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- From: bnguyen@airmics.gatech.edu (Binh Nguyen)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: FORD credit card .5% rebate
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.085639@airmics.gatech.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 13:56:39 GMT
- References: <1993Jan15.201608.12382@watson.ibm.com> <lmb21rINNnko@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU
- Reply-To: bnguyen@airmics.gatech.edu (Binh Nguyen)
- Lines: 47
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- In article <lmb21rINNnko@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM
- (Mimi Tam) writes:
- |> In article 12382@watson.ibm.com, rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin)
- writes:
- |> >
- |> >Alas, they changed their deal in August, 1992 to this new offer. Old
- |> >cardholders still get the "up to 1.5%" even if we do not carry a
- balance.
- |> >
- |> >If you shop at the places their refund checks are good at, check out
- the GE
- |> >Rewards MC. They've just removed the annual fee. 1-800-GE-REWARD.
- |> >
- |> >-- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
- |>
- |> I have a FORD MC since '91 and I'm enjoying their cash rebate on
- |> purchases I made ever since, but I got a letter from FORD yesterday
- |> saying that they will upgrade my existing FORD MC to a Gold MC,
- still
- |> with no annual fee, but the cash rebate feature of my MC will
- discontinue
- |> after my next anniversary date.
- |>
- |> I called their customer service and asked if I can choose not to
- accept the
- |> upgrade and keep the cash rebate feature, cause I'd rather get some
- money
- |> back each year than carry a gold card. They said I can deny the
- upgrade, but
- |> the cash rebate will still be discontinued no matter what. I'm sure
- they
- |> will see a lot less activities on my card after they discontinue the
- cash
- |> rebate. It's time to take out my Discover Card again.
- |>
- |> Does any FORD card member out there get the same notice of change?
- |>
- |>
- ************************************************************************
- *
- |> Mimi Tam Mimi.Tam@Eng.Sun.COM
- |> Sun Microsystems Inc., MTV10-129
- |> Mountain View, CA 94043
-
- Yes, I have a Ford VISA card, and I get the same notice.
-
- --Binh
-