Originally Posted by Webby

Amsterdam is "offshore"? :-) It may be offshore from the US if that is what is mean't, but certainly is not an offshore company in the true sense.

But they are governed by the laws of Holland and can be sued easily.

Sure.. they should have escrow or other security in place. Oddly a few EU processors have an escrow service in place. But so far, I've never seen one in the US that has this security.