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- From: matt@severian.chi.il.us (Matt Crawford)
- Subject: Credit card offers (was Re: Can anyone check somebodies credit??)
- Message-ID: <G0ANWAJOG@linac.fnal.gov>
- Sender: daemon@linac.fnal.gov (The Background Man)
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- References: <1992Nov18.071231.26536@gagme.chi.il.us> <1992Nov18.213201.18091@i88.isc.com> <1992Nov21.005044.11189@gagme.chi.il.us>
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:11:42 GMT
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- Leif Ericksen:
- >.. then I check to see if there is an anual fee if there is a fee I
- >rip apart the application,
-
- I do this differently. I take the advertising blurb and put it in
- the postpaid business reply envelope and send it back.
-
- My first card was a Marshall Field's. I was in there shopping for a
- present and they were offering a free box of Frango Mints to credit
- applicants. Being a starving grad student, I figured it was worth my
- time, even though they wuoldn't possibly give me a card. Lo and
- behold ...
-
- I didn't use it for about 4 years, except as a reference on other
- credit card applications.
- __________________________________________________________
- Matt Crawford matt@severian.chi.il.us Java Man
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