Charge Card payments

[SoUnique]

Please correct me if I am wrong. I thought that in Canada, a vendor can not accept payment by charge card for e-cigs & e-cig supplies/nic juice. Has this changed in the last couple days? My understanding is it's because they are considered a banned product in Canada.

Clarification on this is greatly appreciated.

 

[ChellyNelly]

Unless things have changed very recently, as you said, then you are correct. The reason why the vendors are not able to get credit card systems for their businesses is because the credit card companies have no interest in getting involved in all this, as far as I know.

 

[IamAurora]

There are 2 reasons why this vendor can accept charge cards that I can think of.
1) They have another business not associated with ecigs and are using that CR/DR card processor to sneak in transaction.
2) They have led their processor to believe they are a legit Herbal/Health/Vitamin Supplier.

 

[Toronnah]

There are 2 reasons why this vendor can accept charge cards that I can think of.
1) They have another business not associated with ecigs and are using that CR/DR card processor to sneak in transaction.
2) They have led their processor to believe they are a legit Herbal/Health/Vitamin Supplier.

Exactly. There are smokes being sold on reserves with merchants accepting debit and credit cards. They ate listed as convenience stores because they have a Coke refrigerator.

 

[Hitmetwice]

There are 2 reasons why this vendor can accept charge cards that I can think of.
1) They have another business not associated with ecigs and are using that CR/DR card processor to sneak in transaction.
2) They have led their processor to believe they are a legit Herbal/Health/Vitamin Supplier.

I'll suggest a third possibility...they are a "Canadian" biz based in the U.S.(or rather, have a "Canadian" website)

 

[Toronto_Mike]

It still doesn't apply to all vendors. Some Canadian Vendors still accept credit cards.

 

[Battlelance]

It still doesn't apply to all vendors. Some Canadian Vendors still accept credit cards.

I can only speak for Visa, but their merchant agreement specifically prohibits processing for banned and/or illegal products/services. Those two vendors are no-nic, so that's probably why.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

I can only speak for Visa, but their merchant agreement specifically prohibits processing for banned and/or illegal products/services. Those two vendors are no-nic, so that's probably why.

You are half right but that's all I'm gonna say. .