Quote Originally Posted by CDNSushi View Post
I ran into the exact same thing trying to get some World Cup kit sent over from the U.K. My Canadian ccard company outright refused to process the transaction until I called their fraud department and proved I was who I said I was, and got them to un-redflag my transaction. It was nuts!

In the end I had to send an international bank transfer denominated in pounds, which took a LOT longer than originally intended. I was not a happy camper.
I'll second this. I bought some stuff from an eBay seller in the UK. They didn't take PayPal but they did provide a phone # so one could call them and they would run a CC through over the phone. Umm, no thanks.

I ended up sending a CanadaPost money order payable in £. I never received my merchandise, the vendor emailed me repeatedly complaining about the MO. After 90 days I had CanadaPost run a trace and the MO had been cashed, despite the vendor's protests to the contrary. I filed an eBay complaint and I think the vendor has since been kicked off.

CanadaPost could do nothing about the MO, they would only replace it if it had gone missing and had not been cashed. I was told by the local Postmaster that they will no longer issue a MO payable in £ for mail to the UK, way too much fraud going on.