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Originally Posted by geertm
Most bookstores with geo-restrictions only sell e-books to people with an US billing address, but they do accept international credit cards. They do not verify the actual billing address of the credit card with the credit card company, they just accept the address you type in yourself.
So in my case I have a Dutch Visa card with a Dutch billing address and I use that card to buy books at B&N using a US billing address in my account.
This way people like me without a US credit card are still able to buy e-books.
In the case of B&N even people from the US that do have an US credit card have to use a VPN if they want to buy books when they are outside the US because of the IP-address check.
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OK, thanks, now I understand. The reason I found it difficult to follow the logic was that it never occurred to me that they wouldn't verify the address. So I could try what you're doing, but I'm a bit scared to ... tell me, does your card use the "verified by visa" thing?