--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And the whole point of having the MBE address > > > for my ship-to address is so that I don't have > > > to be there to sign for packages. > > > > Possibly an MBE ship-to address gives some sites > > pause. (FedEx won't ship to a PO Box at all.) > > But a residential address should be no problem > > unless it's an expensive item. > > You miss the point a couple of ways. First, a > "P.O. Box" is not the same as an MBE address. > FedEx will not deliver to *U.S. Post Office > P.O. Boxes" because no one there will sign for > the delivery, and they insist on a signature. > Mail Boxes Etc. and other for-pay mail delivery > services have employees on hand during their > office hours *to* sign for packages from FedEx > and UPS and the other carriers that require a > signature. One of the main reasons for using > them is someone who receives a lot of packages > but who is not at home to sign for them, or > who cannot have them delivered to his work > addresss. > > The problem with the bill-to address is that > all of my friend's cards have his MBE address > *as* the bill-to address. The moment this new > law goes into effect (if it is not overturned > before then), he will be unable to do that. > Therefore all transactions against the cards > will start to bounce, because the card company > will have a different bill-to address on file > than the one used. > > The whole *idea* behind this law is flawed, an > attempt to require a physical addresss for > everyone in the country. It's a paranoid reaction > to the possibility of terrorism, and the paranoia > will cost U.S. businesses billions of dollars and > taxpayers more billions, and it won't do a *damned* > thing to control terrorism.
Also, consider the *personal* security concerns. Another common reason for using an MBE address for all one's credit cards and forms of identi- fication is to hide one's home physical address from hackers and those who would use the physical address for nefarious purposes. When this law *requires* you to use your home physical address for your "Real Id," anyone who can access that information (which at this point includes any hacker with half a brain) will know exactly where you live. By watching your credit card transactions while you are on vacation (which again any hacker worth his salt can do), they can tell when you're not at home, and therefore when it's safe to break in. If you're a woman with a stalker who is after you, it'll cost that stalker less than 50 dollars to find your new home address and come after you. It's a really, really, really bad law.
