What is a "virtual visa card"? - dpb Developer and Lexicographer of Chinese brannerchinese.com
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Luís Avelino Relógio < [email protected]> wrote: > On 30.01.13 17:38, Colin Percival wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A Tarsnap user has reported that after using his credit card to make a >> Tarsnap >> payment (directly, i.e., not via PayPal), he was charged a $1.50 "foreign >> transaction fee". To make things more confusing, nobody is admitting to >> being >> responsible for charging that fee. >> >> Has anyone else seen such a thing when making a Tarsnap payment? If yes, >> please >> let me know what sort of card you used (visa/MC/amex and the issuing >> bank). >> >> I've just made a payment, all accounts involved show the transaction and > no extra charge pop-up. > I'm using a virtual visa card. > >
