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   Message 1,170 of 1,634   
   Justin Palmer to Stuart Dawson   
   Re: Avoid buying anime from rightstuf.co   
   10 Nov 07 16:20:01   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime, uk.media.animation.anime   
   From: justin@briareos.demon.co.uk   
      
   Stuart Dawson wrote:   
   >>>> 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!   
   >>> Did they say e-mail? Fax is traditional.   
   >> They did say e-mail. And stressed that they needed a photo of both the   
   >> front, and back of the card.   
   >   
   > Yeah that's odd, because I started dealing with them years ago and   
   > asked them if they'd take a fax as it was more secure and they said   
   > yes straight away.  After this extremely trivial inconvenience I've   
   > since had nothing but excellent service and picked up some great deals   
   > that have saved me a bundle of money.  Worth it in the long run.   
   >   
   	I also registered with Rigth Stuf via international fax some time ago   
   and whilst I've only very occasionally ordered from them I've never had   
   any trouble with them that I've been made aware of.   
      
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