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Jan 22, 2002, 9:45pm

Hi :o)

Over the last 5-6 years I have maintained my grown children's Dialup ISP
accounts as Christmas presents, etc. and have paid by credit card.

Last summer my prime credit card company had their server compromised and
they issued me a new credit card number. During this time I also *bought
down* several other credit card accounts for a lower interest rate and was
issued new account numbers.

I phoned all the ISP services with the information and was told that the old
cc numbers would not be on my account records or on their dbase and got an
authorization code to this effect.

Received 2 bills today (identical), except one had the cc# from the account
that was closed June of last year. Thankfully this account is maintained by
a family oriented Credit Union I have been a member of for almost 20 years.

The charge was for a magazine subscription. My daughter was online in her
dialup and signed up for a 3 issue free trial for this and when the trial
time expired, they auto billed any Credit Card number that popped up
relating to my ISP accounts. (don't blame her cause I have done the same
thing).

After a total of 5+ hours on the phone to 5 companies (mostly on hold), much
to my dismay discovered the ISP's not only had a record of all my outdated
CC numbers, but that they revert to them at will.

Guess you would like to know the point of this story :o)

If you are paying for internet service using a Credit Card, keep track of
what you sign up for..... most especially trial offers and expect problems
straightening it out when the trial period is up, or as was the case in this
situation, being billed before the trial period is expired :o)

Feb 2, 2002, 3:25am

i agree with you this was a bad move for aw my dad wouldnt let me register
for 5 years because he didnt know if the company was trustworthy. now who
the HELL is gonna give their cc# to a company they know NOTHING about for a
trial? AW NEEDS TO THINK A LITTLE MAN. i hate to admit it but, they NEED
tourists
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Feb 5, 2002, 11:26pm

your right.. but my mom gave sony her credit card number for everquest.. for
a trial.. sure it says sony on it.. but who's to say the logo is legitamate?
you can either be cautions and give your card out to no one, or
undercautions and give it to anyone who can steal a logo from another site..
;-)

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