Well another added benefit that I see to this system, aside from stopping people from stealing you credit card number, is stopping companies from continually billing your credit card for services that you never requested.
For example, I recently received a charge on my credit card for an ISP account that I had canceled over a 6 months ago. I called the company and asked them what this charge was for and that I had canceled my account long ago. I was told that it would be taken care of and I would be refunded... well come 3 weeks later , no refund. I called again and this is when the run around began. I got every tactic in the book to stall getting a refund. So two months later, 20 calls later they tell me that they don't have a record of my account being cancel so they are going to charge me a late cancellation fee (what ever that is) plus the months that I didn't even use the service... what a bunch of crap.
So, it would have been nice to use a disposable credit card number to avoid all the hassles I've had with dealing with this company.
BTW the ISP is "acunet.com" in eastern Massachusetts so avoid them at all costs if you live in the area, they are a bunch of con artists.
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Well another added benefit that I see to this system, aside from stopping people from stealing you credit card number, is stopping companies from continually billing your credit card for services that you never requested.
For example, I recently received a charge on my credit card for an ISP account that I had canceled over a 6 months ago. I called the company and asked them what this charge was for and that I had canceled my account long ago. I was told that it would be taken care of and I would be refunded... well come 3 weeks later , no refund. I called again and this is when the run around began. I got every tactic in the book to stall getting a refund. So two months later, 20 calls later they tell me that they don't have a record of my account being cancel so they are going to charge me a late cancellation fee (what ever that is) plus the months that I didn't even use the service... what a bunch of crap.
So, it would have been nice to use a disposable credit card number to avoid all the hassles I've had with dealing with this company.
BTW the ISP is "acunet.com" in eastern Massachusetts so avoid them at all costs if you live in the area, they are a bunch of con artists.