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- From: xtkmg@trentu.ca (Kate Gregory)
- Subject: Re: Posting Styles
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.214930.28925@trentu.ca>
- Organization: Trent University, Ontario
- References: <1992Dec31.143113.16490@panix.com> <C050q7.KyF@fig.citib.com> <thaaang.725835633@cwis>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:49:30 GMT
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- In article <thaaang.725835633@cwis> thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance) writes:
- >Greggie dear, is there *any* way you could get me a credit card? It
- >doesn't even have to be a gold card or anything. I want one really
- >bad, but that credit rating thing keeps getting in the way...
-
- Here is a method that has in fact worked for the love of my life.
- In Canada, if you are turned down for a credit card, you have the
- right to know *exactly* why. Not just "you don't make enough" but
- "we require people to earn at least xxx and you don't make that"
- or "we require rent to be less than y% of gross pay and yours is
- more so you're stretched too thin."
-
- So, apply. Tell the truth exactly. When you get the form letter saying
- that you don't "meet their requirements", write a *very* *polite*
- and short letter to whoever signed the rejection letter, asking
- that they tell you exactly and precisely why you don't qualify.
-
- Next thing you know, your card arrives! Really.
-
- Kate
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