RE: Minimum age law for internet purchases

by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:00:39 -0700
To:	Mikael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bystr=F6m?= <sunergy(at)mac.com>, "hwg tech" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	mac
	todo: View Thread, Original

There is a difference as to what actually occurs and whether that=20
occurrence is legal.

If your child uses your credit card in a store without your=20
knowledge/permission and the store accepts it, the transaction is=20
invalid.  That stores regularly allow this to happen is a different issue,=
=20
especially if nothing is done about it.

It seems to me that if you accept credit transactions on your web site, and=
=20
you do not have something which says, to the effect, "Are you the legal=20
owner of this credit instrument or authorized to use this instrument upon=20
another's behalf?" you may open yourself up to serious problems, if and=20
when someone may decide to push the issue with you at some future date.

At 13:16 2001-09-14 +0200, Mikael Bystr=F6m wrote:
>Kukla Fran and Ollie enlightened us on 9/13/01 18.25 with this:
>
> > If anyone
> >uses a credit instrument in that they are not the named individual, the
> >transaction is (again, technically speaking), invalid.
>
>That's not practice. Many sites allow you to specify a order name and a
>seperate name on car name.

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