Amazon.com accepts my VISA Electron! (or do they?)
01-26-03, 02:03 PM
#1
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 4,521
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Amazon.com accepts my VISA Electron! (or do they?)
I just placed an order at Amazon.com and decided to try to use my VISA Electron card just for the hell of it. It's not a credit card, I know, but it worked at Amazon.com and Amazon.de, though those are located in Europe, not in the States.
Anyway, I didn't get an error message of any kind, so it looks like Amazon accepted my card. But did they really? I don't want to ask them in case it's a grey area... Since I'd otherwise be using my parents' VISA I thought it'd be practical to pay for the order myself.
So am I just going to get an e-mail saying my payment method was not accepted when the order is ready to ship? Or are they actually going to go through with this?
Anyway, I didn't get an error message of any kind, so it looks like Amazon accepted my card. But did they really? I don't want to ask them in case it's a grey area... Since I'd otherwise be using my parents' VISA I thought it'd be practical to pay for the order myself.
So am I just going to get an e-mail saying my payment method was not accepted when the order is ready to ship? Or are they actually going to go through with this?
01-26-03, 02:23 PM
#2
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
They often 'reserve' funds as soon as you enter the order. If your CC is a no-go they tell you within 24 hours. As long as it has 16 numbers and an exp date, I think amazon couldn't care less about the logo.
http://international.visa.com/ps/products/electron/
http://international.visa.com/ps/products/electron/
