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yeah, when i saw that i got so mad that I created a virtual credit card, changed the billing method, and then deleted the card. You can not imagine the big smil

yeah, when i saw that i got so mad that I created a virtual credit card, changed the billing method, and then deleted the card. You can not imagine the big smile on my face when i received the email "we cannot charge you".... Reaaaaaally big smile on my face

danlugo92 6y ago
How can i create such a virtual card?
- mathewsanders 6y ago
  There a few options for virtual cards. Ive been using https://privacy.com/ https://privacy.com/. I’ve been using this not only for subscriptions, but also when I’m making an online purchase at a store that I think may not have the best security in place.
  - seesaw 6y ago
    I only use virtual cards for online payments. I use Citi and they have an option to generate a card with specific amount and expiry.
    - perl4ever 6y ago
      Last I checked, Citi's virtual card feature inexplicably requires Flash. I was like "I thought that was dead?"
      - orhmeh09 6y ago
        This was true for Bank of America, too, at least in December 2018.
        antsar 6y ago
        They killed the feature altogether. https://www.bankofamerica.com/security-center/accounts-cards/shopsafe/ https://www.bankofamerica.com/security-center/accounts-cards...
- jaybeeayyy 6y ago
  Some credit card companies have card generators (Capital one has Eno, Amex has one I believe, Citi calls it Virtual Card Generator etc) but you can also use privacy.com, revolut and I think there's an app called token or something? I think I pay for everything online with my privacy cards now. It's just easier to keep track of stuff when you get alerts after a company charges a closed card, or tries to charge you more than your card limit that you set up.
wolco 6y ago
I tried that with rebel.ca (domain reg) a few years ago. They setup this dark pattern where domains wouldn't expire they get renewed two months before they were due. In my case they froze the account preventing me from moving domains. I called support and they unfroze it. The next night the system it froze again. It became a race, manually moving 200 domains over in 12 hours. They don't allow bulk moves and you can't quickly open each domain for editing in a separate tab. Fyi: Why move. There prices went up to some crazy amount $30 for a .org 60% more for[a .ca it ended up costing me hundreds extra one month. Glad I caught it...
- Lorin 6y ago
  Where'd you move to? Namesilo's been fantastic to me after transitioning from ENOM years ago.
  - wolco 6y ago
    I moved to 10dollar.ca for my .ca domains.
mywacaday 6y ago
I had a few like that as well but they were going through PayPal, pretty satisfying to block alright.

danlugo92 6y ago

How can i create such a virtual card?

mathewsanders 6y ago
There a few options for virtual cards. Ive been using https://privacy.com/ https://privacy.com/. I’ve been using this not only for subscriptions, but also when I’m making an online purchase at a store that I think may not have the best security in place.
- seesaw 6y ago
  I only use virtual cards for online payments. I use Citi and they have an option to generate a card with specific amount and expiry.
  - perl4ever 6y ago
    Last I checked, Citi's virtual card feature inexplicably requires Flash. I was like "I thought that was dead?"
    - orhmeh09 6y ago
      This was true for Bank of America, too, at least in December 2018.
      - antsar 6y ago
        They killed the feature altogether. https://www.bankofamerica.com/security-center/accounts-cards/shopsafe/ https://www.bankofamerica.com/security-center/accounts-cards...
jaybeeayyy 6y ago
Some credit card companies have card generators (Capital one has Eno, Amex has one I believe, Citi calls it Virtual Card Generator etc) but you can also use privacy.com, revolut and I think there's an app called token or something? I think I pay for everything online with my privacy cards now. It's just easier to keep track of stuff when you get alerts after a company charges a closed card, or tries to charge you more than your card limit that you set up.

wolco 6y ago

I tried that with rebel.ca (domain reg) a few years ago. They setup this dark pattern where domains wouldn't expire they get renewed two months before they were due. In my case they froze the account preventing me from moving domains. I called support and they unfroze it. The next night the system it froze again. It became a race, manually moving 200 domains over in 12 hours. They don't allow bulk moves and you can't quickly open each domain for editing in a separate tab. Fyi: Why move. There prices went up to some crazy amount $30 for a .org 60% more for[a .ca it ended up costing me hundreds extra one month. Glad I caught it...

Lorin 6y ago
Where'd you move to? Namesilo's been fantastic to me after transitioning from ENOM years ago.
- wolco 6y ago
  I moved to 10dollar.ca for my .ca domains.

mywacaday 6y ago

I had a few like that as well but they were going through PayPal, pretty satisfying to block alright.