Just recently I have found more and more US firms are finding= that their credit card company will not accept foreign credit card transactions. I wonder if this is due to tightening financial awareness post= Sept 11, or if there is just a greater amount of bad debt? colin -- cdb, cdb@barnard.name on 31/03/2002 -- cdb, bodgy1@optusnet.com.au on 27/04/2002 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu