Credit Card Company Refused To Process Transaction

[dw75]

Anyone experience this since Wednesday?

I was placing an order with Mt Baker (from whom I've previously ordered) and the transaction came back denied as an invalid transaction. I called my bank and they said that as of 1/1/14, card processors are refusing to process orders for e-cigarette related products.

If this is the case and not just my bank jerking me around, this is huge.

 

[somdfisher]

I'll be doing an order on Monday I think so I hope this isn't the case.

May I ask what bank told you this?

 

[t2ak]

How can they legally do that?

Sent using these stoopid hooves..

 

[Requiem33]

That's interesting and disturbing. Vapers are getting the same treatment as gun owners now.

I'm going to place an order and see if my transaction goes through or not. As asked by somdfisher what bank was it?

 

[diggyb]

I've placed 2 orders since Wednesday.

I don't need a bank telling me how I'm allowed to spend my money. If they insisted, I would switch banks the same day.

 

[Spazmelda]

Are you the same one that posted on the Vapors Lounge fb page, or is this a separate incident? I'm wondering how widespread this is.

 

[MikeS71]

I just placed an order with Discount Vapers, no problem... went through and shows on my account as a pending transaction... I use Capitol One

 

[eda123]

I've placed 2 orders since Wednesday.

I don't need a bank telling me how I'm allowed to spend my money. If they insisted, I would switch banks the same day.

100% agree. Id love to know on what basis they can deem this transaction invalid. Would they rather i spend it on tobacco cigs and do some real damage to myself?

 

[foliagegreen]

i'm also interested to know which bank/cc is doing this. similar thing happened to a friend of mine when he tried purchasing ejuice from a different vendor a while back.

 

[sandboa]

Placed an order with 101vape yesterday (2nd) and didnt have any problems

 

[dw75]

I'm trying to get answers from them. Surprisingly (ha ha) they're getting hard to get ahold of.

I bank with a credit union here in Louisville. What's funny is I ordered a battery and a clearo from another vendor with no issue…yet. I tried to place the Mt Baker order from the web and from the Mt Baker app.

Spazmelda, I haven't posted this anywhere but here so apparently this is happening to someone else too.

 

[Dakota Jim]

I'm trying to get answers from them. Surprisingly (ha ha) they're getting hard to get ahold of.

I bank with a credit union here in Louisville. What's funny is I ordered a battery and a clearo from another vendor with no issue…yet. I tried to place the Mt Baker order from the web and from the Mt Baker app.

Spazmelda, I haven't posted this anywhere but here so apparently this is happening to someone else too.

It isn't a big tobacco owned credit union is it? I wouldn't put it past them to block vaping purchases. Or it is a misguided credit union manager making decisions

go to Walmart and buy a visa gift card and see if that works then shop for a different CC provider (do not use debit cards online because you will generally not be protected against fraud)

 

[Requiem33]

I just placed an order with NicQuid without any problem.

 

[H Niemand]

I haven't placed an order this year, yet. I usually use my Amex or CU Visa. Wonder what will happen?

 

[emus]

In 2007 I got cigalikes and nic liq from ebay/paypal.

About 2009 they stopped all ecig transactions; put me in a bind.

That's when my stockpiling began.

 

[dw75]

I think I may have to try the prepaid option.

I just spoke with Robert at Mt Baker and he said he hasn't heard anything but I did find the FB post that Spazmelda spoke of.

Dakota Jim, I live in Kentucky. I think even the Lung Association is Big Tobacco in this state…

 

[yzer]

I think this is a rumor designed to improve e-cig sales. Threats about government bans have done great things for the gun lobby for many years.

 

[ctkid57]

I placed an order today from Johnson Creek and it went thru fine.

 

[rowdyplace]

Placed an order with Killer Juice last night using a Walmart debit card (Visa) with no problems..

OOps, I must correct myself. I used PayPal.

 

[Dan_]

In 2007 I got cigalikes and nic liq from ebay/paypal.

About 2009 they stopped all ecig transactions; put me in a bind.

That's when my stockpiling began.

That's odd - I've made several ecig purchases using paypal in the last couple of months without any problems.