African adventure [RE-wrenches]

[D Novotny]

I have heard of situations where a person used a credit card in this type of
situation, it was approved, the equipment was sent, and then the person on
this end received word that there was a problem with the credit card; the
person found himself in a load of trouble (more than money).  I would not
have thought this could happen as I thought that was the point of having the
credit card "cleared/approved".  I received this information from a
reputable source.  If you want more information, let me know offline and
I'll see if the person who gave me this info will talk directly with you.

Denise

Denise J. A. Novotny, MPA, MAIS
P.O. Box 15961, Seattle WA 98115
206-528-3749
dnovo at alumni.washington.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "marco mangelsdorf" <marco at pvthawaii.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: African adventure [RE-wrenches]


> I recently received an inquiry from a P. Harrison in Banjul, The Gambia,
> west Africa who's interested in (15) 75-watt modules.  When I told him
that
> buying modules from a PV distributor here in the middle of the Pacific
> didn't make too much sense to me when there have to be PV folks much
closer,
> he brushed it off.  Anyone else get an inquiry from this guy?  Assuming
that
> his interest is legit, I would think that getting payment in full by
credit
> card would protect me from those African scams we've all heard about.
That
> is, get a CC number, wait for the processing to be approved and then send
> 'em off.  Am I missing something here?  Is there still a way to get
screwed
> even if the CC sale, inclusive of shipping of course, goes through?
>
> marco
>
> Marco Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
> President
> ProVision Technologies, Inc.
> 69 Railroad Avenue, A-7
> Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> (808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile
> www.provisiontechnologies.com
>
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