Sorta OT: Buying runrev?

[-= JB =-]

The problem I had was not just my bank.  It was with WorldPay and
the fact the money was going overseas plus the word which caused
the red flag.  So it took a special combination of things.

-=>JB<=-



On Feb 11, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:

> Oh, I'm starting to feel good about my bank, which has done some
> pretty stupid things security wise with my account/card details, but
> lets not go there.
>
> When I head off to some new location for business my wife usually gets
> a call from the bank asking to verify charges in Bandra West, India.
> Once verified, whenever I go back, no more calls.
>
> When my wife heads off for a conference somewhere, when I get the call
> from the bank asking if charges is Durban, South Africa are OK, it
> helps take some of the shock of discovering she's bought half the
> countries cultural artwork as souvenirs ;-) I keep telling her, one
> day I'll tell the bank No, but of course that's a two way street.
>
> I once had trouble with WorldPay when buying Rev, but it was all to do
> with VerifyVisa, once I reset my long forgotten password (as I think
> WorldPay purchasing Rev is the only time VerifyVisa wants my password
> so I only use it once a year) everything worked fine.
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Mark Swindell  
> <mdswindell at cruzio.com> wrote:
>> The banks are soooo messed up when it comes to protecting  
>> themselves against credit card fraud.  I spent the summer in  
>> Europe and even though I called and told Citi specific dates of  
>> where I would be and inclusive dates of when I would be there, on  
>> multiple occasions my card was rejected to my great frustration.   
>> Another call, another inconvenience, another bad excuse and  
>> passing of the buck.
>>
>> Sort of defeats the purpose of a card, I would say.  It was all a  
>> bunch of babbledegook... nonsense to hide the fact that they had  
>> no act together, whatsoever.  Bottom line, "This isn't really  
>> about you, customer, it's about us."  Next time I will carry my  
>> local credit union's MasterCard and if I have an issue I'll talk  
>> to Mary the Supervisor, not extension 4,562 in unknown city "D."
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 2:28 PM, -= JB =- wrote:
>>
>>> I had problems with the bank and it was due to a word that
>>> is listed with someone like Homeland Security bringing up
>>> a red flag.  I think the word was Revolution.
>>>
>>> The bank said they would fix it for me so it would not red
>>> flag again.
>>>
>>> -=>JB<=-
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Edward D Lavieri Jr wrote:
>>>
>>>> David is right; this is not RunRev's fault and should not bring  
>>>> discredit upon them.
>>>>
>>>> Each purchase I make from them requires me to call my bank to  
>>>> authorize the transaction. It is worth the phone call.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe's Andre's revTalk/PayPal experiment will get implemented  
>>>> in the RunRev store.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 11:55 AM, David Coker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am unsure of whether or not people that work for runrev get  
>>>>>> these mailing
>>>>>> lists, but I am very very frustrated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I got the go ahead to get what I need for development.
>>>>>> The WorldPay shopping system refuses to take any of our  
>>>>>> company cards, even
>>>>>> after calling our cardholder and making sure everything was  
>>>>>> clear and I was
>>>>>> giving it the right information, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cannot get any responses ever back from support at runrev.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My boss is pissed, I am pissed, and he wants me to sort this  
>>>>>> out without
>>>>>> international calls to scottland.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He is starting to think runrev is sketchy because of all of  
>>>>>> this. I am very
>>>>>> displeased and hope that someone from the company sees this  
>>>>>> and makes an
>>>>>> attempt to return my correspondence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> agitated,
>>>>>> andrew kluthe
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently went through the same thing and can assure you that the
>>>>> problem is *not* caused by RunRev.
>>>>> ...either your company bank or credit card company has a lock on
>>>>> international orders, which depending on their policies, can be
>>>>> corrected by phone or a visit to a local branch. Another good  
>>>>> option
>>>>> is to use PayPal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> David C.
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