From: =?UTF-8?B?UGFsaW5kcuKYu21l?= 
Newsgroups: uk.legal uk.finance
Subject: Re: Companies with webcards that are student friendly?
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:03:56 +0000

Mr X wrote:


> A webcard is a one-off virtual credit card, with its own unique 16-digit
> visa number and CVS, with a set limit and a one-month validity time-
> window. It is good for one transaction only (and I had that confirmed a
> moment ago by Cahoot).
> 
Indeed, their web site says as much:

http://www.webcard.cahoot.com/webcard_questions.html#q8

"The transaction numbers it generates can only be used once and have a 
maximum purchase value limit set by you."

However, I certainly have used a transaction number for more than one 
purchase and it has gone through without problems.

Could it be that small "cardholder not present" transactions do not need 
online authorisation and so the "one-time use" online check is bypassed? 
I leave that to those that know how "cardholder not present" small 
transactions are processed.

I have also had a supplier come back and take a second payment from the 
same transaction number, within the validity period and with the total 
within the limit I had set.

-- 
Sue