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Old 10-06-2009, 01:19 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post
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?
I've seen 2 variations of virtual cards:
a.) You can choose your own US (or wherever) address. Google is quite helpful in finding "your" residence in california.
Advantage: Different states have different taxes.
b.) The virtual cards comes with an address of the country you choose. I guess, It's the address of their foreign subsidiary.
Only used option a.) so far.
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