The HfP chat thread – Friday 3rd December

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Aeronaut says:

3 Dec3 December 20:24

Curve question…

How much of a bad idea would it be to change my ‘home’ address with Curve so that I can order something and get it delivered to a different address?

The merchant will awkwardly only send it to the billing address.

(I could use the address of family, and they have the same surname.)
- John says:
  
  3 Dec3 December 20:43
  
  What happens if you just enter the desired delivery address as the billing address? I do that quite often and nobody has ever said anything except once (which was over the phone so merchant risk)
  - Char Char says:
    
    3 Dec3 December 23:11
    
    The payment processor will often be able to validate the postcode and number of house matches the billing address, whether they choose to ship on that address or not is up to each company.
- Char Char says:
  
  3 Dec3 December 23:12
  
  Curve would probably have a break down if addresses are changed too often