+1. I've bought a LOT from buy.com over the years (my first purchase from them was the first Rio MP3 player), and they've been almost entirely problem-free. Decent prices, very quick to ship.

They're starting to slip- alienating customers with sometimes-hourly price changes, and by shoving some very dubious "offers" in their faces during checkout. Still, they do come through every time.

Just to be clear, they didn't ask for the 3-digit code on the back (which I'd already entered in the web page anyway), they were asking for the bank's phone number. Presumably that information is available without my having to spell it out in a phone call, and I'm sure there's a way to check to see if the billing address matches the shipping address without having me waiting on hold the entire time.

But those are just quibbles. Asking for my personal background information to just take my money is a whole different class of imposition... and you just know that if people don't draw the line, it'll slowly become more and more common until someday we're giving DNA samples to buy a candy bar- if our health insurance providers give permission.

Yeah, I'm still angry. I'll shut up now.