@instymp, please don't misunderstand the issue here. IN NO WAY is the Danish Pipe Shop choosing to change their business model or pick and choose online payment methods.
The big card companies hammered them with internal bulls--t tobacco regulation. They are all choosing to make it very difficult for Joe Citizen to buy "tobacco" with their card. The issue at hand was fought hard and WE as a pipe community need to applaud The Danish Pipe Shop's efforts. It is wonderful that they can do business with the U.S. and other countries again using any and all forms of payment. We almost lost a brother in arms and an icon in the industry. The big card companies are going to keep at this and we will see this occur again, maybe even here on home turf in the not so distant future. The issue with Diner's Card is that they have chosen not to internally regulate tobacco sales. I applaud them for that, it's no one's business how we spend our money.
On a side note, personal companies (not the government) are getting pissy. Last week I had a pitched battle with a Fed Ex courier service over a pipe I had shipped from the EU. They were borderline abusive in the volume of data requested. Not just, "hey what is this", but more like, "how dare you import a tobacco accessory", followed by, "please bend over and answer all of our stupid questions", like, "what is briar, what year, country of origin, any stain, and if so please provide documentation."