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- From: markr@mot.com (Mark)
- Subject: Re: Make money off of credit card?
- Reply-To: markr@mcil.comm.mot.com
- Organization: MCIL
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 06:24:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.062401.19479@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- References: <1992Nov2.031615.21203@netcom.com>
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- In article <1992Nov2.031615.21203@netcom.com> johnwu@netcom.com (John Wu) writes:
- >After reading the AT&T Universal Card thread, I decided to take a look at
- >my agreement. If I read it correctly, cash advances, assuming no balance
- >was carried over from the previous month, cost the greater of $2.00 or
- >2.5% of the cash advance up to a maximum of $20.00. Of course, I'm
- >assuming that I won't have to pay the silly 16.9% credit card loan for
- >the duration of the grace period.
-
- Most credit cards require payment of interest on cash advances from the day the
- money is received.
-
- >The great brochure sayeth:
- >
- >"If you are carrying a balance at the time you obtain a cash advance,
- >interest will be charged...."
- >
- >"If you pay off your entire balance by xxx, no interest will be charged
- >for purchases or CASH ADVANCES in the following month".
-
- Could it be ?
-
- >I usually don't use the credit card a lot. I may use $100-$200 a month
- >but I have a credit limit of $5000. My idea was to get a cash advance
- >from my atm or bank of $4500, invest it in something for 50 days, grab
- >the income from the investment, and give back the $4500. Assuming my
- >income from the $4500 is greater than $20.00, that means I've made some
- >money on the unused credit. And what's to keep me from doing this again
- >after my account has been credited.
-
- I think you need to be able to get 4-5% safely in a short-term investment.
- I don't think that is possible today, perhaps in a short-term bond fund, but
- that entails some interest rate risk.
-
- >Is there anything wrong with this picture? Will the bank, atm, or a
- >neglected rule stop me from making a buck? (Like an atm machine really
- >has $4500 and will spit it to me in seconds...) If this works, what can
- >I invest it in to maximize my profits (something simple, 100%
- >risk free, pays enough)? Are there any other credit cards that will let
- >me pull this off?
-
- Can you try it and let us know if it works ? (I have a number of credit
- cards with $10,000 limits, perhaps this could be profitable :-)
-
- Mark
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