Progress

In March of 2007 we launched this site. Lillian Vernon now states in part:

"While we had a relationship with Webloyalty for many years, as of March 2007 we are no longer affiliated with Webloyalty."

Smarthome.com has also decided to stop these types of transactions. The representative I've talked to assured me that they in no way intended to trick people into this subscription service, however they don't feel comfortable continuing their relationship with WebLoyalty in the current way.

We continue to test other sites and its nice to see that many sites are now requiring the user to enter their credit card information when signing up instead of the behind-the-scenes transfer which prompted this site.

However- in light of this positive news there are still unanswered questions. Why did Visa ignore their own rules for so long. Why does the FTC think that "In general, the Commissions position has been one in favor of self regulation by the industry." is an acceptable answer. And does Mastercard even have a credit card fraud division?

Our mission continues...