Re: [luv-talk] ZaTab from ZaReason - a fully open Android tablet
Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
probably because if they get scammed by some scumbag using someone else's credit card, they wear the expense of the CC chargeback. credit card companies and paypal etc screw the merchants.
One solution, implemented by a U.S.-based organization from which I purchase services, is to use the Address Verification System to check the address supplied by the customer against that of the credit card holder. Unfortunately, my bank doesn't seem to support address verification, and since the organization in question required it, the transaction failed. In the end, they had to intervene manually to allow it. Are there legal reasons why Australian banks don't support address verification, and is there any option to enable it at the request of the customer?
Jason White wrote:
Unfortunately, my bank doesn't seem to support address verification, and since the organization in question required it, the transaction failed. In the end, they had to intervene manually to allow it.
Are there legal reasons why Australian banks don't support address verification, and is there any option to enable it at the request of the customer?
The first thing that occurs to me is that if address verification was enabled, perhaps it could be used to find out where people live or such, and so our super duper privacy laws block its use -- similar to how our whois database is pretty bare. (This is pure speculation.)
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
The first thing that occurs to me is that if address verification was enabled, perhaps it could be used to find out where people live or such, and so our super duper privacy laws block its use -- similar to how our whois database is pretty bare. (This is pure speculation.)
I had the same speculation, but I then thought that even if this were the case, one should be able to "opt in". The vendor gets the billing and shipping address anyway.
Hi all, I tried to order a ZaTab on Friday but the order was declined. I am just catching up with weekend's mail but reading this On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Jason White wrote:
Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
probably because if they get scammed by some scumbag using someone else's credit card, they wear the expense of the CC chargeback. credit card companies and paypal etc screw the merchants.
One solution, implemented by a U.S.-based organization from which I purchase services, is to use the Address Verification System to check the address supplied by the customer against that of the credit card holder.
Unfortunately, my bank doesn't seem to support address verification, and since the organization in question required it, the transaction failed. In the end, they had to intervene manually to allow it.
I assume you, Jason, had a similar problem. How did you get around it? Regards Peter
Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@bogen.in-berlin.de> wrote:
I am just catching up with weekend's mail but reading this
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Jason White wrote:
Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
probably because if they get scammed by some scumbag using someone else's credit card, they wear the expense of the CC chargeback. credit card companies and paypal etc screw the merchants.
One solution, implemented by a U.S.-based organization from which I purchase services, is to use the Address Verification System to check the address supplied by the customer against that of the credit card holder.
Unfortunately, my bank doesn't seem to support address verification, and since the organization in question required it, the transaction failed. In the end, they had to intervene manually to allow it.
I assume you, Jason, had a similar problem. How did you get around it?
The organization had to override the address verification requirement manually at their end, and I then had to resubmit the credit card details.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 09:47:06AM +1000, Jason White wrote:
The organization had to override the address verification requirement manually at their end, and I then had to resubmit the credit card details.
My bid to buy one was rejected twice because of the same issue - even though the address on my credit card (Mastercard) and my shipping address are identical in all respects. When I tried with a VISA card, there was no such problem and the order was accepted. Sam ------------- (Sam Varghese)
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