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Re: Question about DYA and CC
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:33:29 GMT
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Jeff Johnston wrote:
> 
> Thomas D Fulk Jr wrote:
> > 
> >       I placed an order at DYA yesterday (Not my first) and today I
> > got a call from my CC company to confirm it was a legit transaction.
> > Has anyone else had that happen?  It's actually nice that they did
> > check, it makes me feel safer using that card online.
> 
> It's probably not because you ordered online, it's because the charges are
> coming from a different country than the one you're supposedly in. (This is
> probably why the porn charges passed by on Larry's card.) When I had to use
> my dad's card in England, they called him to verify that I was supposed to
> be using it...


I guess it doesn't happen to everyone.  I used my VISA all over the place
last summer on a trip to Germany, France, Luxemborg, and Monaco -- if the
CC company had tried to call me at home to confirm, they would've been
talking to my answering machine!  Lucky for me there were no problems.
-Tommy



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  Re: Question about DYA and CC
 
(...) It's probably not because you ordered online, it's because the charges are coming from a different country than the one you're supposedly in. (This is probably why the porn charges passed by on Larry's card.) When I had to use my dad's card in (...) (27 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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