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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-04-07 12:42 PM
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12. Most Rental Car Agencies Won't Rent You a Car Without a Credit Card
Hotels want huge deposits, and you are likely to get the extra search treatment at the airport if you pay cash.

Since the travel industry and the oil companies like plastic, let them eat plastic.
I pay it off every month anyway.
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  -Senators Probe Surprise Credit Card Rate Rises Purveyor  Dec-04-07 10:20 AM   #0 
  - Merry Christmas, ha ha ha.  HypnoToad   Dec-04-07 10:23 AM   #1 
  - They're not?  Gormy Cuss   Dec-04-07 10:46 AM   #5 
     - Yep. Another gift of deregulation  Lorien   Dec-04-07 01:31 PM   #13 
  - Card holders ALWAYS have trouble getting a straight answer about why rates are raised  brentspeak   Dec-04-07 10:26 AM   #2 
  - With congress tucked neatly into their backpockets... Just research the scum that supported  Purveyor   Dec-04-07 10:34 AM   #4 
  - They are probalby raising them to keep them where they were before  MidwestTransplant   Dec-04-07 10:32 AM   #3 
  - This is what happens when you make a deal with the devil.  Zorra   Dec-04-07 10:47 AM   #6 
  - Gotta pay  BadgerKid   Dec-04-07 10:51 AM   #7 
  - Gotta love that Debit card...  eggplant   Dec-04-07 11:15 AM   #8 
  - You're singing my song....  AnneD   Dec-04-07 11:44 AM   #10 
     - Most Rental Car Agencies Won't Rent You a Car Without a Credit Card  AndyTiedye   Dec-04-07 12:42 PM   #12 
        - Most debit cards are tied to Mastercard or Visa, but there's no  Lorien   Dec-04-07 01:36 PM   #14 
        - I belong to a credit union.....  AnneD   Dec-04-07 01:41 PM   #15 
           - Me too. Same deal. n/t  Lorien   Dec-04-07 03:07 PM   #24 
        - Many do allow it, but you have to be extra careful  missb   Dec-04-07 03:22 PM   #25 
  - We had one go up to 75% once  spinbaby   Dec-04-07 11:25 AM   #9 
  - Federal preemption  Marie26   Dec-05-07 07:01 PM   #32 
  - They ought to also be asking why credit card companies are "finding" fees to suddenly charge  melody   Dec-04-07 11:51 AM   #11 
  - I remember watching the credit card debates on CSPAN  Proud_Lefty   Dec-04-07 01:51 PM   #16 
  - Yeah they care lots LOL  Mrspeeker   Dec-04-07 01:55 PM   #17 
  - Calling Mr. Biden, oh mr. biden???  Javaman   Dec-04-07 01:57 PM   #18 
  - Some times I think Congress exists for the sole purpose  formercia   Dec-04-07 02:03 PM   #19 
  - You mean it doesn't? nt  Javaman   Dec-04-07 02:08 PM   #20 
     - Right. Only "sometimes?"  RUMMYisFROSTED   Dec-04-07 07:12 PM   #26 
  - My Capital One card jumped from 9.9 to 15.9 for no reason.  Skarbrowe   Dec-04-07 02:14 PM   #21 
  - They should put back the consumer interest deduction in the federal tax code.  Mountainman   Dec-04-07 02:20 PM   #22 
  - Who could have imagined....  phantom power   Dec-04-07 02:33 PM   #23 
  - I just spoke with a hapless victim of this a few days ago...  Digit   Dec-05-07 02:05 AM   #27 
  - "lobbyists said credit card reform would not likely see action this year," way too much access by  FreeStateDemocrat   Dec-05-07 07:33 AM   #28 
  - But, but but...  lunatica   Dec-05-07 08:03 AM   #29 
  - Oh God... Come on Senators;  leaninglib   Dec-05-07 05:07 PM   #30 
  - Cut up your credit cards!  Marie26   Dec-05-07 06:46 PM   #31 
 

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