rcjordan - 11:08 pm on Aug 23, 2000 (gmt 0)

>especially the 'names ending in "ic"' part.
I wasn't too keen on that either, but chose to write it off as "missing a smilie."

As for geography-based discrimination regarding fraudulent charges, it is my understanding that it's been in place for years in the long distance telephone industry.

Re credit card fraud, I thought it was common practice NOT to ship to any address other than the billing address on the card.