This can also have to do with your card issuing bank. My credit card is issued by a credit union, and while the rates and fees are lower, the security is higher. I recently got back from a five day trip from Indiana to Pennsylvania, and before I left, I had to tell the credit union that there would be charges made enroute. Otherwise, they would have called my home, gotten no answer, and shut off my credit card Ken Hart ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph W. Lambrecht To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 6:42 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: "Real" cameras stores in Boston. I did. They refused to ship to my brother-in-law while I was visiting him in Virginia. Reason given, shipping address and billing address don't match. Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht http://www.darkroomagic.com http://www.waybeyondmonochrome.com On Jul 02, 2010, at 10:53, Bob Younger wrote: B&H will definitely not ship to hotels; but I've had no problem having them ship to friends' houses or to a company. Bob Younger On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: DEAR RALPH, Unless this happened within the last few weeks, it is not my experience. In May I had items shipped to my brother near St. Louis MO. What I always do when ordering ahead is call my credit card company and give them the address of where I will be staying as an “approved shipping address”. Then I tell Calumet, B&H, Photogs Formulary, B&S, etc., etc., that it is an approved address listed with my credit card co. They check it and ship my goods. CHEERS! BOB -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ralph W. Lambrecht Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:49 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: "Real" cameras stores in Boston. Also, Calumet does not ship credit card orders to places other than the billing address of the credit card.