Apollo11
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Hi all, quote:
ORIGINAL: Subchaser quote:
ORIGINAL: Apollo11 Also comparing Russian situation to Croatia is ridiculous... Russia is wild wild west of US 19th century... Of course “wild, wild west of 19th century” is totally inferior country to gorgeous Croatia, but somehow those barbarians do not have such problems with their credit cards… Have you ever been to post-communist Russia (or do you know anyone who did spend some time there)? If you did (or know someone) then you know that my comparison of Russia to "wild wild west of US 19th century" is, unfortunately, very true... quote:
I buy a lot of things on-line- books, software, DVDs, plastic models etc. and sometimes I also experience similar problems, but I can tell you that it’s always possible to find a way out. You can open e-card account in your bank (Visa or Maestro, note- it will cost you only $2-3 maximum), 99% of on-line stores accept these cards, and pay for your WitP copy with this card. You also can pay via Wire transfer or Western Union. The problem is that DigitalRiver doesn't allow us even to page where you can place the order (it must check the IP address ranges).... quote:
FYI, Digital River is not a single company that does not accept Croatian credit cards, many other on-line stores do not either. quote:
We do not ship to the following countries due to the simple fact that the vast majority of orders from these countries are associated with credit card fraud: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Nigeria, all former Soviet states (except Moscow, St.Petersburg (Russian Federation)). quote:
Our Online Store reserves the right to close Real accounts registered via credit cards from certain countries. This policy was introduced after high volume credit card fraud originated in these countries. Winnings from these accounts will not be paid out more than the amount of the purchases made on the account if purchases were made by credit card. Please note that this policy does not affect customers that deposit via Bank Wire, Cashier's Check or Western Union. We apologize to the customers from the countries detailed below for the inconvenience caused. The countries are: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belarussia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Indonesia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation (Siberia and Far East regions), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The lists above are so ridiculous that I fell of my chair laughing... Few obvious examples (this is official EU WWW): http://europa.eu.int/abc/index_en.htm# As you can see Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia are full EU members (and Croatia is member candidate)... Comparing them to China, Indonesia, and Nigeria is so ridiculous that this is beyond belief. It is, pure and simple, incredible laziness and incompetence from certain on-line stores... Leo "Apollo11" P.S. I love your artwork and banners! Perhaps you can be good enough to lower my sadness with all of this by creating me some nice Japanese FanBoy Club banner with beautiful white colored Zero fighter on blue sky... (hint! hint! hint!) Thanks in advance! P.P.S. [Edit] Just realized that "Real Name: Matsuo Hagiri" can't be true name for "Subchaser" because that was Japanese WWII ace. Also his residence "Sparrow Hills" rings a bell as one of the areas in Moscow ("Vorobyoviy gory")... interesting... if true no wonder that my comparison of Russia to "19th century wild wild west of US" upset him... sorry...
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