more on CAUTION IN THE USE OF SKYPE IF YOU BUY ADDITIONAL SERVICES

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

I did indeed hear from Skype and they will investigate and report back what 
they find. Till then if you use Moneybookers look very very carefully at 
your credit card statements.

Dave

> From: gep2 () terabites com
> Subject: [IP] CAUTION IN THE USE OF SKYPE IF YOU BUY ADDITIONAL SERVICES
> To: dave () farber net
>
> What's then to prevent ANY merchant from processing their bank card 
> charges this
> way?  (Hey, from their angle, it avoids their needing a merchant account, and
> avoids their paying the 2-3% or more discount...!)  Seriously, what if ALL
> merchants chose to handle their credit card charges this way?
>
> I think this might be a suitable candidate for government legislation... 
> people
> "know" how credit card charges are processed, and if there are any such
> "surprises" the purchaser ought to be notified of them at the time of the
> purchase, so they can consider whether they want to (a) use their/that card,
> and/or (b) shop with that merchant or service provider at all.
>
> In this case, I think Moneybookers needs to make good on this, but hopefully
> you'll also file a complaint with Skype, since clearly they are going to take
> the lion's share of the public backlash on this.  (Skype probably didn't even
> know that moneybookers was going to pull this crap!)

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