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Originally Posted by haridasi
Everything worked out in the end, but I still think that asking for a copy of my credit card and ID is very very dubious and outright stupid of them. With that information they can charge my credit card all kinds of things.
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No, it's very sensible of them - it verifies that you really do possess the physical card, and not merely details of the card number. Many companies require you to do this for overseas transactions. Given the level of card fraud in overseas transactions it's a very sensible precaution for the merchant to take. Many people on this site have bought a Sony Reader from "BHPhotoVideo" in the US, and they'll also require you to send them a scan of your card.
If you think about it, any card merchant can "charge your credit card all kinds of things", but they'll soon lose their card merchant status were they to be stupid enough to actually do so.