Terrible Payment System

[Chocobits]

Well, actually yes. It does hurt to try. It means I'm consenting to them billing me for a verification service, which I would prefer they didn't do when a simple first-time purchase should be more than enough to verify the card's validity. They don't NEED to bill my card separate to a real transaction to make sure it works. Being in a foreign zone, the fees I would probably incur from both C&B and my own bank are a sufficient disincentive - the fewer international transactions I engage in the better and they're asking to do two of them.

I have enough reason to not trust this company already.

A lot of payment gateways do something similar to verify an account. Like PayPal. Except instead of WITHDRAWING $3, they DEPOSIT 20 cents. And I meant, no harm in trying if you were already going to give CnB unfettered access to your entire life anyway.

[Catapult]

A lot of payment gateways do something similar to verify an account. Like PayPal. Except instead of WITHDRAWING $3, they DEPOSIT 20 cents. And I meant, no harm in trying if you were already going to give CnB unfettered access to your entire life anyway.

This makes me all the more glad that my card has a lowish limit and expires in March.