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- From: rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin)
- Subject: Re: FORD credit card .5% rebate
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.230953.27179@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 23:09:53 GMT
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- Reply-To: rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin)
- References: <1993Jan15.201608.12382@watson.ibm.com> <lmb21rINNnko@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research
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- In <lmb21rINNnko@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> mimit@benji.Eng.Sun.COM (Mimi Tam) writes:
- >In article 12382@watson.ibm.com, rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) writes:
- >>
- >>Alas, they changed their deal in August, 1992 to this new offer. Old
- >>cardholders still get the "up to 1.5%" even if we do not carry a balance.
- >>
- >>If you shop at the places their refund checks are good at, check out the GE
- >>Rewards MC. They've just removed the annual fee. 1-800-GE-REWARD.
- >>-- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
- >
- >I have a FORD MC since '91 and I'm enjoying their cash rebate on
- >purchases I made ever since, but I got a letter from FORD yesterday
- >saying that they will upgrade my existing FORD MC to a Gold MC, still
- >with no annual fee, but the cash rebate feature of my MC will discontinue
- >after my next anniversary date.
- >
- >I called their customer service and asked if I can choose not to accept the
- >upgrade and keep the cash rebate feature, cause I'd rather get some money
- >back each year than carry a gold card. They said I can deny the upgrade, but
- >the cash rebate will still be discontinued no matter what. I'm sure they
- >will see a lot less activities on my card after they discontinue the cash
- >rebate. It's time to take out my Discover Card again.
- >
- >Does any FORD card member out there get the same notice of change?
-
- Sorry to say, I received the same letter yesterday. I got a $380 rebate
- last year. Fortunately, the rebate will still be offered until you hit your
- anniversary date, which in my case is December, so I still have time to
- collect for the rest of the year. They did lower the interest rate and
- offer you 6% cash advances thru August, as well, plus they threw in free
- membership in the Ford Auto Club, for whatever that's worth.
-
- I am waiting for my GE Rewards cards to show up, that will be my #1 card
- once I get it since the effect rebate is 2% (I figure I can use all the $10
- coupons they send me, your mileage may vary).
-
- Oh by the way, my "increased credit limit" was a whole $100, from $6000 to
- $6100!!!
-
- -- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
-