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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:01 PM Original message |
so apparently they just assume that EVERYONE has huge credit card bills? |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nah. Your name/number got sold from one company's list to another. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i know that it has nothing to do with actual credit... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Simple.. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. no mystery about it...just pointing out that it's a fairly recent phenomenon... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I've been getting about 15 calls a day from companies like this... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. They keep upping the interest rate so that as your money goes for higher |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. we pay ours off right away now, so the interest rate doesn't matter to us... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. When I finally made a budget (about 17 years ago) I realized how much money |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I hope to have mine paid off by next year. I don't ever want to see it again. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I got a shock this year when I counted up the interest fees... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Plus, I don't use credit cards that don't pay me "points" toward something. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. LOL Yep.. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. I get those robo calls all the time |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. I get those, too |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well the credit industry has done it's best to ensure that most people are overextended |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Are you on the 'do-not-call' list? If you're not a direct 'customer', they're not allowed to call. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I'm on the Do-Not-Call list and get them |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. if a non-american company is calling from outside the u.s. does the no-call list even apply to them? |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. i have a BOFA Mastercard, they hoovered up MBNA so every now and then i get |
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Staph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. I get calls every day |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. we get the car ones too- a LOT... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Its actually a pretty safe assumption.. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Check this out |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. they've also started using cell phones quite a bit... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-26-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. Money IS debt. That's practically the only way money is made anymore. |
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