Man offered credit card with 79.9% interest rate


	Man offered credit card with 79.9% interest rate

chestnut501

10-15-2009 11:58 PM

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news, economy, credit, banks, corruption, crooks

chestnut501 says:

Offer made to the credit -challenged adding insult to injury

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10-16-2009 5:09 AM

catalonia

ouch!!!!

10-16-2009 8:40 AM

cjartists

Watch for those bozos to pop up on the next bailout list, and then make a phone call.

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10-19-2009 10:43 AM

Anomaly100

I'm very familiar with these parasites. They send me some junk mail every couple of weeks. On a $300 limit, they charge $225.00. I swear that to be true. They sent me bills for a card I never used or asked for. Not nice.

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