"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:46fd0bcb@news.povray.org...
> This might be of interest to people here.
>
> I recently tried to upgrade my Zazzle account to browse R-rated content
> (and, more crucially, so that I can publish R-rated content - I have a
> couple of likely Daz Aiko-based POV-Ray images to be specific). The
> credit card age verification (a $0.01 charge that is never claimed)
> failed on every try, and the Zazzle support guys said they can't help
> me; it must be my credit card at fault.
>
> I contacted my credit card company, and the nice lady at customer
> services told me the verification didn't go through because the
> transaction of USD 0.01 was appearing as GBP 0.00 at their end. Now, in
> the last couple of months, the exchange rate has risen above 2 dollars
> to the pound. It appears (to me) that the $0.01 charge has begun to be
> rounded down to zero for UK credit cards - which means in theory that
> anybody from the UK attempting this procedure will be rejected.
>
> Does this sound credible? Or creditable, if you excuse the pun?
>
> I have written to Zazzle's support people to inform them of my discovery
> and resultant theory. I await their reply with interest...
>
> Bill

I'd buy that explanation for a dollar. or whatever the current rate of
exchange is.

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