need to block an online merchant from debiting my card..

[milesgiles]

advice please.. Merchant has two credit cards and my paypal. I have emptied the paypal, cancelled both cards and amex have tried to block that merchant after I spoke to them.
Can they still take my money? They have absolutely no case which I would confidently argue in court but rather it didnt get to that stage.. anything else I can do to stop them trying to debit me?

[Digger]

What happened?

[kiethton]

Declare the card lost - they'll send a new one out and the replacement will have different details

[Simpo Two]

If he does manage to sneak through the defences, there's always chargeback/Section 75 to deploy if your case is sound. I've found my CC companies very helpful in this respect.

[steveo3002]

if youve canceled the card then its on the bank if a payment goes out on it

[milesgiles]

cheers all

yeah I dont think just cancelling is going to work but I am trying to block the merchant by speaking to the banks

[r3g]

This has got eBay written all over it.

[steveo3002]

isnt exactly what canceling it does? if i've provided card details to a merchant that are kept for next years renewal , then i get a new card it no longer works

what would be the point in canceling a card if the old one still worked and a thief could continue to use it?

[CarCrazyDad]

r3g said:

This has got eBay written all over it.

Probably sold someone a working iPhone which they claimed was not working and sent back a different IMEI!