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To: Old Professer; BritExPatInFla

I don't believe they forbade such transactions, they persuaded the CCs, so to speak.

I see that you are replying to my comment at #10. If you read it, you will see that I said just that. Here it is again should you decide to read it:

The precedent was set when they banned the sale of online cigarette sales by forbidding credit card companies from allowing the transaction.
(Perhaps forbidding is too strong a word, because the credit card companies agreed to this in exchange for some favor, but I can't remember what that favor was.)

Then at #212, freeper BritExPatInFla, posted that the favor was bankruptcy reform, which is exactly correct.

249 posted on 10/02/2006 12:13:52 PM PDT by Semper911 ("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)

Sorry; I have a bad case of foot in front of brain disease. :)

260 posted on 10/02/2006 4:55:46 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)

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