[steelframe]

> What part of that is the fault of using a credit card? I'm extra confused since Amazon came into this, where you distinctly are able to use credit cards?

Amazon, to my knowledge, will not charge you and then throw you into a "pending verification" quagmire.

But I would imagine most vendors don't want you ordering from Amazon. My point is that when I make an effort to order from another vendor when I could just order from Amazon, that vendor should introduce exactly zero friction to the process in order to be competitive.

[stu2b50]

Sure, and that's the merchant's issue? There are no lack of merchants that take credit cards without any further measures like that. And because you used a credit card, you can, and probably should, just file a chargeback and be done with it.