[TriLUG] A question about LINUX FORMAT magazine

Dan Monjar daniel.monjar at na.biomerieux.com
Fri Nov 22 06:50:40 EST 2002


Apparently the answer is "No".....

but for your other implied question, the current exchange rate is $1.58 USD
to English pound.  Take the amount in Pounds and multiply.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 12:40:15AM -0500, al johson wrote:
> Uh, I believe I was looking for someone who has actually subscribed to this
> magazine, not a discussion of how safe credit cards are when they are used
> overseas. But lest you think I'm being paranoic, always keep this in mind,
> when you write down your credit card number and mail it to another company
> (ANYWHERE) your card is only as safe as every secretary and postal worker in
> that company. I would use a credit card, if I knew what the cost of an
> annual subscription actually is.
> 
> But I'm MOST concerned with reliability of delivery, because if they can
> pilfer the disks from this magazine while it is sitting on the rack in
> Barnes & Noble and Borders, how safe are those disks going to be coming from
> Britain. For example, Do they pack it well so that you stand an excellent
> chance of receiving the disks you're paying for?? Some actual experiences
> from subscribers would be helpful here. I did say I wanted just one question
> answered:
> 
> Has anyone in Tri-Lug ever subscribed to Linux Format Magazine??---Al
> Johnson.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Brown" <gregbrown at mindspring.com>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] A question about LINUX FORMAT magazine
> 
> 
> > I second that.  During my last trip to Asia I used my credit card all
> > over Korea and Japan.  Never had a problem and the exchange rate was
> > calculated automatically between yen, won, and dollars (and the
> > exchange rates were the posted numbers, or close enough that it didn't
> > matter).  My credit card provider did, however, send a semi-panicked
> > phone call to the house when the first 1,000,000.00 won charge showed
> > up for the hotel in Seoul!  I guess they were just looking at the
> > totals (the exchange rate made that charge about $800.00 or $900.00).
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Thursday, Nov 21, 2002, at 17:39 America/New_York, Jeremy Portzer
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 17:19, al johson wrote:
> > >> but I'm not thrilled
> > >> about giving my credit card number to an overseas company.--Al
> > >> Johnson.
> > >
> > > Check your credit card agreement.  Most credit card companies nowadays
> > > have zero-liability clauses for Internet purchases, which I assume this
> > > would count as.  So if something goes wrong, you won't lose anything
> > > assuming you dispute the charges properly.
> > >
> > > I've made plenty of purchases overseas, in other currencies, and never
> > > had a single problem.  If you feel the company to be reliable -- as you
> > > obviously do with your positive review of their product -- then I
> > > wouldn't hesitate at all using a credit card to purchase a
> > > subscription.
> > >
> > > Now, as far as the reliability of mail delivery... that's another
> > > question! :-)
> > >
> > > --Jeremy
> > >
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-- 
Dan



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