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   From: j@tmbg.org   
      
   Don't give your credit card details to "rightstuf.com"   
      
   Because they're currently the only place to order the licensed   
   translation for 'Victorian Romance Emma', I tried to purchase it from   
   them...   
      
   My mistake.   
      
   It turns out that have some funny ideas about credit cards. Because I'm   
   an 'International Purchaser, they're demanding I send them a photo of   
   address ID and a photo of the front and back of my credit card! Yes,   
   that's right, they want me to send them my credit card over email!   
      
   I've contacted them to point out that this isn't awfully secure, and   
   that contrary to what they appear to think, VISA do offer verification   
   of UK credit cards to US merchants. They could even use the 'Verified by   
   VISA' password check with my credit card. They'd even get lower   
   transaction costs if they used that system. They've consistently denied   
   that they could do that, claiming it's not available to them, and   
   there's no way to verify my card. Insisting that the only way they can   
   'securely' accept my VISA payment is by sending them photos of my card   
   by email.   
      
   This goes against a raft of the rules for VISA merchants. And it leads   
   me to significantly question how securely they're handling people's   
   credit cards, so I'm recommending not to give your business to these people.   
      
      - Jay   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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