Following on from the previous post about my rant over giving a company carte blanche to debit your credit card, it seems that the same applies to Facebook advertising. Now I particularly wanted to try an advertising campaign on Facebook because it works so differently from Google adwords.  So a solution to my objection had to be found.

My objection is very simple - I don’t like giving anyone the authority to debit my card without my express permission. If there is a dispute, they still have your money while you are arguing, and if it is a large company, the bureaucracy can become nightmarish.

Eventually, I decided on a rather crude approach: I give them a credit card number that has a very low credit limit. If this somehow spirals out of control, at least the damage will be limited. The downside of this approach means that I will have to check the status of the card more often. It requires that the card is signed up with the bank to receive Internet banking facilities which will then allow a daily check on the account status.

That’s my solution. If anyone has a better solution to this dilemma, please leave a comment.