Hello,

> Same thing here (from Belgium)
> "Transaction Declined
> The transaction has been declined because of an AVS mismatch. The address
> provided does not match billing address of cardholder. "
>
> Anyone knows what "AVS" stands for?
> If it only happens with the non-US buyers, it could well have something to
> do with the "state/province"-field (I never fill in this one, our whole
> country is small enough to fit in the smallest US-state ).
> Arturo also mentioned a possible "accents" or "vowels" problem, but my name
> and address don´t use these, so can´t be the reason.

I googled and found a german wikipedia entry for AVS (Address Verification
System). And it states, that AVS is only available for MC and VISA cards that
were issued in the United States. And maybe it has something to do with the house
number and street name. In Germany the street name is followed by the house
number. In the US it's vice versa.

Clear skies
Bernd

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