Credit card numbers?

Chang

Chang

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OK... this is going to be confusing. I'm having a friend order some knives with a credit card for me (I don't have a card). He submitted it, and we were told there wasn't enough numbers. So we submitted the numbers on the back. My friend over the phone told me it had 19 digits.

What number do you submit to order? I'm really really clueless and so is he. Do you send the numbers on the logo side or the numbers on the magnetic strip side or what?

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They really should just tell you. Then again, I'm clueless.
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-Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
 
The numbers should be on the front of the card where the fancy graphics are. There are 4 groups of 4 numbers each group. You also need the expiration date which should be right under the 16 numbers on the front.

DaveJ
 
Your friend should give them all the numbers on the front. I think 16 numbers(depending on the card) and expiration date. Let your friend do it. Don't use his card. Hope this helps.


Blades
 
You submit the numbers on the front. The ones that are pressed up through the face.

Sometimes Amex and Visa do weird things and have odd amounts of numbers...

Spark

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OK..... I'm not using his card. He is using his own card to spend money that I gave him. He submitted the numbers on the front.... we were told we didn't have enough numbers. We just submitted the numbers on the back... I think they are the same as on the front except for three extra numbers. I hope this works. I'm trying to get my knives in my Friday, and the situation doesn't look good if this credit card thing don't work.

thanks for the really quick reply, guys. I really apreciate it.
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-Chang the Asian JanitoriaL appArATUS
 
AMEX cards have 15 numbers, start with a 3
Visa/Mastercard has 16 numbers, Visa starts with a 4, Mastercard starts with a 5.
Discover/Novus has 16 numbers, starts with a 6.

That's how it's set up...

--dan
 
Am Ex also has four numbers printed on the card, not raised, which they SOMETIMES ask you for. Some Visa and MC debit cards also have extra numbers printed on the back that you may get asked for.

You should also know your friend's exact name as printed on the card. You may call your friend John, but if his name is on the card as Johnathan, then you need to know that.



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Well, if your friend doesn't know which numbers to use...maybe you guys shouldn't be using one at all.
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-AR

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...pssssst...email me that number when you're done.
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-AR

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[This message has been edited by Jackyl (edited 05-16-2000).]
 
Well, looks like the new anti-fraud options are working. A telemarketer or maill-order firm is now supposed to ask for the number on the back of the card, near the signature. It is the same as the front, with three EXTRA digits. This was done to counteract "lifting" of credit card numbers from Carbon Copies and things like that. Tell you friend to read those papers that comes with his plastic next time.

Cheers,

RLR
 
Don't feel bad, CC. I've been using credit cards for 20 years now, and learned more things in this thread than I did in those 20 years. And I never read what comes with my card, either. Nothing except the finance rate, as incentive to alway pay it off, and on time.
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iktomi
 
Oh... he tried using the front numbers first. But we were told there wasn't enough numbers. Then we tried the back, got told there was too many numbers. So we told them to drop the last three numbers and you'll have the front numbers and it worked fine. It seems he was correct in the beginning but typed it wrong. Thanks guys. No Jackyl, you can't have my number.
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-Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
 
Hi there, Comrade Chang!
By the way, it's kinda hard to type "Comrade Chang" all the time, so is it okay if I call you something easier.... like Wally or Debi or somethin'?
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Hi there, Wally or Debi or somethin'!
It is I, Vampire Gerbil.
I wish I would've seen this post earlier as I know I could've shed some incredibly bright light (in a dim manner, of course) on the subject.

I always use my Exxon card when attempting to order anything over the phone, internet or when I buy short pieces of string at the hardware store. Yes, I know they won't accept it, but it loosens them up for when I tell them that I don't have my VISA card with me, but I know the numbers by heart.

Whatever you do, always try to remember that "eleventy-two" is not really a number.... at least not in this particular universe. With that in mind, picking a random number between 100,000,000,000 and 999,999,999,999 will give you something like one in a 900 billion to get it right, so why not go for it.
Remember, use Wallace or Deborah, otherwise that could screw the whole deal up.

Your very welcome, Wally or Debi or Somethin'!

Happy to help, awaiting the meteor of solid gold to safely land in my backyard,
I remain,
VG
(In serious need of some serious sleep)

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