Hi One idea - contact the people who issued your credit card. Many of them will give you a "single use number".
Bob On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:54 AM, Stanislav Meduna wrote: > Bill Maas wrote: > >> The problem is that I don't like having my credit card nos. all >> over the >> place, so I asked Wim Vandeputte from soekris.kd85.com > .. >> A company named Escrow.com (www.escrow.com) > > And why exactly do you trust Escrow.com more than Wim Vandeputte? > You are probably not USA-based if you buy from Wim - good luck > to dispute something if they screw up... > >> The key issue is trust, the financial side should be much less >> of a problem (basically all that is required is a computer >> and a bank account). > > Yes, the key issue is trust. So how exactly can an "open > source community" help here? > >> And I still feel that any host any of my my CC-nos. sits on is one >> too >> many (they're not even on any of my computers). > > If they do not store CVV (and nobody should do this), you as > a buyer are pretty safe. A CC transaction with neither > a signature nor CVV is basically a seller's risk, so if > they do get hacked, you'll have no problems to get > the money back. > > You can also order by fax (giving the seller a signature, > but not the CVV). Or pay by transfer in advance limiting > your possible loss to that one transaction. > > -- > Stano > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
