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- From: jms@vision.sarnoff.com (Jerry Shapiro x2420)
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- Subject: Re: universal card payments
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.190703.20607@nova.sarnoff.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 19:07:03 GMT
- References: <Jul.21.17.33.37.1992.20357@math.rutgers.edu>
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- In article 20357@math.rutgers.edu, kuplinsk@math.rutgers.edu (Julio Kuplinsky) writes:
- >
- >I mailed a payment to ATT's Universal Card on July 1st, which was posted on the
- >13th, so that finance charges were assessed. It is possible (but
- >unlikely) that my letter was 12 days in the mail.
- >
- >Has anyone in the net experience the same problem?
- >
- >Julio Kuplinsky
-
-
- No creditor gets to do this to me more than once. Your threat to stop
- doing business with them should be reason enough for them to take your
- word for it. Provident did this to me when I was in college. They would
- not remove the finance charges. I enclosed my cut up card with the next
- bill and sent it certified mail return receipt. They begged me to
- reconsider but would not refund the finance charges. I got other credit
- cards, no problem.
-
- For creditors with whom you cannot or do not want to get rid of like
- student loan collectors, or mortgage companies, send the payment
- certified mail return receipt. Two dollars a month per bill is a small
- price to pay to save your credit history. I always send my mortgage
- payments and student loan bills this way. Nothing gets ``delayed'' in the mail.
-
-
- You should ask AT&T nicely to remove the finance charge. They probably will.
-
- Jerry Shapiro
-