Re: [HOE] OT: Credit Cards: The Big News

["doyle erin west" <westfam@the-i.net>]

if you do this, make sure to tell them NOT to give you overdraft protection.
most debit cards have like 250 bucks protections, and they charge you an
additional 25 bucks an overdraft.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Holland" <robert@macauley.com>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [HOE] OT: Credit Cards: The Big News


> >> I am all over this. But I don't have a credit card. Will there be
> >> other ways to pay? There are many products I want and would love to
> >> just help out my.
> >
> >There are now available (in some areas) pre-pay credit cards. You go in,
> >buy a master card with $100 balance on it (for a little more $100) and
> >charge until it's out. Then throw the card away (please recycle, and
don't
> >mix paper and plastics :)
>
> Ask your bank if you can get a debit card. These things are great. They're
> basically a credit card that works like a check--anything that takes a
credit
> card will take a debit card, but the money comes immediately out of your
bank
> account, so you can't overdraw and you don't get bills or interest
payments.
> This does mean you have to have the money *now*, not next month, but I've
always
> thought that buying things you can't pay for is stupid.
>
> --Robert Holland
>
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