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- From: bruce@zuhause.MN.ORG (Bruce Albrecht)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.invest
- Subject: Re: FORD visa vs. DISCOVER
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- Message-ID: <bruce.0cab@zuhause.MN.ORG>
- References: <1992Nov3.121453.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1992Nov3.122457.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <Bx5toA.rz@encore.com> <1992Nov3.224354.10489@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 08:31:04 CST
- Organization: Society to Stamp Out Bogus Organizations
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- In article <1992Nov3.224354.10489@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen) writes:
- >In article <Bx5toA.rz@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
- >>ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes:
- >>
- >>>A while back the FORD visa card was discussed quite a bit on the misc.invest
- >>>forum and its virtues extolled. In particular, it was pointed out that FORD
- >>>visa's cash refund is superior to Discover's. I sent for their brochure and
- >>>happen to disagree. FORD visa gives you an automatic 0.5 percent rebate on
- >>>every purchase made. The rebate is 1.5 percent in any month when you have
- >>>carried forward a balance from the previous month. For many folks, who do not
- >>>like paying astronomical interest rates and use a card for convenience,
- >>>benefits (such as cash back) and pay off the whole monthlt balance each month,
- >>>this is a much worse deal than DISCOVER.
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- >Take a look at the discover rebate, i don't think it starts out at
- >1%. I think the first $1000 is at a lower rate.
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- I think Discover's rate starts at 1/4%, and does not go to 1% until you've charged
- over $3,000 in a year.
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