Hello MFPA, On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:41:51 +0100 GMT (17/09/2008, 01:41 +0700 GMT), MFPA wrote:
>> Is the internet really any riskier than how I use the card every >> day? M> Unlikely to be riskier than allowing people to wander off with it. M> Several years since I saw that - these days they usually have a M> portable EPOS terminal they bring to you at the table. Failing that M> they ask you to go to the counter. No such EPOS terminals exist over here. The credit card still disappears with the waiter for a couple of minutes. If you buy something from a small shop, it is possible that they ask you to wait a bit while your card is carried to another shop - a company needs to have credentials with the bank before being allowed to accept credit cards, and the small shop may not have them. Many years ago, the risk over here was that your card was copied on the way and you would suddenly find additional billings on your card when you returned from your vacation. However, this is not the case any more, the credit card companies blacklist vendors easily. -- Cheers, Thomas. "What? What the hell is a RFC? I _do_ already use NAV!" - Peter Palmreuther on TBUDL. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.28.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
