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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!bacon!jordan
- From: jordan@IMSI.COM (Jordan Hayes)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: ATTN: Citibank Cardholders
- Message-ID: <4512@bacon.IMSI.COM>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 20:24:46 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.205001.19264@cs.yale.edu>
- Sender: news@bacon.IMSI.COM
- Organization: Investment Management Services Inc., NYC
- Lines: 19
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- Nathan Janette <nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu> writes:
-
- If that isn't enough to make you drop them, how about the
- notice they sent out a month ago about the rates becoming
- variable instead of fixed. Sounds good at first, until you
- catch the line that states they can transfer the entire balance
- to their highest rate (19.8%) if they decide you've been a bad
- person.
-
- Uh, maybe I missed something.
-
- Your interest rate is x%. They say "for being a good customer (any
- customer is "good" these days :-) we'll drop your rate to (x-y)%, but
- if you change into a bad customer, it will go back to x%" ... this is
- bad?
-
- I suppose they could have left it at 19.8% and you'd be happy?
-
- /jordan
-