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Re: Nukes

By: micro in RANT II | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 02 Jun 11 5:07 PM | 45 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Rant II 		Msg. 18180 of 20747
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Hi Tour! Good to see you.

I have discovered a couple things over years that for our lifestyle, a credit card or two is a handy thing, especially while traveling.

We exclusively purchase our gasoline with one. We also pay for all our hotel expenses same way and of course, I occasionally will purchase some things from some internet stores that are reputable and I use a Paypal account to do that as well.

So far this one instance was the on;y time when someone had gotten a CC account number of mine and that covers a pretty long period of time.

Of course, we also get some monetary rewards for using this card which we take advantage of and we always pay our bill in full when it comes. We don't carry balances.

One time about 1200 miles from home we blew a tire.

I had a PAIR replaced and used the card to pay for them. This is an example of why it is always good to carry one on your person and not to ever let it out of your possession.

I don't fault people who feel more comfortable just paying with cash, but I have found not every place takes cash but they will always take a credit card.

Just differences in outlooks I suppose.
Glad you are around. I have missed you.

micro...


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Re: Nukes
By: Tour in RANT II
Thu, 02 Jun 11 11:03 AM 		Msg. 18179 of 20747

I've had my credit card stolen three times over the years, in various scenarios (out of the mail, out of my jacket, and directly out of my wallet when it was unattended for a moment whilst I was in the pisser).

In each case, the credit card company eliminated the charges. In one instance, they called me first to say they had noticed unusual stuff. That's the good news... no effect on me except a hassle.

What bugged me is that they make ZERO effort to catch the perps! Incredibly, in one case, the perp(s) used the card to release a vehicle that was impounded by a towing company, filled up the car with gas, and then the card was seized by a clerk at the next shop after I had reported it stolen. You'd think all that would give the credit card company and law enforcement enough information to act upon. But no. They don't care or bother about catching people. They just reimburse you for the charges, and make it up on the interest rate to others.

I dumped all my credit cards years ago. Why bother? Just a bank card. A lot of banks will also put your photo on a card if you ask, which stops a lot of theft except for card-swiping at gas stations and whatnot.

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