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At first I thought the same thing as you. However, for instances such as this where the service is especially appealing to criminals I think this solution is reasonable.

Finding effective ways of detecting someone who deserves a hellbanning vs a college campus which has all users behind NAT who will all be upset when the cards they ordered don't arrive as expected (let's assume users don't check their statements daily so won't notice a lack of charge) is a difficult task. It's quite the tightrope you end up having to walk.



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