From: Stephen Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2005 - 16:36:30 PST
I'd be a little bit careful about the charge card angle. Remember...
you could be creating a problem for some poor sod whose credit card
number was swiped.
My advice:
First thing I would do is get the CSC number from this guy. If he
balks, it is obvious why. If he gives you one then you can move onto
the next step. What you can do is process the card as a HOLD charge
(or I think they call it pre-authorization). Meaning, you have only
asked the credit card company to place x Dollars of the guy's credit
aside from you, but not send it to your account. If the card is legit,
and the credit limit has not been reached, this will happen no problem.
Then you can ask for the charge to be authorized and sent to your
account when you are more sure that it is legit. If you never ask for
the authorization the hold will automatically expire and go away, no
harm no foul. The card user might see the hold charge and challenge
it, which also covers your butt.
After you have placed the charge, wait at least 3-4 weeks before
shipping anything. Chargebacks for fraud charges can take some time.
The fraud we were hit with in late Dec and early January is only now
being sent to us by various credit card companies. We will have to
refund this money plus some fees, because the American way is to always
stick the small business guy with the losses instead of the credit card
companies which are still dragging their feet on better security
measures. It's good to be the king, I guess :-)
Steve
On Feb 2, 2005, at 12:21 PM, m35products wrote:
> I intend to accept the CC # and then run it in my machine.
>
> I then will ask for a fax number that I can send the ticket to, for his
> signature.
>
> This will let me see exactly where this bozo is located, assuming he
> falls
> for the ruse.
>
> (If he is indeed in the states, he can be found, eventually. Some of
> these
> scumbags operate with an accomplice in the US. The accomplices often
> actually show up to intimidate the mark. He is more than welcome to
> come see
> my various collections. Perhaps he can assist me, down-range, in
> sighting-in a new rifle I got from Santa Claus.)
>
> I then, and only then, will fullfil my business obligation as an honest
> God-fearing American businessman, and send him a sample of Mrs. Bloom's
> daily kitchen garbage collection, and a small offering from Miss Dog,
> securely packaged, and hermetically sealed. I will enclose my photo, in
> uniform, pointing my Glock Model 19 at the camera, ala "Uncle Sam Wants
> You". Nothing that I do will stop him, but I may get him to soil
> himself.
>
> Then I will notify a friend at FBI, who will notify Interpol, and they
> can
> have him, (or not).
>
> AP "Dr. Evil" B
>
> bwoohahahahaha!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 12:00 PM
> Subject: [MV] The game's afoot, (continued)
>
>
>> From: steve@battlefront.com
>> Subject: Re: [MV] The game's afoot, (continued)
>> Date: February 2, 2005 11:04:04 AM EST
>> To: rickv100@yahoo.com
>> Cc: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
>>
>> I agree... likely a stolen credit card number which would only be
>> discovered AFTER shipment of materials. Probably why our little
>> friend
>> in Legos is so curious about WHEN the product will ship.
>
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