Ye Old “5 Finger Discount”!
Or if you are Snuff Head, the "fore"finger discount… get it… fore… I’ll go back to my homework…
a shame, I guess my method is “I don’t” as well.
Reading this thread, I feel bad that Wilson’s promotion didnt go as well as was intended. Why would they want to piss people off on purpose? I suspect that they (or they web store people/designers) weren’t prepared for changing rules of international banking/CC companies. Also, it seems that there are major cultural differences between the US and Europe, regarding to banking practices. Few examples: - Not all the people in Europe use credit cards, most have them for travel etc,. but mostly people use debit cards to pay their daily transactions. Typical monthly fee for a debit card is 2-4 euros. - A Bank transfer (wire transfer) in the euro zone (both have euro currency); e.g. from Finland to Germany costs nothing, not a cent. It might take up to 48hrs to show at recipient’s account, though. A transfer inside EU from non-euro country to a euro country costs a few euros extra. - The last time I’ve witnessed someone uderwriting a paper cheque was about 35 years ago. This excludes travellers cheques. Edit: Fixed malformed syntax, sorry for breaking the page!
I wonder why toque is able to process my card with no problems?
One thousand two hundred years ago, one could deposit money in a bank in Baghdad, write a check, and deposit the check thousands of miles away in China, where the money could be instantly withdrawn, with no problems. Now look at us.
Something is really wrong with this thread.
Can we close this thread and start a new one? I see the Beatles streched across the screen, also the print is very small and dark since Jari’s post. Its hard to read.
@Xander: Looks fine to me here on Firefox … @Jari T: Wilsons will accept Visa debit cards - that’s how I paid for my order when I realised that Mastercard wouldn’t be accepted*. Also, regarding bank transfers - each country has wildly different charges. When I asked my bank how much it would cost to transfer 10 Euros to Jaap for some snuff, I was quoted 30 pounds. @All the moaning Yanks: Wilsons will be charged by their bank to process any kind of international cheques or money orders. I don’t see why they shouldn’t pass on such a cost. After all, it’s hardly Wilsons fault that your country has gotten so paranoid about tobacco sales that the companies controlling the easy methods of payment (credit card, PayPal) have forbidden their use, is it ? Sorry you’re having some difficulties with the payments, but I had a great experience - ordered online in 5 minutes Sunday evening, arrived Tuesday lunchtime. * - as an aside on this point, I can walk into any store in the world which sells tobacco and pay by Mastercard. WTF can’t I do it online ?
Well, let us not blame the United States of America for stifling free trade, as it is clearly the fault of the Communists in power (yes, the go by many names, Republicans, Democrats, but they are all Leftist in my economic views). Let us try to keep politics out of our beloved hobby, so much as they tend to ruin everything in life. Again, this transaction would have been less intrusive 1,200 years ago…what happened to us all?
It looks better now that’s on page 2. Page 1 was a mess. Its not our fault the CC processers are paranoid either. If Toque and other UK firms have found a way to process them, so can Wilsons. I’m not spending $35.00 on a bank transfer, it makes the order not worth the sale price. If Wilsons wants our trade, they will sort this out.
Its not any government stifling free trade, its the corporations that fear legal retribution. They stifle themselves.
“fear legal retribution” Who would be the ones in charge of making such laws and provisions?
Yeah, but there is no such law. They just don’t want a civil suit. They are afraid of being held responsible if your kid steals your credit card and orders cigarettes for himself, gets addicted, gets lung cancer and then sues the credit card processor for letting it happen. It neither political nor economical, it’s perception of responsibilty in an overly litigious society. Or as Brad says, “paranoid.”
Well, it´s odd. I didn´t have too much of a problem with payment. Not being able to choose Mastercard as payment option initially was annoying. WoS called me to ask for my Mastercard number. Worked alright, I´ve only been charged 52 cents extra, for the foreign use of my card. 
@Alexander Ghaffari: “Let us try to keep politics out of our beloved hobby”. You’re the only one who has brought politics up !
I honestly don’t know if the “moaning yank” bit was in jest or huff. I’ll conduct myself as though it was in jest. Wilsons was obviously not ready for the “launch”. As said elsewhere, masters with snuff, neophytes at web commerce. There were a variety of responses to several US based enthusiasts as to what was an acceptable form of payment. Sloppy form but so it goes. That there may be a merchant charge of some sort assessed Wilsons by their own bank to process a cashiers check, could be, I don’t know but that’s what they tell me. I just received response from Carol and she informs me that there will be a $6 additional fee for accepting checks in the future. Apparently they incur additional expense when the accept a check? That she used the phrase “in the future” I can only assume that the check I mailed on Monday will be accepted sans the additional $6 fee. All in all a good sale, clumsy launch, but we do all stumble. And yes… some of us in the colonies object, question and “moan”. Generally with cause though (-;
What about an IMO, International Money Order?
Well, I’m getting my check in the mail today and including the $6.00 additional fee. Thanks to Wilsons for making the 50% off offer.
@OTD: Strictly in jest of course. I’m a whinging limey myself :o)