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- Subject: Re: How to cancel a credit card (Mastercard or Visa)
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- Date: 28 Jul 92 15:23:15 GMT
- References: <22072809441040@vms2.macc.wisc.edu>
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- In article <22072809441040@vms2.macc.wisc.edu>, DBBARBER@MACC.WISC.EDU ("Deborah B. Barber") writes:
- >Misc.consumer folk: when you cancel a credit card, what is the proper
- >(that is, effective and self-protective) way of going about it.
- >
- >Do you mail (or UPS, or....?) back the card cut in pieces? If so, do you
- >insure it or send it certified or registered mail. By phone or in writing,
- >do you tell the issuer WHY you are dropping their card (high fees or
- >interest rates, etc.)?
-
- Why not phone them and find out what they require? I suggest the most
- important thing is timing -- cancel before they send out the bill for your
- next annual fee.
- Dr. David L. Matthews, IPST, Univ. of Maryland, College Park MD 20742-2431
- Telephone (301)405-4830 Internet dmatthews@uap.umd.edu
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