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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1203115" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.grnc.org/grnc-alerts-archive/544-grnc-alert-9-24-13-authorize-net-qde-authorizesq-gun-sellers" target="_blank">Grass Roots North Carolina - GRNC Alert 09-24-13: Authorize.Net “De-Authorizes” Gun Sellers</a><a href="http://www.grnc.org/grnc-alerts-archive/544-grnc-alert-9-24-13-authorize-net-qde-authorizesq-gun-sellers" target="_blank">GRNC Alert 09-24-13: Authorize.Net “De-Authorizes” Gun Sellers</a>Authorize.Net’s&nbsp; unexpected abandonment has left Hyatt Guns, and presumably others, with&nbsp; very little time to find a new provider for online transactions. The&nbsp; scramble to set up a new system in a short period of time is disruptive&nbsp; and quite costly. If this is how upstanding business people are going to&nbsp; be treated by CyberSource and Authorize.Net, it’s time that we all&nbsp; “de-authorize” them from our online experience.GRNC&nbsp; is recommending that you keep a close eye out for the Authorize.Net and&nbsp; CyberSource names and logos when shopping online, and avoid making&nbsp; purchases from companies that use their services. When you run across&nbsp; one of these logos, take a moment and let the online shop know why&nbsp; you’ve decided to take your business elsewhere.GRNC&nbsp; also asks that you contact CyberSource and make it clear that you’re on&nbsp; to them, that you refuse to buy from companies that use their services,&nbsp; and that you intend to convey this message to online merchants. They&nbsp; need to know that singling out upstanding businessmen and women, and&nbsp; needlessly making it more difficult for them to conduct lawful and&nbsp; ethical commerce, will not be tolerated. Tell them that making such an&nbsp; unjust practice part of their business model will not only adversely&nbsp; affect their reputation, but it will hit them where it hurts most—the&nbsp; bottom line. &nbsp; Please contact them, and let them know that treating gun sellers like&nbsp; second class merchants is an affront to gun owners, and to all&nbsp; freedom-loving people for that matter.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watch&nbsp; for the CyberSource and Authorize.Net Logos: Take a good look at the&nbsp; logos below. When you see any of these at a merchant’s site, take a&nbsp; moment to tell them why you will not be spending your money with them.</li>
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1203115, member: 12952"] [URL='http://www.grnc.org/grnc-alerts-archive/544-grnc-alert-9-24-13-authorize-net-qde-authorizesq-gun-sellers']Grass Roots North Carolina - GRNC Alert 09-24-13: Authorize.Net “De-Authorizes” Gun Sellers[/URL] [B][URL='http://www.grnc.org/grnc-alerts-archive/544-grnc-alert-9-24-13-authorize-net-qde-authorizesq-gun-sellers']GRNC Alert 09-24-13: Authorize.Net “De-Authorizes” Gun Sellers[/URL][/B] [FONT=arial]Authorize.Net’s unexpected abandonment has left Hyatt Guns, and presumably others, with very little time to find a new provider for online transactions. The scramble to set up a new system in a short period of time is disruptive and quite costly. If this is how upstanding business people are going to be treated by CyberSource and Authorize.Net, it’s time that we all “de-authorize” them from our online experience. GRNC is recommending that you keep a close eye out for the Authorize.Net and CyberSource names and logos when shopping online, and avoid making purchases from companies that use their services. When you run across one of these logos, take a moment and let the online shop know why you’ve decided to take your business elsewhere. GRNC also asks that you contact CyberSource and make it clear that you’re on to them, that you refuse to buy from companies that use their services, and that you intend to convey this message to online merchants. They need to know that singling out upstanding businessmen and women, and needlessly making it more difficult for them to conduct lawful and ethical commerce, will not be tolerated. Tell them that making such an unjust practice part of their business model will not only adversely affect their reputation, but it will hit them where it hurts most—the bottom line. Please contact them, and let them know that treating gun sellers like second class merchants is an affront to gun owners, and to all freedom-loving people for that matter. [/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=arial]Watch for the CyberSource and Authorize.Net Logos: Take a good look at the logos below. When you see any of these at a merchant’s site, take a moment to tell them why you will not be spending your money with them.[/FONT] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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