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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:26 AM Original message |
Proposal for "credit card activism" |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds good to me. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Too late |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Same here |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. I like the idea... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Valid points but the only activism that is going to make a difference |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 03:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Try to convince someone they don't need |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm a perfect example |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thats what my Dad does, he used to use credit cards |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. My parents did the same thing; got harassed by the bank and accts closed: |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 04:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. The companies are like addicts, needing their "fix." |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Just got a letter from a credit card company - |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Not only does the card company, aka bank, make money |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Right on |
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LiberallyInclined (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have no credit cards...and therefore no credit card debt. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Cut up the credit cards and send the pieces to your favorite |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have three really fat business reply mail envelopes |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Good for you! I mailed one out yesterday |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. I like that - "Activism Craft Hour" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. We should send them tea bags! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Tea Bags is good! I like that, do you think they will understand |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Probably not |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Or how about |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes, I like that. |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. Some of these ideas have been discussed in an earlier thread |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. "We need to coordinate an effort" |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Pay 'em all off and never carry a balance again. |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. If they want to force "personal responsibility"... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. That's EXACTLY what I do! |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 03:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That's what I intend to do |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Big targets should be MBNA and Bank of America |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Credit unions are definitely the way to go. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Greenspan has been dispatched |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. Find one good company, all support them |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. You don't have to live this way |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. The points you have brought forth |
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Rann (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Credit Cards |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I am from "great depression parents"...they taught me |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. How about applying for every credit card you can possibly get |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Don't do that! |
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