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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:04 AM Original message |
Credit Card Industry Aims to Profit From Sterling Payers |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. They have always had "instant interest" in the form of |
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askeptic (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Exactly - they'd be cutting off their noses - pure hype |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. To those who pay the bill in full each month it is a favor. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. To all fucking credit card companies/banks; "eat shit and die". |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is actually good news for the earth. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Have been credit card free since 2003.... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. How do you reserve a hotel room? A car? Buy an online airline ticket? |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Two words: debit card |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Debit card..... |
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InfiniteThoughts (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. well said .. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. yep-- I dumped mine several years ago and what a positive change! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. These bastards would sell their own mothers... |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Charging interest immediately? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. 'Charging interest immediately'=bluff. There's no way 'sterling' customers would put up with it |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. This one won't |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. many people cannot pay cash and are stuck |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. This one won't, either. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. List me as a sterling who "WILL NOT". This is a foolish |
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kmac3 (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sterling Customers |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. They will try it for a while until........ |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. What's new? "those that manage their credit well will ...subsidize those that have credit |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. you're missing the point of the article |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, of course |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. And that's why I've stopped using my Bof A card. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. They actually charge you |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. The credit card companies want us to cancel... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. The very smartest people will just stop using them |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Same here. |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's already happening. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I got those from Capital One as well |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. Those that manage their credit well will in some degree subsidize those that have credit problems.” |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. what do they have against brits? |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. And this is why I never have and never will own one of those damned things. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. This article is rubbish |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. They're playing the classic GOP card... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You summed it up perfectly in one sentence. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Ok!! This is the point that I'm making! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Or to get people to call the Congressperson |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Not sure I agree with your premise |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yummy. Greed tastes like chicken. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks, but no thanks--to that credit card to nowhere (nt) |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Bill Maher had the head of the TARP on |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. A US Government credit card would be interesting... |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I would say only affect a persons taxes if they dont repay. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. That is a brilliant idea |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. They won't do that. They will lose the money they get from transaction fees. Call their bluff. (nt) |
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cyr330 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. Not a problem for me. . . |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. The article contains at least one flat-out lie. |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Found another reference. |
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jgmiller (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The merchant fees actually have some pretty complex calculations |
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