the Swiss headlight / marker light code will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally.

Dimensions:

Length over the buffers 23.0 cm / 9-1/16 inches.
Warm white LEDs for headlights / marker lights.
Metal construction.
Compact design Softdrive Sine propulsion.
Mfx decoder. Locomotive whistle sound effect.
LED headlights marker lights can be switched over: running "light" or with a train.

Marklin 39618 Fair 2009 few available

MARKLIN 39618

New presentation Steam Locomotive from the 2009 Nuremberg Toy Fair.

This unit was made EXCLUSIVELY for those Dealers that attended the Fair and it is in a very high shortage, as this Year was not one of the best for Marklin (or for any other Manufacturer either) and attendance was low.

It is a class 61 DR and has a wooden base and metal label.

We have a few left for sale and orders will be taken to be shipped in the same order we receive them. We are sorry but for this unit we can not make reserves beyond our allocation.

Vollmer, Preiser, Brawa and Viessmann

We have received large quantities on these Manufacturers and have all been posted in our regular Web Site.
As many of you like to compare prices with other competitors, we invite you to do so before you place an order so you will be able to see that we still have the lowest price available in USA.

Regarding the products, if it is not available in our web site means that it is not available at Factory, either because they [Manufacturers] do not have stock, new items not released yet or it is a discontinued item.

In Marklin we have received all the latest releases as well as new restocking products, but the highlights are the Club Locomotives that were sent past week to all our Customers Members of the Marklin Club that had orders for it. There are no pending shipments and all were sold at discounted price as said at the time to place the orders.

Please look at the new items in our web site or on the blog to know more about the new Club Items for 2009.

Euro back to high exchange rate

Well, it has been long time without posting anything, but the truth is that nothing interesting has happened other than the Dollar, again, has become weak against the Euro.

As we stated in February/March our prices for new items were based in an exchange rate between $ 1.28 to $ 1.32 per Euro, however, these last days the Euro has floated around the $ 1.42 to $ 1.43.

We have made small adjustments on prices for products we have received till now in the same percentage that the Euro went up, what has reverted in just a few bucks on each item, not a lot, so our Customers have reacted very well and they keep the trust on us that we are doing all what we can to keep prices down.

Micro Macro Mundo Inc. assures that will keep the policy to make the fewer adjustments possible and in many instances, sacrifice margin to help keep low prices.