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- From: markd@locus.com (Mark Dubinsky)
- Subject: Ford VISA is going berzerk
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.005224.1017994@locus.com>
- Sender: markd@locus.com (Mark Dubinsky)
- Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 00:52:24 GMT
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- I got a letter from Ford yesterday about their new "Limited Edition" gold
- VISA that most people will be converted to. Unfortunately, they're
- eliminating the rebate after your next check. You can also join the
- "Ford Auto Club" for free. It looks like some of the services you get
- from AAA. They lowered their rates and eliminated cash advance fees until
- Aug 31. The cash advance interest rate is 6% and the purchase rate is
- something like 13%, so if you have a balance, you're much better off getting
- a cash advance. They also said all cash advances posted before Jan 27
- (tomorrow) will be treated like purchases. (Interpret that part as you
- wish. As usual, I got as many different answers as the number of people
- I talked to.)
-
- Also, on the same day, I got a letter from ATT Universal Card that they are
- dropping the cash advance fee on their checks until Mar 8. ATT has a 30
- day grace period on cash advances. But they want you to use the checks to
- transfer balances, and their rep claimed that if they go back and check and
- catch you making out the check for some other reason, they may try to
- impose the fee after all. (Whatever all that means)
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- markd@locus.com
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