Can Linden Labs be trusted with credit card info?
Well, I bloody hope so as they’ve had mine for long enough. However, if this story is anything to go off, it seems there is room for debate!
Apparently it seems that, not once, but TWICE Linden Labs have billed an employee of Reuters, Evan Maloney, the yearly $500 fee for the Reuters surname. Now ok, once… well we all make mistakes. However, after this happened the first time, Maloney was assured his credit card information had been completely erased from their databases. That, it seems, was a blatant lie, as he was billed the $500 again recently for the second time. What’s more frightening is that his credit card information was never entered to be billed, simply to verify his identity and allow him access to the forums. Yet for some reason, even though he isn’t the ‘owner’ of that surname, he has now been billed a total of $1000 wrongly.
Ok, so I am sure LL will clean the problem up etc etc. But it’s hardly the point is it? And seriously, of all the people to fuck over, a news agency (one that recently ceased most operations in game too) probably isn’t the wisest idea unless you’re looking for a quick route to some bad publicity.
Personally, I have never had billing problems with them. But if I was explicitly told that my credit card details had been completely erased and then I was wrongly billed for something, I would be making a quick call to my legal advisor….
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