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Originally Posted by Mike L
MG Mueller, thanks for that info. The crucial question is: what address is "registered" with the card? (In other words, what address do you have to supply when you use the card on-line?)
In the context of buying Kindle books from Amazon, it would have to be a US address. If it's the customer's own (non-US) address, then there would be no point in using it, as far as I can see.
In fact, Amazon apart, what's the benefit of using a virtual credit card compared to any other kind? The only thing I can think of is if the customer can't get credit in the normal way (since the virtual card is in fact a pre-payment card).
Have I missed something?
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There are workarounds, so I rarely use virtual credit cards.
But benefit is, you "simulate" an US based card.
Meaning: You don't need gift cards for Amazon for example. You directly can purchase via your virtual credit card, like you would do with any "original" US credit card.
If you can circumvent via gift cards, that's preferable in my opinion. I find virtual cards more complicated and less transparent.
But It's a nice workaround, when gift cards don't exist.