From: Ronald Raygun 
Subject: Re: isp bills by debit card.
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:06:17 GMT

Tim wrote:

> The consumer might not be able to cancel the agreement to purchase - but
> they can always withold authority to take payments from a credit card.
> Again, the retailer has *no* say in the matter of whether the consumer
> authorises the payments from card or not - that is entirely up to the
> consumer - so, as the retailer's agreement is not required, it is not
> possible for the retailer "not [to] agree that such authority can be
> withdrawn" !!
> 
> So yes, it *is* silly to think that the retailer needs to *agree* to the
> consumer's wishes!!

To be fair to Mark, Tim, it is conceivable that the contract might
stipulate that the only form of payment acceptable is CCA.  If that
has been agreed, it is tantamount to having agreed not to withdraw
CC authorisation for the agreed minimum duration of the subscription.