here in the states you can get a pre-paid visa card at grocery and gas stations now. you load it with however much you want. you don't have to give them any personal information.

works great for online buying.

brian, let me see if i can find the website. my 13 yr old got one for her birthday last spring. new fangled gift card. but i have put money on it since. safer than her using cash when going to the movies with friends, that type of thing.