jeffies, you screwed up *again*. what you quoted is the FTC regulation
regarding ship after order date for mail orders. It is a $10,000 fine to ship
*after* 30 days *after* an order.

The charging only after shipment or customer authorization to charge earlier is
in no way related to the FTC 30-Day Mail Order rule.

It is against the law to charge a credit card before shipment unless specificly
authorized by the credit card user.

On a whim, I did a simple google and within a few minutes found a number of
docs
on the FTC site, such as:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1996/06/cybersho.htm

It appears that the requirement is a good faith effort to ship within 30
days.
Some credit card companies may require "ship before bill" but it is not the
law.

BTW, I usually pay Boat/US by credit card, and they always say "do you want
me
to charge this now?" Since its usually a few days before renewal, (and well
within the grace period) I always say yes.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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jeffies, is was -- to say the least -- very big news some time back. ask
your
wife to explain it to you.

In other words, you don't know, you just made it up. Typical jaxie - make
up
nonsense and then try to bluff your way out.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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US Federal law.

Could you tell us what law this is? I'm curious because I put in an
Amazon
order yesterday and they say it might be shipping tomorrow, but the
charges
have
already shown on my credit card. I know that many venders honor the
practice
of
only billing after shipping, but I don't think its the law.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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it is in the agreement that payment is made upon order, otherwise the
law
is
clear.

dougeies, it is against federal law to charge a credit card before
services are
rendered/product is shipped. What word don't you understand?

Are you sure about that? I have had a web-shop, using PayPal. The
moment
someone ordered a product, Paypal immediately charged his/her
creditcard
and
an e-mail was sent to me to inform me of the payment made so I could
ship
the goods. This is standard practise. Now don't tell me the entire
Paypal
system would be against federal law.

Meindert