Mostly Harmless

According to my online credit card statement I bought three copies of World of Warcraft from the Blizzard Entertainment online store last Saturday. From three different states.

And I apparently bought a copy of [City of Heroes|City of Villains|Auto Assault] (or some other $20 item from NC Soft) a couple of days later.

All of this was news to me.

The guy at Blizzard claims that someone would need a valid account number, expiration date, name, billing zip code and security code in order to make a purchase from their online store. Either he’s full of crap or someone else’s online store is not so secure. I generally use my check card for local purchases so the card in question is rarely out of my pocket.

So now I await the arrival of a new Chase credit card. I’m sure that the Discover Card folks appreciate me for using their card for the first time in years. What they don’t know is that they won’t see any interest charges from me since I pay off my card(s) every month. Suckers.

Now I have to find and reschedule all the automatic payments I had on the old card. Grrrr.

I like these little impromptu “my car is faster than your car” races out on the highway late at night. The other cars are so quaint. Points for the effort guys — your “Participant” ribbon is in the mail.